Broadcast Reporting

  There have been many incidents of hate crimes most of them to be racially motivated, for example, you may remember the 2015 incident involving, the mass shooting of Black members of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. An individual Dylann Roof had taken it upon himself to commit a hate crime by shooting and killing 9 people.NBC News reported that Roof had tried to appeal his death sentence recently. Another example of a hate crime was…

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Currently, the United States houses around 552,830 homeless people today. Approximately 17 people per 10,000 will experience homelessness each day. COVID-19 has been a huge leading cause of the economic crisis that has affected affordable housing which influences the homeless communities. Homelessness affects different races, genders, ages and sexual orientations populations in different ways. LGBTQ+ youth are 120 percent more likely to experience homelessness compared to other demographics, and 42 percent of the overall homeless youth identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community. With…

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Recent survey results tracking mental health concerns of high school and college students underscore the emotional toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on younger generations. A survey conducted by College Pulse, a research firm represented by more than 1000 colleges and universities in the United States, found mental health to be a concern for college students. Over 2,000 actively enrolled undergraduate college students completed the 20-question survey between March 16 and March 22 this year – two years since the…

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Staying safe may not be at the forefront of someone’s mind when walking down a flight of stairs. For some age groups, however, taking precautions in order to safely navigate around stairs can be an important way to prevent serious bodily injury. According to the most recent data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, a report of annual recorded proximate causes of injury compiled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, stairs, ramps and floors serve as the leading…

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Jaelen Crider was a heavily recruited football prospect coming out of high school. He was a four star recruit with offers from Michigan State, Iowa and LSU. During Crider’s freshman season, things took a turn for the worst. Before the ninth game of the season Crider has told his training staff his ankle felt off. He got very sore fast and he could only describe it as ankle fatigue. He ended up picking Toledo to play college football. He did…

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Police reform efforts have slowed down since the death of George Floyd almost two years ago, but activists continue to call for big changes in policing. On November 2, 2021, voters in Cleveland passed Issue 24, which proposed the creation of the Community Police Commission. The passage of Issue 24, now known as Charter Section 115, also addresses the existing Civilian Police Review Board, which was called “disempowered,” by critics. “There’s been an issue over a period of many decades…

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Mark Zuckerberg released many statements in the past somewhat similar to, “the metaverse is the future of the internet,” and, “A future with just a pair of glasses.”  Despite this, data from surveys through Ispos in January 2022 shows that out of 1,000 respondents who were 18 or older, a large percentage of U.S. citizens feel uninterested, concerned, or confused about the metaverse and virtual reality. This survey was conducted representatively across the country over a 12 hour time period….

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