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 Pelican Rapids
KARE  Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
clip run time » 5:27
If we judged books by covers, reporter Phil Johnston says, Pelican Rapids would appear to tell the typical tale of a rural Minnesota town. Turn the page, however, and youll find much more to this story. As immigrants came to Pelican Rapids to work at a turkey processing plant, the ethnic make-up for this town of 1900 people changed tremendously. With it came change, conflict, and cooperation.
Postville, Iowa
KARE Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
clip run time » 5:31
Reporter Phil Johnston discovered an interesting political story not even in his stations viewing area and shows how effective a piece can be when you go beyond just the dry facts and figures. In a local race, a longtime resident challenges an appointee, one of the many Orthodox Jews who recently moved to the small town of Postville. The emotions and choices made by both contenders and their supporters show how politics can indeed affect us deeply.
Spanish Language Campaign Coverage
KMEX  Los Angeles, California
air date » 7.Apr.00
clip run time » 1:54
KMEX is a Spanish-language station in Los Angeles. This clip is one example of their campaign coverage George W. Bush attending the Mexican-American Opportunities Foundation banquet. English translations of this and other news stories were posted on their Decision 2000/Destino 2000 web site produced with KCET.
Newsrooms and Race
San Francisco, California
Part 1 clip run time » 11:40
Part 2 clip run time » 11:10
PART 1: The first part of a two-night special that looks within the newsroom to understand how race is portrayed in news broadcasts and how it affects race relations. This half looks at how often people of different races appear on the news and as which types: victim, criminal, expert, etc. This is also a particularly good example of how to build a show around statistics and poll results without disintegrating into a broadcast version of a PowerPoint slide show.
PART 2: Run on the second night, this story turns the camera on the KRON newsroom itself. A race committee was formed to investigate how people within news operations felt about race and about how ethnicity and race could be affecting the working relationships within the department.
About Race
San Francisco, California
air date » June.98
clip run time » 8:04
Race is one of the hardest subjects for journalists to address. This one-hour special finds new ways to examine issues of race, and introduces ideas to help viewers feel more comfortable initiating their own discussions.
Clinton and the Latino Vote
WFAA  Dallas, Texas
clip run time » 2:27
This story explores the issues raised by President Clinton to secure his strong Latino voting base in Texas for the Democrats in the 2000 election.
Californias Changing Population
WFAA Dallas, Texas
clip run time » 3:19
With its large population and allotment of electoral votes, California continues to be a force in the national election process. WFAA looks at how the states politics are affected by the increasing Latino presence.
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