“Mental health” is a term often thrown around these days, and it covers everything from depression to addiction. There’s importance placed on mental health from all parts of society. But what is mental health, and …
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Code Red: How Philadelphia is Helping the Homeless Population as the Temperatures Rise
As July steadily crawls to its end, Philadelphia has begun experiencing the most intense weather conditions of the summer. The City of Philadelphia officially declared a Heat Health Emergency on July 17th, due to the …
Continue reading »Community Agriculture: How Neighborhood Farms are Fighting Food Insecurity in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, the birth of America’s independence and sixth most populated city in the United States and yet still people find themselves deserted. Amidst the chosen streets lined with organic food shops, vegan vendors and boujee …
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Sex Ed Can’t Wait: How Sex Education is Falling Behind in Our Schools
We originally planned to make this documentary to fulfill our senior project requirement, but it turned into a year-long project filled with learning all about our chosen topic of sex ed. In our documentary, we …
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WHYY Spring Break Middle School Journalist: Penn Book Center
After hearing of the announced closing of University City’s independent book store Penn Book Center, WHYY Middle School Journalism students rushed to cover the community’s fight to keep the store afloat. Student reporters Kayla …
Continue reading »WHYY Spring Break Middle School Journalists: Vaccines
The recent alarming outbreak of Mumps at Temple University led our Spring Break Journalism students to use their new skills in reporting, shooting and editing to look deeper into the importance of vaccines. Lucas Fraser, …
Continue reading »WHYY Spring Break Middle School Journalists: Social Media
To kick off our Spring Break Journalism Camp, our Middle School students learned how to shoot and conduct an interview. They brought their new skills out to Independence Mall to ask people on the street …
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