Interview with Renee Shaw, December 14, 2018

Interview Summary

Renee Shaw, at the time of this interview, is the Public Affairs Managing Producer & Host at KET. She has been with KET since 1997. In this interview, she discusses her childhood and family background, growing up in rural Tennessee in a predominately white community. She discusses her education, and the mentors and role models who shaped her and helped make her career in broadcast journalism possible. She discusses how her perspective influences her journalism, the intersection of journalism and activism, and the role of journalism in a time of 'fake news.' She discusses the current political climate, both nationally and in the state of Kentucky and what must be done to find common ground among all people. She discusses issues including the achievement gap, poverty, race relations, representation of marginal voices, and political discontent.

Interview Keyword

Kentucky Educational Television (KET) Connections with Renee Shaw Portland (Tenn.) Western Kentucky University College students--Social conditions Journalism, College African American college students. African Americans--Education (Higher) African Americans--Education. Activism Fake news Childhood African American families

Interview LC Subject

African American journalists Interviewing in journalism Journalism television programs Journalism--Kentucky Journalism--Objectivity Journalism--Political aspects Journalism--Social aspects Journalists Journalists--Kentucky Kentucky Educational Television Kentucky--Politics and government Minorities and journalism Minorities in journalism Minority journalists Press and politics Reporters and reporting Television journalists Women and journalism Women journalists Broadcast journalism Economic conditions Race relations Poverty Mentoring African Americans--Social conditions

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