ELA Podcast - Healthcare

In ELA for the past few weeks, we have been studying the unit of Journalism by working on a social justice podcast. I choose the interesting topic of healthcare access in the US and Singapore, and how the different parts of their systems helped their citizens. I am most proud of my soundbites and interviews because it was quite hard finding a good part that has statistics or emotion in it for this topic so I tried really hard to get the best information. When I was interviewed I was able to ask good questions that dove deeper into both of their perspectives as a doctor and as a citizen of these countries. I did this by staying attentive and really preserving by asking tons of questions to push theirs and my thinking deeper. I had a great time and learned quite a lot from this research, and I now fully understand how both of these systems work. I learned about the different parts and why some of these people just can't get access to healthcare. In the US it is because they are just above the poverty line so they can't get Medicaid but don't have insurance either, which is quite sad. My biggest challenge I think was helping people understand why this really is a social justice topic and reflecting that in my podcast was a big challenge for me, and I think that I could have done it a little better. Some unintended learning that happened was I learned how both of these systems work and I now understand how that part of the government works, I think that I accidentally just learned some politics. I think now with my understand I can also participate in adult conversations on this topic.
I think I also could have included more statistics or facts in my podcast, but overall I'm ok with my podcast and I'm happy I learned lots of new things. Beforehand I didn't know how complicated these systems are and didn't appreciate how much work goes into making the citizens of the country happy. I learned quite a lot from this experience and I think it furthered my understanding of journalism.