More than 70 people attended a preview screening of “How Saba Kept Singing” on April 11 at Retro Report’s newsroom in Midtown Manhattan. The film, directed by Sara Taksler, tells the story of David Wisnia, a Holocaust survivor who returns to the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau to uncover his past. David had never told his […]
Caroline Watkins
Caroline Watkins is an Audience Engagement Manager at Retro Report. Previously, she served as the lead audience growth producer for McClatchy’s South Carolina papers, based out of The State Newspaper in Columbia, SC. Watkins graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism in December 2019, where she majored in international convergence journalism and interned at outlets such as CBS News in London and CNN International.
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At Retro Report, a Day of Learning and Professional Development for NYC Educators
Last Monday, over 30 New York City educators visited the Retro Report newsroom for a day of professional development and learning about the intersection of housing, segregation and injustice over several periods in United States history. The daylong event was a collaboration with New American History and the Social Studies team from the New York […]
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Teaching About the Civil Rights Era
We’d like to thank the more than 30 educators and panelists who attended the event last Tuesday where Retro Report and PBS Frontline showcased classroom resources about the Civil Rights Era at our newsroom in New York. The evening began with a presentation of educational resources related to “American Reckoning,” a documentary about an untold […]
