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How City of Disparity Addressed the Problems Affecting the People of Peoria

Payton Bruni | January 2019

In 2015 the business website 24/7 Wall St. released a report that ranked Peoria, Illinois, as one of the 10 worst cities to live in for African Americans in the United States. Following the report, the Journal Star newsroom of Peoria launched City of Disparity, a year-long reporting project that examined the city’s disparities.

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How WAYM’s “This is Baltimore” Helped Baltimore Youth Challenge Negative Stereotypes

Jeff Collet | March 2018

A day after the funeral of Freddie Gray and the subsequent escalation of protest violence, and in response to the narrowly focused reporting of national and local news outlets on the Baltimore Uprising, Wide Angle Youth Media (WAYM) students and staff felt compelled to use their documentary skills to collect positive images of Baltimore youth. 

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