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Something unusual has just been posted on the internet. For the last eight months, students at Higher Ground Academy, a Minnesota charter public school, have been interviewing people in various careers. Lots of schools make similar arrangements. What’s unusual is that the students’ impressions and reflections about these careers are now available on the school’s website. This makes it possible for others to learn from the speakers and the students.

One teen wrote about how she might bring together two different careers: journalism and psychology. She spoke with Steve Murphy, an award-winning, retired, WCCO radio reporter. Murphy “made me realize that journalism is not simply about reporting facts; it’s about telling stories of people affected by these events. For example…covering a natural disaster is not just about the event itself but about understanding and conveying the experiences of the people who live through it.”

  
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