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Jovany Parra: Insights on Pasos al Futuro

Jovany Parra, a student at Highland Park High School, shares that he learned about teamwork and broadcast career prospects at this summer’s Pasos al Futuro program.

 

For two weeks in June, students from Benito Juarez Community AcademySolorio Academy High SchoolJohn F. Kennedy High SchoolWhitney Young and other local schools—and a few from schools in California—did the work of reporters, videographers, photographers and editors. And under deadlines that would keep Anderson Cooper on his toes. Read the full story: “Want to get to the heart of a news story? Replace fear with curiosity.”

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