The Undercurrent – 10/6/19 – S12E5 – Finding a Place
October 7, 2019
This week on the Undercurrent our stories are focused on finding a place. Cole Tunningly talked to the MSU branch of the Refugee Outreach Collective. Taylor Haelterman and George McNeill collaborated to produce a creative piece about what community means. Lastly, Sophie Sagan interviewed Rebecca-Lynn Douglas, a local author, about her newest book.
For more information about the stories in this episode feel free to check out these links.
MSU Refugee Outreach Collective: https://www.facebook.com/rocmsu/
Rebecca-Lynn Douglas: https://sites.google.com/view/rebecca-lynn-namibian/home
Sophie is a senior at Michigan State majoring in social relations and policy and minoring in documentary production. She has been at The Impact in one way or another since 2016. Her current position is News Director and host of the Undercurrent, WDBM's weekly news and storytelling podcast.
Taylor is a senior journalism major with a concentration in writing and editing and a minor in media photography. She is also currently pursuing her masters in environmental and science journalism. Taylor hosts the weekly audio narrative podcast “The Undercurrent,” and leads the news department helping the team to produce written and audio content centered around the MSU, East Lansing and Lansing communities.
George McNeill, a Masters student studying Communication, works as the station's Operations Manager. He prides himself on being the funniest person to have ever lived. George is an avid fan of all sorts of sound, specifically in the realms of funk, jazz, R&B and rock. Though his all-time favorites remain The Beatles and Talking Heads, he currently has a soft spot for the sounds of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Tyler, the Creator, and Mako Road. When not at the Impact, George works as a...
