Monthly Archives: October 2010

WPRB News: Immigration in New Jersey

John Nasir is a Kashimiri immigrant who came to the United States to attend Christian missionary school and was unexpectedly detained. That was two years ago. Now he’s stuck in New Jersey but has become the beneficiary of a new program in Princeton spearheaded by the Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund (LALDEF) to provide undocumented immigrants with nongovernmental identification cards. While the LALDEF argues that the cards are essential, the program has its detractors, such as the New Jersey Citizens for Immigration Control (NJCIC).

Neha Uberoi and Rafael Grillo bring you the story in four parts.

Part one, the story of John Nasir: Right Click to Download

Part two, an interview with LALDEF chair Patricia Fernandez-Kelly: Right Click to Download

Part three, an interview with NJCIC president Gail Kesselman: Right Click to Download

Part four, John Nasir speaks about the nongovernmental ID program: Right Click to Download

This episode featured work by: Neha Uberoi and Rafael Grillo. Engineer: Nick White.

Executive Producer: Nikki Leon.
Senior Producer: Flora Thomson-Deveaux.

WPRB News: Premiere

In light of the recent death of Rutgers’ Freshman Tyler Clementi, Aku Ammah-Tagoe and Shikha Uberoi sat down with licensed clinical social worker Shari Kaplan, the creator of a show called “Make it Happen” that helps harassed and bullied teenagers recover, to talk about bullying.

This month in Afghanistan, the foreign troop death toll climbed closer to 600, making it the deadliest year to date, and just yesterday a NATO soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan. Jackie Cremos and Anthony Paranzino talked to Wesley Morgan, a young journalist with firsthand experience in Iraq and Afghanistan to gain some insight. Morgan is still a college student, now entering his senior year at Princeton University.

Listen here: Right Click to Download

This episode featured work by: Jackie Cremos, Anthony Paranzino, Shikha Uberoi, and Aku Ammah-Tagoe. Engineers: Sandy Fong, Andy Martens, Raphael Murillo, and Nick White.

Executive Producer: Nikki Leon.
Senior Producer: Flora Thomson-Deveaux.

CC licensed music from Chad Crouch and .Tape.

Blog: WPRB Pledge Drive – Donate!

WPRB is currently in the midst of its 2010 Membership Drive. Donate now to support WPRB by visiting here. Also, be sure to tune in for the premiere broadcast of WPRB News this Monday from 6-6:30pm EST, featuring: an interview with Wes Morgan, writer for the “At War” blog of the New York Times; a discussion of the issue of bullying; a look at Slavoj Zizek; and some strange video art.