Remembering when Birmingham was Bombingham
by Mary Beth Tinker (posted at naacp.org) Fifty years ago, when I was ten, I watched on TV as children of the Birmingham Children’s March were attacked by German Shepards […]
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If you want to change the world, tell a better story.
We’re down to the final ten days of our crowdsource campaign. Sort of do or…not do. If we hit our minimum goal of $50,000 we do. If we don’t, we […]
Thank You JEANC!
Mary Beth and Mike thank the Journalism Education Association of Northern California for their generous donation of $500 to the Tinker Tour. We are delighted — and so very grateful — to add […]
Thank You JEA!
Mary Beth and Mike thank the Journalism Education Association for their generous donation of $2500 to the Tinker Tour. We are delighted to add them to our list of em-powering tour sponsors.
Thank You ASNE Youth Journalism Initiative!
Mary Beth and Mike thank the American Society of News Editors Youth Journalism Initiative for their generous donation of $500 to the Tinker Tour. We are delighted to add them to our list […]
Thank you AEJMC!
Mary Beth and Mike thank the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication for their generous donation of $1,000 to the Tinker Tour. We are delighted to add them […]
Tinker Tour headed to the U.S. Supreme Court!
[5/9/13: Note: This story has been corrected to note that the details of Mary Beth’s participation at this event are still being worked out. The evening, which begins at 6 p.m., […]
Jim Lehrer, Here’s my number. Call me, maybe?
Dear Mr. Lehrer, We need a bus for two. I understand you may have one of your own. I hate to be so up-front, but we’ve been invited to the […]
Send the Tinker Tour some Love through Instagram
Help spread the word about the Tinker Tour through our new Instagram photo campaign — and let everyone know you support student voices and a strong First Amendment. Just snap […]
May Day! May Day! Attention Student Media!
Happy May Day. 🙂 So it’s May 1 and our StartSomeGood campaign to fund our national free speech and civics education bus tour ends May 31. We’ve had a strong […]
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