The Everything Bagel Beat - Trending Topics with Greta Cross
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Today’s guest is Greta Cross, 2023 Missouri Press Association Young Journalist of the Year. A graduate of MSU’s journalism program, Greta was the editor-in-chief of the Standard during her time at Missouri State, and is now the trending topics reporter for the Springfield News-Leader. In today’s conversation we talk about how trending topics is the everything bagel beat, and we talk about the “strange, weird, glorious place” that is Springfield, Missouri.
Greta is currently developing a 5 episode podcast project forthcoming in 2024 about drag in rural Missouri communities. We talk about the art and activism of drag, Greta’s interviews and research for the project including her use of the Meyer Library OLGA archives (Ozarks Lesbian and Gay Archives), and much more.
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