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Opinion and Commentary

Welcome road closures: Open Streets events inspire health, unite Minneapolis neighbors

August 2017 Heaven Aschalew Health Equity

Imagine a street closed down and filled with 80,000 people. Well, not exactly all at once. This summer, dozens of blocks of Minneapolis’ major streets… Read More

The dangers of e-cigarettes: Experts warn against popular smoking alternative

E-cigarettes have emerged in popularity in as an alternative to cigarettes. Experts warn about the health effects of e-cigarettes for young people.
(Magda Abdi/ThreeSixty Journalism)
August 2017 Magda Abdi Health Equity

For young people who use e-cigarettes, it can start with a vape pen or a hookah pen “What’s particularly concerning to me is the flavorings… Read More

‘Bridge of Hope’: St. Paul Rondo community leaders give input on Dale Street Bridge reconstruction project

August 2017 Autumn McKinney Health Equity

Pasaya Moua contributed to this story. For some people in St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood, the Dale Street Bridge Project is more than just an improvement… Read More

Brightening food deserts: BrightSide Produce’s young people bring affordable fruits and veggies to Minneapolis’ low-income neighborhoods

Young people involved in BrightSide Produce, including Adam Pruitt (right) and Demetria Fuller (second from right), who co-founded BrightSide Produce with University of St. Thomas professor Adam Kay. (Mychaela Bartel/ThreeSixty Journalism)
August 2017 Sharee Roman Health Equity

Adam Kay wanders through a University of St. Thomas garden on a bright summer day, occasionally pulling dead leaves from plants. “The pumpkins are dying,”… Read More

Lancaster lands job with Under-Told Stories Project

August 2017 Chioma Uwagwu 360 Alums, News

Simeon Lancaster, the 2013 ThreeSixty Scholar, graduated from the University of St. Thomas in May and recently landed a job with PBS NewsHour’s The Under-Told… Read More

Alumni Spotlight: Levi Ismail

Levi Ismail, a ThreeSixty Journalism alum and the 2008 ThreeSixty Scholar is a reporter for NBC-2 in Fort Myers, Florida.
August 2017 Samantha HoangLong 360 Alums

Levi Ismail’s mother always taught him and his siblings the importance of hard work and wanting to succeed. Ismail, who moved to Minnesota from Egypt… Read More

TV, Radio Camps Build New Storytelling Skills

Katelyn Vue, a senior at North High School in St. Paul, and Zahra Mustafa, a junior at Eagan High School, reported about The Good Acre, a nonprofit commercial kitchen that helps food makers connect with their community.
August 2017 Samantha HoangLong 360 Alums, 360 News

This summer, ThreeSixty Journalism debuted two brand new camps—a TV broadcast camp and a radio broadcast camp—for advanced ThreeSixty students and young alums. In the… Read More

Progress worth celebrating

Minneapolis Roosevelt student Talia Bradley (center) interviews a St. Paul Saints player (left) with her mentor, Jonathan Blakely, MPR news program director, during ThreeSixty's Broadcast Radio Camp in July at CHS Field. (Photo courtesy of Maria Alejandra Cardona, MPR News)
August 2017 Miles Trump

I tuck myself into a chair in the middle of Minnesota Public Radio’s spacious UBS Forum. Sitting to my left are nine advanced ThreeSixty Journalism… Read More

College Essay: A Mexican education system teaches a valuable lesson

ThreeSixty Journalism
April 2017 Rodrigo Estrada Morales College Essay

When I arrived in Mexico City from my home, Minnesota, two years ago, I was petrified when I saw a place that looked hopeless. No… Read More

College Essay: Full speed ahead

ThreeSixty Journalism
April 2017 Prospirity Moore College Essay

Bang! The gun goes off! I thrust out of the starting blocks with full force and accelerate forward. As I run, my breaths become shallow,… Read More

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