Karla ArroyoIt’s Not Just an Aesthetic, It’s Deeper Than HairThe Master of Arts in Social Journalism program at the Newmark J-School requires its students to select a community of their choosing — it…Dec 14, 2020Dec 14, 2020
Karla ArroyoThinking About How I Was Going To Make Money Was the Hardest Part.For 16 months, I worked with Black and brown people who are subject to hair discrimination at work, school or society in general.Dec 12, 2020Dec 12, 2020
Karla ArroyoThe Importance Of Voices in My CommuniHaving Brit Harley as one of our final guests for our Community Engagement class was a great way to culminate my thinking about my…Dec 6, 2019Dec 6, 2019
Karla ArroyoThe Truth is Worth ItIn Dr. Lisbeth Berbary’s review packet (which she calls “very basic”) for humanist qualitative research, she demonstrates a table of…Nov 8, 2019Nov 8, 2019
Karla Arroyo“They’re the Main Characters…I’m the Listener.”In July 2019, educational news organization, Chalkbeat reported that the City of New York vowed to address special education failures in…Nov 6, 2019Nov 6, 2019
Karla ArroyoJournalists’ Role in Facilitating Civil Discussions: Bed Stuy Open NewsroomAs I geared up to attend my first Open Newsroom with The City and the Brooklyn Public Library in Bedford-Stuyvesant, I already imagined…Oct 26, 2019Oct 26, 2019
Karla ArroyoExchange of Power: Community OrganizingCommunity organizers have the power to unite people to work together to solve social problems. Some of these problems can be and are not…Oct 11, 20191Oct 11, 20191
Karla ArroyoJournalism, but Make It SolutionsAs seen in 2016’s Social-J student, Allen Arthur’s ninth slide, “you will wonder what the hell is going on.”Sep 27, 2019Sep 27, 2019
Karla ArroyoNew Heights in New LotsI like to think of myself as a well-versed New Yorker.Sep 18, 2019Sep 18, 2019
