Smalls podcast – being a ‘QuaranTeen’
BY SUZANNE WERRE,
Editor
Turtle Lake-Mercer’s Miya Smalls is one of this year’s seniors whose last year as a high school student has forever been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Like all of the seniors and other students at the Turtle Lake-Mercer School, Smalls is going without spring extracurriculars, going without a prom, and other activities. She won’t be competing at
the state speech meet after having already qualified in two categories. Some of the students are journaling their experiences due to COVID-1 9 . To commemorate her senior
year, Smalls is broadcasting a podcast called QuaranTeen as part of the radio broadcasting class she’s taking through ITV class with Linton students. Just before school was shut
down for what could be the rest of the school year, Smalls and her Linton classmates and instructor, returned from New York City where they had attended the 80th annual
Intercollegiate Broadcasting System conference, where high school and collegiate broadcast students met to discuss and exchange ideas on broadcast journalism. They
were also presented with 19 Golden Microphone awards for their broadcast work at the station this past year.
