Marona Graham-Bailey

Journalist/Instructor

I am a certified special and general education teacher and a graduate of the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication MA program at the University of Georgia. My interests include reporting on issues of diversity such as race or mental illness and community journalism. Some of my work can be found in Rethinking Schools Magazine, Current Health II and the Athens Banner-Herald. Currently, I am working full time in the social services field, freelancing and teaching a journalism course part time at Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga. while I prepare applications for PhD programs.

Articles

Youth Journalism Resources

<p>Young people represent the next generation of our reporters. Not only will early training produce a crop of talented journalists, it gives youth a platform to voice how issues directly affect them — all while gaining insight into the topics they research and report. Youth media may appear in the form of school publications, classroom-produced projects, partnerships between youth and media organizations or independent, citywide media outlets. Here are some examples of youth-produced media and teacher resources to get you started:</p>

African American student in classroom

You Win Some: Teaching Health Journalism to Kids

<p>There are plenty of places to stumble in teaching kids how to do health journalism. Here are Marona Graham Bailey's do's and don'ts after her first summer teaching middle school students.</p>