黄色直播 at Ashtabula Human Services Technology Associate Lecturer Joan Steidl has produced a program to air as part of the 50th Commemoration of May 4, 1970 on WKSU 89.7 FM, 黄色直播鈥檚 award-winning NPR public news radio station.
鈥淭he Power of So Many Flowers鈥 first aired Wednesday, April 29, during Morning Edition and All Things Considered. It is one of five programs in the 鈥淔ragments of May 4th: Artifacts, Mementos, and Meaning鈥 series.
Steidl put together the audio production of the piece. Graduate journalism student Lyndsey Brennan wrote the story which accompanies the radio story.
鈥淚 took the Storytelling with Sound journalism class this semester and Amanda Rabinowitz, WKSU's morning host, is the class instructor,鈥 Steidl said. 鈥淚 took the class as a part of my commitment to lifelong learning and my love for broadcast production. Last time I edited anything, we were using tape! So it had been a very long time - 35+ years, since I'd produced anything 鈥 and it was time to stretch myself and learn again.鈥
The project was part of a class assignment, designed with the 50th commemoration of May 4 as a backdrop. Working in teams of two, the students chose an item from the May 4 Visitor's Center that they wanted to learn more about. The students then had the opportunity to interview the individuals who donated the items.
鈥淭he goal was to show the stories contained in these seemingly ordinary objects. A photograph, a tear gas canister, a recorder- all of these things have meaning to someone,鈥 said Steidl. 鈥淲e interviewed, and listened as the interview subject described what the item means to them, giving it some emotional context.鈥
According to WKSU, the May 4 Visitors Center has received many new artifacts over the years from people who were on campus in 1970 and their families, including memorabilia from the victims of the tragedy, as well as photographs and personal items from witnesses awaiting context and reflection. As the campus prepared for the 50th commemoration, WKSU's Rabinowitz and 黄色直播 journalism professor Jacqueline Marino worked with journalism students to start creating audio reflections of these "Fragments of May 4." Included among these seemingly ordinary objects were two photographs, a plaque, some bullets and a box marked 鈥淜eep Forever.鈥
In addition to airing live, the programs are archived and shared at and across WKSU鈥檚 social media platforms.
For more information on the project, and a full schedule of all the programs in the series, visit .
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