James Ansin / Peace Sullivan High School Journalism and New Media Workshop
19 teens learn how to do news High school journalists spent three weeks this July on the University of Miami campus reporting and writing on the impact the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti had on the Haitian-American community in South Florida. They met Haitians who had to leave Haiti because their
07.23.2010| Featured | Roberto Portal, Miami Killian Senior High
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55,000 people in the balance amid political struggle in U.S. Thousands of Haitians living amid the rubble in Haiti six months after the Jan. 12 earthquake and whose requests for visas to come to the United States to join family members have been approved should have their cases expedited, accordi
07.23.2010| Immigration | Kristy Shore, John I. Leonard High School
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Konbit links groups in Haiti aid coalition Marlon Hill serves on the board of directors of Konbit for Haiti. A Miami attorney who has worked in the Caribbean community for many years, Hill believes that every South Floridian can help Haiti recover from the “extraordinary tragedy” it suffered
07.23.2010| Direct Action | Nicole Martins, Cypress Bay High School
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Quake victim deals with loss of dad through playing sports At 6’2, 297 pounds, Carl Pierre-Louis is practicing to become a “Blind Side’’ offensive left tackle at Felix Varela Senior High School in West Kendall. In just his first year in organized football, the 17-year-old junior is alr
07.23.2010| Teens | Brian Goins, Felix Varela Senior High
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Miami Herald reporter covers catastrophe that took 11 relatives When Haiti was rocked by the Jan. 12 earthquake, Christiana Charles fell to her knees to pray. Her strong belief in God helped her get through: She lost 11 relatives. Her fortitude inspired her daughter, Nadege Charles, a Miami
07.23.2010| Journalism | Anthony Cave, Dr. Michael Krop Senior High
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