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Reconnecting Roots

Journalism: “Pressing American Issues”

Reconnecting Roots is a half hour television series featuring stories of America told through music, history, & a series of field trips alongside host Gabe McCauley. Portraying American life across the past six generations, this series exhibits the American journey of unbounded progress with the hope of understanding how exactly we fit in and why.

Journalism: “Pressing American Issues”

Season 4 Episode 407 | 26m 46s | CC

Whether it’s opinion or fact, or facts in your opinion—the freedom of the press is so essential, it was listed in the very first amendment to the US Constitution. How the free press forged the American identity and equips the nation with a diversity of information and perspectives. Publisher Rob Orchard gives Gabe the scoop on “slow journalism” as an alternative to the frenzied 24 hour news cycle.

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