Supervisor Madrone Joins Hoopa High School Youth News Team for County Conversations

Tonight on County Conversation, we’re bringing you something a little different. Instead of our usual monthly check-in, 5th District Supervisor Steve Madrone sat down with the Hoopa High School Youth News Team for a special classroom conversation.

Supervisor Madrone represents Humboldt County’s 5th District, which includes a wide range of unincorporated communities—from Fieldbrook and Willow Creek to Trinidad, Hoopa, Orleans, McKinleyville, and Orick.

This visit was part of an ongoing effort to cultivate the next generation of local journalists through a partnership between KMUD News, KIDE Radio, and the Two Rivers Tribune. Students from the Youth News Team prepared a slate of thoughtful and challenging questions for their county representative—who also serves the Hoopa Valley community.

The interview was lead by youth journalist Karmyn Hostler…

*Special thanks to Press Forward and The Humboldt Journalism Project for their support of the Hoopa High School Youth News Team—an effort made possible in part through a DreamMaker Project of The Ink People.