{"id":5609,"date":"2021-09-13T10:50:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T14:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/?page_id=5609"},"modified":"2021-09-13T10:50:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T14:50:37","slug":"reflections-by-9th-street-reporters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/reflections-by-9th-street-reporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections by 9th Street reporters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Journalism not only enlightens the people who read it; it also teaches valuable lessons to the reporters who write it. This week we are launching a new feature that will explore the many ways that student journalists learn and grow from their work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our new \u201cReflections\u201d feature will include essays and podcasts in which reporters discuss the challenges of their work, what they learned and how they grew. The podcast will be produced by Cameron Oglesby, a veteran 9th Street journalist who is now getting a Master of Public Policy here at Duke\u2019s Sanford School of Public Policy. (The 9th Street Journal is part of Sanford\u2019s DeWitt Wallace Center for Media &amp; Democracy.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To launch the series, we are publishing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/2021\/09\/13\/reflections-my-rainbow-epiphany-and-durhams-da\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a wonderfully written essay<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by reporter Grace Abels about how much she learned about herself from her Pride Month interview of Durham District Attorney Satana Deberry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The new features are made possible thanks to a generous grant from <a href=\"https:\/\/kenan.ethics.duke.edu\/purpose-project\/\">The Purpose Project<\/a>, a collaboration of the Kenan Institute for Ethics and Duke Divinity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can follow our \u201cReflections\u201d essays and podcasts by following us <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9thstjournal\">on Twitter<\/a>, subscribing to <a href=\"https:\/\/confirmsubscription.com\/h\/t\/6C8BE649F7A7BB76\">our newsletter<\/a>, or by periodically checking for them <a href=\"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/category\/reflections\/\">on our website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; BILL ADAIR and STEPHEN BUCKLEY<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo at top of Grace Abels by Josie Vonk &#8211; The 9th Street Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalism not only enlightens the people who read it; it also teaches valuable lessons to the reporters who write it. 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