Grace Kennedy: Journalism, Community & The Fraser Valley Current
BIGGER THAN ME PODCAST
English - August 03, 2022 16:00 - 2 hours - 114 MBPhilosophy Society & Culture Education Self-Improvement brent butt aaron pete ariel helwani indigenous news politics crime mental health Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Aaron and Grace talk about her role with the Fraser Valley Current, and the stories she has written over the past year. The two also discuss journalism, municipal politics, community and so much more.
Grace Kennedy is a mother and reporter with the Fraser Valley Current. Grace grew up in Langley and has been focused on journalism since she was a teen, when she helped start Langley Fine Arts School’s first online newspaper. After graduating from University of King’s College journalism program, Grace returned to the Fraser Valley and began working in community newspapers. She has been nominated for three BC Yukon Community Newspaper Association awards, and was named New Journalist of the Year in 2019. Grace started at The Current in April 2021, and has continued to focus on community news that makes local reporting so exciting and important. She also is heavily involved in editing The Current and its stories.
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Chapters:
0:00:00 The Fraser Valley Current
0:38:59 What You Learn as a Journalist
1:15:43 Politics in Canada
1:42:32 Reporting on the Fraser Valley Floods & Shootings
2:14:19 Municipal Politics in the Valley
2:31:55 Important Stories of 2021/22
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