Learn more about the role of journalist as truth teller and change maker with Rex Weyler, pulitzer prize nominated journalist and co-founder of GreenPeace on Folk U radio this week. Rex Weyler was a repeat special guest this year at the Cortes Island Academy and joined host Manda Aufochs Gillespie and student guest hosts from the CIA to talk a bit about his experience as a journalist over the years.
Continue reading TruthTelling with Rex Weyler & CIA students on [email protected]
On Friday Dec 16, Folk U gave way to a Teen Take-Over with music and a bit of words from the students of Cortes Island Academy. A lot of people phoned in with requests. Cora Lee joined Manda Aufochs Gillespie as co-host.
Continue reading Folk U: Dec 16 Teen-takeoverThis whole month, Folk U Radio has been partnering with the Cortes Island Academy to feature student work and the music and ideas and voices of the Cortes Island Academy students. There are 20 of them, coming from homes in Cortes and the surrounding area to nations as distant as Germany and Indonesia.
“We asked the students, what would you write about your experience on Cortes Island? If you were to send an audio postcard home or an audio postcard to someone you know and love, what would it sound like? They were required to record their own voices, they had to record real sound effects, download sound effects, and also get copyright free music. All is part of a project that had to be less than three minutes and would talk to their experiences, and the results have been incredible,” explained Manda Aufochs Gillespie.
Continue reading Folk U: Audio Postcards from the Cortes Island AcademyExplore the magic of scientific storytelling with the creators and scientists from the Hakai Institute who join host Manda Aufochs Gillespie and Cortes Island Academy students on this Friday’s Folk U Radio at 1 p.m.
We will discuss science communication done well and Hakai’s new short video series, including:
Continue reading Long Story Shorts with Hakai on FolkU @89.5FMThe Cortes Island Academy teens are taking over the airwaves on Folk U Radio this month AND during Teen Take-over Mondays where they will play music and talk about what matters to them: Mondays at 3:30 all on CKTZ 89.5FM/CortesRadio.ca
Continue reading Folk U: Teen Takeover
