Dinowitz asks student journalists about changing their views through reporting

Thank you.

So I have two questions.

A perfect timing also.

So I think you saw the time going.

You started speeding up.

I was on a bingo sheet.

Kiara, who is your teacher for journalism?

Mr.

Thorpe.

Okay, First Deputy Chancellor, you want to hear something?

Another thing, that guy was my senior high school English teacher.

Alexander Thorpe.

Just saying, it's funny.

You see, you're learning something new about me every time you're here.

And second, maybe just from one or two of you, just really quick, can you just describe in 15 seconds, has there ever been a time where you felt you felt very strongly about an issue?

And then through your work in journalism, through researching it, interviewing people, you kind of...

You know, thought differently about the issue afterwards, maybe even changed your position?

Sarah, do you want to share a little bit, just, you know, 15 seconds story so everyone can hear about it?

This year, my native country, Colombia, gained a new president.

And I had initially stuck with the political party for quite a while until I actually got information from a lot of my family and friends who saw different insight.

So I started investigating and looking at different news and the facts and everything you could see around it.

I changed my point of view, and I stuck with the one who's now president, Abel Lardo Espirella, and he actually has a lot of different point of views as the one that I was following before.

Yeah, I think...

especially given this time in our country, that's what we want all of our, not just students, what all of the residents of this country to do is like critically think about the positions and beliefs that they have,

second guess themselves, and then do research.

And I think, Sarah, you just explained really well that journalism brings that to our country.

And I know the first deputy chancellor cares very deeply about civics education.

And your story highlights, I think, how deeply interconnected journalism is to civics education.