Reporting MLK50 for NPR

group of journalism students reporting MLK50 for NPR

Student-journalists from Ithaca College traveled to Tennessee to help the Memphis NPR-affiliate cover the 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the assassination of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Over the course of four days, 12 IC students produced 13 stories for WKNO-FM  They covered events such as: the ceremonial bell tribute to King, A Legacy Remembered at the National Civil Rights Museum, a Youth Town Hall, Union activities at Mason Temple, a reconciliation ceremony,  and the April 4th Rally.