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UNcommon questions for the UNusual suspects | where stories lay at the crossroads of progressive politics, current events and "race"

 

Will Wright | feature storyteller

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Gordon Parks High School senior, Cha Lee Vue, has a special story about how her daughter's love pushes her to succeed while others have succombed to the call of their lesser angels.

Sheryl Lee Ralph, one of the original Dreamgirls, has a one-woman play entitled 'Sometimes I Cry', created to bring HIV/AIDS awareness to the African-American community. Ralph performed on Thursday February 7th, at Shiloh Temple Church in North Minneapolis.

photo by Heather Munro, The Star Tribune

August 1, 2007, the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed. To mark six months after event, I spoke with a man whose attempt to save a stranger's life left a mark on his.

 
“That's a Reallly good question!”

...what my sources often say before they answer me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What has Will be up to?

One of my latest entries at Wright's Journal earned the attention of leaders at American Public Media's Center for Innovation in Journalism. Because of the critique that that entry leveled, I feared that I was in for it, until she said she agreed.

Also I have applied for Third Coast Audio Festival's (TCF) "minority" student scholarship, so that I may attend the October event with fewer expenses. We'll see what the gods decide about that. To prepare for TCF I filed a brief piece for their radio ephemera competition. Who wants to show up for the biggest radio storytelling event without something to share and "show?" Please listen to it here.

 

 

 

 

“I had had no training as a journalist and I used to listen to the CBS News hourly reports. That was my classroom.”

Ed Bradley

Correspondent for CBS News' "60-Minutes" 1982 - 2006

 

 

 

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