Category: Education

Residents want action, not promises, for Midtown

Story and Photos BY INDHIRA SUERO NNB Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – Equality. Infrastructure. Employment training. Without a doubt, Midtown women demonstrate that they are aware of the needs of their community. Most of them do not hesitate when addressing them, especially with upcoming elections Nov. 3. Some of them — like Angela Rouson, the president… Continue reading Residents want action, not promises, for Midtown

Times Talk: Finding the ‘body’ using data and investigative journalism

Adam Playford and Michael Laforgia discuss the importance of "Finding a Body"

St. Petersburg, Fla. (Oct. 5, 2015) Tampa Bay Times investigative journalist, Michael LaForgia and data and digital director, Adam Playford shared some tips about finding stories, collecting useful data, and the importance of patience in regards to investigative journalism with Neighborhood News Bureau students Wednesday, Sept. 30. “Find a body and discover why it’s there,” said LaForgia. LaForgia… Continue reading Times Talk: Finding the ‘body’ using data and investigative journalism

To counter the impact of poverty, they stress early childhood education

Bianca Soler | NNB Many youngsters enter elementary school already lagging behind children from other neighborhoods, says Angela Merck, who is better known to her students as Ms. Peaches.

BY BIANCA SOLER NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – Shortly after the doors opened at 6:30 on a recent morning, a 5-year-old girl was playing with plastic figurines of marine wildlife – confident she may be a marine biologist one day. Two other children were trying to fix a frozen computer program. Others worked on… Continue reading To counter the impact of poverty, they stress early childhood education

University strives to be ‘beacon of hope’ for Midtown students

Lauren Hensley | NNB Some of the youngsters at the camp, shown here with camp leader Lindsey Hosier (in blue T-shirt), have never been to the beach or to downtown St. Petersburg.

BY LAUREN HENSLEY and SHELBY BOURGEOIS NNB Student Reporters ST. PETERSBURG – From atop the new College of Business building going up at the University of South Florida, Fred Bennett says, you will be able to see some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. They are places where unemployment and crime are high, opportunities and ambition… Continue reading University strives to be ‘beacon of hope’ for Midtown students

For St. Petersburg College, a big new building and a challenge

NNB | Lauren Hensley When it opens in August, the college’s new Midtown Center will have four times its current space.

BY ANDREW CAPLAN NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – When St. Petersburg College’s sparkling new Midtown Center opens in August, the three-story, $15-million building will have six regular classrooms, three computer labs, two science labs, a career center, and a bookstore. It will also have a challenge: Convince the people of Midtown that it wants… Continue reading For St. Petersburg College, a big new building and a challenge