The Jackson Water Crisis Through A Student Journalist's Eyes

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🗓️ 29 July 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode, we hear from the high school grand prize winner of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge: Georgianna McKenny. A rising senior at the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, the 17-year-old rings an alarm on the water crisis in Jackson, through the lens of young people. Emily, who was one of the judges of this year's contest, talks to Georgianna about her winning podcast and their shared love for storytelling.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:04.4	Hey Shortwaveers, I'm Lee Kwong here with the winner of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge
0:09.4	in the high school category.
0:11.0	There were over 3,000 entries from 48 states, DC, and Puerto Rico, and the one that rose
0:18.0	to the top in the high school category was written and produced by Georgiana McKinney,
0:23.2	who is here with me today.
0:25.1	Hi, Georgiana, how are you?
0:26.7	I'm great.
0:27.7	Awesome.
0:28.7	Awesome.
0:29.7	All is nice to meet you.
0:31.2	This is the first audio story you've ever made, and it won.
0:34.6	How has it impacted your life?
0:36.5	I've been such an amazing change.
0:40.8	And I never thought I could do this when I came in.
0:43.1	I never thought that this would happen, so most of the congratulations came from family
0:46.9	and a son through my mom and dad, so they would just tell me, and some people from my
0:52.1	friend's school told me, congratulations, this has been amazing, the summer has been great,
0:57.4	and I'm glad we got it.
0:59.8	Amazing.
1:00.8	Yeah.
1:01.8	Wow.
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