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Nebraska Women In Journalism: The Groundbreakers Before Us And Surrounding Us, Jolie Peal May 2023

Nebraska Women In Journalism: The Groundbreakers Before Us And Surrounding Us, Jolie Peal

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Nebraska women in journalism: The groundbreakers before us and surrounding us is a 30-minute documentary about six Nebraska women and their journeys as journalists. This project seeks to answer the question: “How do women in the media overcome gender bias?” I interviewed six women ranging in age and from a variety of journalistic fields to discover what biases they faced in the industry as well as their advice for young journalists as we enter into a field that is constantly evolving. I discovered that Nebraska women in the media do experience the bias we see throughout the nation and in …


The Rise And Fall Of Daca: An Audio Series, Dulce Garcia Apr 2023

The Rise And Fall Of Daca: An Audio Series, Dulce Garcia

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The history of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, commonly known as DACA, is a tumultuous one. In 2012, when President Obama created DACA through an executive order it gave relief to hundreds of thousands of people who were brought to the United States as children without their knowledge, giving them a range of benefits like never before including a work permit, a social security number, protection from deportation, and others. Yet, these last ten years the program has stood on shaky grounds with constant court battles canceling, reinstating or partially rolling the program. This audio series will give a deep …