Youth Radio: 15-year-old meets the president

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March 29, 2010
Sasha Aslanian - Producer, Iman Fears - Reporter, Amy Klobuchar - Speaker, Al Franken - Interviewee
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As part of MPR's Youth Radio Series, Youth Radio reporter Iman Fears shares her experience in U.S. Senate Youth Program, which leads to meeting officials in Washington D.C., including Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, and President Barack Obama.

Report is second in the six-part award winning material within Youth Radio series.

Click links below for other reports:

part 1: https://archive.mpr.org/stories/2010/01/28/youth-radio-young-gay-and-homeless

part 3: https://archive.mpr.org/stories/2010/05/27/youth-radio-life-without-mom

part 4: https://archive.mpr.org/stories/2010/06/10/youth-radio-student-explains-how-destination-2010-helped-her

part 5: https://archive.mpr.org/stories/2010/09/20/youth-radio-japanese-american-granddaughter-questions-internment

part 6: https://archive.mpr.org/stories/2010/12/07/youth-radio-undocumented-teen-says-equality-is-everything

Awarded:

2011 Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism, first place in Audio category

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