Who is Ralph Nader?

Your website has some good ideas.  What will it take to get your message to the people?  We have lots of questions for you.

1. Who is Ralph Nader and why are so many people keeping him out of the news?

2. Why don't we see you on TV talking to Obama and Mc Cain?

3. Why are so many people afraid of you and your message?

4. If we all vote for you could you do a better job running the entire country

5.  What were you like in high school

Kids have some tough questions for Obama.

Kid's 

Talk Radio Questions for Obama

1. Why are people telling so many lies about you?

2. Will we ever get a chance to see you play basketball?

3. Why do movie stars like you so much?

4. What plans do you have for our schools?

5. Why did you not choose Hillary Clinton?

Suggestions:

You need to spend more time talking to kids.  Don't make the mistake of leaving kids out of the big picture.  

Kid's Talk Radio at the Democratic Convention

Kid’s Talk Radio has two student reporters in Denver at the Democratic National Convention.  They sent a direct feed of Hillary Clinton’s speech to Bob Barboza at Kid’s Talk Radio headquarters in Long Beach, California.

She has declared in her speech to the Democratic convention that Obama is her candidate.
Her daughter Chelsea introduced Hillary Clinton, one of the Clinton team's great campaign assets, Senator Hillary Clinton was greeted by fantastic applause and cheering from the crowd, we saw thousands of white 'Hillary' placards.

Clinton’s speech did a good job of building team unity.

Here is what see said that caught our attention:

"I am here tonight as a proud mother, as a proud Democrat," she said to yet another roar of support from the floor, "as a proud Senator from New York, a proud American and a proud supporter of Barack Obama."



"My friends, it is time to take back the country we love. And whether you voted for me or you voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose," she said.

"And none of us can afford to sit on the sidelines; this is a fight for the future and it's a fight we must win together," she said.

"I haven't spent the past 35 years in the trenches advocating for children, campaigning for universal health care, helping parents balance work and family and fighting for women's rights here at home and around the world to see another Republican in the White House squander our promise of a country that really fulfils the hopes of our people.

"And you haven't worked so hard over the last 18 months or enduring the last eight years to suffer through more failed leadership," she added.

'No way, No how'

Then, we heard something that we thought was way to cool as Hillary Clinton created a new slogan: "No way, no how, no McCain".

You can hear a lot of key points in our auditory recording of this historic speech.  We will continue to send our news from the convention floor to Long Beach and Kid’s Talk Radio and Teen TV will send our news across the country.

In a spirit of fair play we will cover the democrats, republicans, and independents.

We would love to interview Ralph Nader or anyone from his team.   Our goal is to make sure that we get some answers to questions that kids need answers to.

Teachers in Beijing

A great time to visit the Olympics is after the Olympics.

My plane flight was $6,000 round trip.  My hotel is $375.00 per night.  The tickets to the games range from $50.00 to $800.00.  The plane ride is very long.  I hope you are good at sleeping in the plane.  All I can say is to bring a good book and an iPod loaded with great music. 

Once you arrive in Beijing you will see an airport that you won’t believe.  It could possible be one of the best airports in the world.   I am going to go out on a limb; it is the greatest airport in the world.  

The good news is that lots of signs are in English and lots of people speak English.  You will bump into many people who speak English.

The food is great.  Prices are not too bad, in most places and you don’t have to worry about places closing too early.

Two weeks is a long time to spend at the Olympics.  However, the time flies when you are having a great time.

We bumped into a group of school teachers from the United States and England and all decided to visit some school in China.


Bobby Ellis
Hampton High School

Kid Reporters Needed

High School Real World Journalism

Ambassador Veiga's Press Conference

By Erick Lopez, Wilson High School/Kid's Radio/PNN News

On May 23, 2008, Cape Verde's Ambassador Lima Da Veiga arrived in the U.S. for the Memorial Day weekend. And what place better than the sands of Long Beach, California, where she was warmly welcomed by the city's mayor: Bob Foster, along with many counsel members. The conference room was full with counsel members, photographers, and reporters ready to hear what the ambassador would say.

Ambassador Veiga was a very charming woman, ready to listen and answer what young Kid's Talk Radio reporters had to ask. Ambassador Veiga explained all from economy to the tourism in the Cape Verde islands. Beforehand, many people wondered, where exactly is Cape Verde? Is Cape Verde some type of gang in Los Angeles? Founder and CEO of Kid's Talk Radio Bob Barboza's favorite question of all was "Why does every person need a Cape Verdean?" for the reason that he knew the answer to that. As a fellow Cape Verdean, Barboza led the conference room with a walk through on Kid's Talk Radio and presented an introduction to Ambassador Veiga on the Cape Verdeans in the U.S.

Ambassador Veiga presented the audience with a power point presentation, showing the public what the Cape Verde islands had to offer and what it could do for the U.S. The ambassador presented some really interesting facts such as that Cape Verde achieved their independence on July 5^th, 1975. Ambassador Veiga also presented the current issues with her country like how Cape Verde is in dire need of resources; especially water, considering that rainfall in Cape Verde is very scarce. Cape Verde is in necessitate of help and support from the U.S. and we need to answer the call for help.

In conclusion, Ambassador Veiga was able to answer each question that curious reporters asked. The ambassador even had the chance to meet fellow Cape Verdeans who felt strongly about the struggle in their country. In the end, it is sure that every person there accomplished making a good impression to the ambassador to have her return to the sandy coasts of Long Beach, California.

Eric Lopez is a student at Long Beach Wilson High School. He is a member of his high school news team. Eric was invited to join the Long Beach Kid's Talk Radio PNN Press Conference News team.

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Super Subs Integrate Writing into Porgram

The Super Subs:

The Super Subs will integrate writing into their entire day when they are performing at schools. We feel that we can help to give students good reasons to write. So when the Super Subs come to town you will be treated to visual and performing arts, storytelling, Kid's Talk Radio, PNN News projects, and lots of opportunities to write.

Here are some recent articles that we are paying close attention to.

SAT writing portion good predictor of college grades, studies find.

USA Today (4/25, 3A, Kornblum, Toppo) reports, "The controversial new writing portion of the SAT is actually a better predictor of grades for freshmen college students than the older, more-established, critical reading and mathematics portions, according to preliminary results of two new studies" from the College Board and the University of California. The College Board study looked at "test scores from 150,000 freshmen entering 110 colleges in 2006 and then looked at their GPAs at the end of their freshman year," and the study found the SAT's writing section to be "'the best single predictor' of freshman grades." In an analysis of its 2006 freshman class, the University of California found that, "[w]hile the best predictor of grades is a student's high school GPA, the writing portion of the SAT is the most important among tests required by the UC system." Analysts note that, [a]necdotally, colleges are using the writing portion as a monitored writing sample."

Students using informal writing styles, study finds.

The New York Times (4/25, A16, Lewin) reports, "As email messages, text messages and social network postings become nearly ubiquitous in the lives of teenagers, the informality of electronic communications is seeping into their schoolwork," found a survey of 700 students by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The study found that "nearly two-thirds" of the "students surveyed said their e-communication style sometimes bled into school assignments." Richard Sterling, emeritus executive director of the National Writing Project, said that "when email shorthand -- or for that matter, slang -- appears in academic assignments...it is an opportunity for teachers to explain that while such usages are acceptable in some contexts, they do not belong in schoolwork." He also said, "I think in the future, capitalization will disappear."

The AP (4/25) reports the study "also found that teens who keep blogs or use social-networking sites...have a greater tendency to slip nonstandard elements into assignments," but noted that "teens who keep blogs are more likely to engage in personal writing," and "tend to believe that writing will prove crucial to their eventual success in life."

Kid's Talk Radio Goes To College

Otis College of Art and Design

Kid's Talk Radio was treated to a tour of Otis College of Art and Design. We were the special guest of Pete Galindo, Director, and OTEAM. The college is located right next to the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California. In addition, we met with Edward Schoenberg, Vice President of Enrollment Management.

Otis is a forward-looking art and design college with a real-word orientation. It was a great pleasure to be in the presence of so many great artists and designers.

We have provided a photo essay to help you to visualize this college that was founded in 1918, Otis is Los Angeles' first professional school of visual arts.

The Kid's Talk Radio Team is exploring ways that we might collaborate with Otis. We bring the audio arts to the table. Our action research in old time radio, sound effects, jazz, and contemporary music should make for an interesting collaboration.

Jazz improvisation cranks of your brain's creativity.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88827029&ft=1&f=1007&sc=emaf 

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