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BY HILLARY TERHUNE NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – The road to a career in journalism is filled with bumps and ruts – awkward phrasing, butchered grammar, factual errors, misspelled names. That’s why teacher Tom Zucco begins his journalism class every day with a writing exercise. His students watch a CBS Evening News feature called… Continue reading Inside a struggling middle school, the student newspaper is thriving

BY SUSAN GODFREY NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – Eighteen years ago, an angry black man jumped out of his car at a north St. Petersburg intersection and confronted a dozen white people holding signs. The man was the brother of 18-year-old TyRon Lewis, who had been shot and killed by a white police officer… Continue reading 18 Years later, he still grieves for his slain brother

BY SUSAN GODFREY NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – She dumps the half dozen newspapers on her desk that she read over the weekend. Joshing friends call her a bag lady, she says, because she is always carrying around a purse, a lunch sack and a work bag with papers spilling out. She usually works… Continue reading Her job: influence decision makers and public opinion

BY SALEM SOLOMON NNB Student Reporter On Feb. 7, 2014, Andrew Joseph III was one of hundreds of teenagers hanging out with friends at the Florida State Fair. They had gotten free tickets from their school district and were taking advantage of the night out. As the night wore on, things became rowdy. To restore… Continue reading Could Ferguson-like violence happen in St. Petersburg, Tampa?

BY SALEM SOLOMON NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – They grew up in the same St. Petersburg household, but at first glance sisters Lynae and Ramona Brayboy couldn’t be more different. Lynae, 33, pursued a career in medicine and couldn’t wait to get away from a place she considered limiting in many ways. “It would… Continue reading For daughters of St. Petersburg, two divergent paths

BY SALEM SOLOMON NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – Seated in her bright office with sunshine streaming through floor-to-ceiling windows, Vicki Krueger stared at two computer monitors. On one, a live webinar being filmed next door showed the image of a reporter and a host talking about “Interviewing: The Art of the Two-Way Conversation.” Questions… Continue reading She helps traditional journalists migrate to digital media

BY JULIET MORALES NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – One is a visual artist who has been drawing since he was a toddler decorating the walls of his family home. The other is a rapper who finds inspiration at every turn, jotting down ideas and lines on an ever-present notepad. Will Kuncz and Hagan Lee… Continue reading Artist, rapper help bridge the gap between St. Pete and Tampa

BY CHANEL WILLIAMS NNB Student Reporter TAMPA – Behind a stack of newspapers piled high on the desk is a petite woman gazing at a computer screen. Her long, dark-brown hair is placed behind her ear so she can hear news reports from Bay News 9 on her small TV. The only other sound in… Continue reading She gets the word out on congresswoman’s schedule and priorities

BY CHANEL WILLIAMS NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – For Antwaun Wells, life is all about investing in the community and serving others. “My personal take on your life is, if you’re not doing anything good for yourself or anybody else, then you are good for nothing,” Wells said. “I want to be known as… Continue reading He builds and he renovates and he barbers and he mentors and…

BY SALEM SOLOMON NNB Student Reporter A catchphrase among volunteers is “think globally, act locally.” Habitat for Humanity believes it has found a way to do exactly that. Through a program based on the Christian tenet of tithing, Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas County sets aside money each time it builds a house locally to… Continue reading For volunteers, building homes abroad is life-changing experience