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This is a digital magazine story, flip through the file here: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/425857102/ Plaintext: On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on the throat of 46-year-old George Floyd for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, killing him in a video that sparked national outrage. The months following Floyd’s death were filled with nationwide protests,Continue reading “Black Lives Matter: What to do when the story is ongoing, but the “trend” is over”

My name is Quillan Anderson and I am a third-year undergraduate journalism and political science student at Northeastern concurrently pursuing an M.S. in Media Advocacy. My focus is on covering social issues, particularly stories that are undervalued and underrepresented. “My favorite projects include a story about an individual’s encounter with police brutality, a choir composedContinue reading “JRNL 3610 Introduction”

Protecting Massachusetts’s most vulnerable communities Transcript: [PACHECO:] “When you think about environmental justice communities, they’re communities that, for generations that have not had the focus on them… we as a society have not really taken as seriously as we should have.” [BRACA:] “We knew that it was really all about the money and not aboutContinue reading “An Act for Justice”

“City government is the layer of government that has the most impact on people,” said Andrew Ryan, a member of the Boston Globe’s investigative reporting team, Spotlight. Ryan spoke to a class of Northeastern journalism students on Oct. 26 about his time and experiences as a beat reporter at Boston City Hall. Ryan started atContinue reading “Andrew Ryan: Covering local government”

Angry, impassioned and hopeful, thousands of people gathered across the country on Saturday, Oct. 17 for the annual Women’s March.  In Boston, Siobhan Reidy, a political science student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, organized hundreds of people to meet on the steps of Boston Common in support of women’s rights. “This is our fight.Continue reading “2020 Boston Women’s March: Standing together in the march against injustice”

“The Half of It,” a movie by Chinese-American screenwriter and director Alice Wu, is set to release on May 1. The movie is the coming-of-age story of Ellie Chu, a Chinese-American teenager and her newfound friend Paul Munsky, both of whom have a crush on a popular girl at their school. Wu is a self-proclaimedContinue reading “Why LGBT+ Representation in Media Matters: What does it take to be effective?”

How music united and empowered disenfranchised women.

How do their lives differ from ours when the virus affects all? The outbreak of COVID-19 has impacted people from all walks of life, from the homeless to the billionaires of the world. While people often focus on healthcare workers and emergency responders, politicians and other public officials are working tirelessly behind the scenes toContinue reading “Public Officials Managing COVID-19”

Social justice advocate Michelle Alexander described mass incarceration in the United States as a “legal system of discrimination” specifically targeting young people of color. “There was a legal regime that was operating,” Alexander said. “With routine stops, frisks, searches, the sweeping of folks into a system before they had even reached adulthood, branding them criminalsContinue reading “Michelle Alexander: The Disturbing Bigotry of Mass Incarceration”

Northeastern’s Live Music Association Presents Original Music from students February 18, 2020 Transcript Northeastern University’s Live Music Association hosted the second part of their Original’s Showcase Tuesday Night in Afterhours. This show featured student musicians and songwriters Vincent Costello, Calvary Dominique, Kalah Karloff, Eli Olsen, and Gatch. The Live Music Association, or LMA, is theContinue reading “Original’s Music Showcase”