By: Annika Harshbarger TRANSCRIPT 56 people have been arrested since protests started in Dunn Meadow Thursday morning, due to an overnight policy change from Indiana University making prior approval necessary to have tents on campus. Dunn Meadow has been designated as an area to hold public forums for expression on all subjects Since 1969. Force should not be used to …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, August 28th, 2023. Later in the program, local journalist Dave Askins of the B-Square Bulletin provides a report on musician Molly Tuttle’s performance last week at Switchyard Park. More in today’s feature report. Kelley Scholfield, Urban Greenspace Specialist with the City of Bloomington, bringing neighbors together to care for our parks and …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, August 21st, 2023. Later in the program, you will hear a report from local journalist Dave Askins of the B-Square Bulletin on Bloomington annexation, taken from his “Morning Bulletin.” More in today’s feature report. That’s Vinal Lee – he’s the local chair of Community Organizations Active in Disaster or COAD. Fire, flood, …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, August 14th, 2023. Later in the program, local journalist Dave Askins of the B-Square Bulletin provides a report on an ordinance that allows Bloomington Transit to expand its coverage into Monroe County More in today’s feature report. That’s Phoenix Rang from a new organization called Protect Our People, advocating for Hoosier transgender …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, August 7th, 2023. In today’s feature report, local journalist Dave Askins of the B-Square Bulletin provides a report on a canceled city council budget meeting from the media outlet’s “Morning Bulletin.” That’s Stephanie Shelton from Cancer Support Community of Indiana. Shelton says forty thousand Hoosiers will be diagnosed with some form of …
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It has been 50 years since Title IX, the federal civil rights law prohibiting sex-based discrimination from schools and educational programs receiving federal funding, was passed. Now that the landmark legislation has been around for half a century, it begs the question: where are things now? In the year 2022, women’s collegiate athletics are still looking for equal funding and …
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Welcome to the latest edition of Strike Mic – Voices from the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition – in light of their strike against Indiana University. Today’s episode of Strike Mic will feature Michael Martin, professor at the IU Media School and former director of the Black Film Center, who spoke to picketers earlier this week. The audio from this segment …
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An Indiana University sports media scholar weighs in on the diplomatic boycott against China in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The United States will not send officials to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as a protest to China’s “ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human rights abuses.” Human rights groups accuse China of detaining more than …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, December 13th, 2021. Later in the program, WFHB News Director Kade Young speaks with Associate Professor at the IU Media School Lauren Smith about the Biden Administration’s recent announcement that it will not send any official representation to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics as a protest to China’s human rights abuses. More …
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The League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County brings you the latest installment of its podcast on the WFHB Local News – Civic Conversations. Today’s episode revolves around disinformation and features our guest, Professor Betsi Grabe of the IU Media School. Professor Grabe says disinformation can be used as an umbrella term for false information, but she adds that an …
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