Chicago Free Marketeer takes on the Education Establishment

Libertarian Republican website was pleased to have the opportunity to interview Ms. Emma Jackson, a former student at the Medill School of Journalism in Chicago. She is a regular reader of Libertarian Republican. She's also friends with the free market think tank community in the Chicago area.

Jackson was kind enough to allow Libertarian Republican to premiere her groundbreaking video series on the troubled Chicago school system, and free market options to improve educational opportunities, particularly for inner-city school children.

LIBERTARIAN REPUBLICAN: What was it like being a libertarian at a leftwing journalist school?

JACKSON: It would have been nice to have at least one faculty member that was libertarian. It really kills your motivation when you know that political commentary with a libertarian angle is not encouraged. I produced the voucher video outside of the required assignments for the school.

LIBERTARIAN REPUBLICAN: How did the faculty treat you?

JACKSON: One of my professors Sharon McGowan knew I was conservative. Our class had a simple assignment of writing a news brief on what occurred on a Meet the Press show. I wrote a straight news article piece about what was said about Obama's response to the Iranian protest of the election results. My professor thought I was trying to insinuate in the piece that diplomacy is ineffective and hence we should bomb Iran. All I wrote was a straight news article. I didn't put my oppinion in the piece at all. After she read my piece she asked in the middle of class. Does Iran have a bomb? Do you really think Iran has a bomb? I couldn't even answer because I was so shocked. She wanted me to say yes so she could (I guess) prove that I'm stupid conservative.

LIBERTARIAN REPUBLICAN: Can libertarians and other free marketeers have a place in journalism school?

JACKSON: If you want to write or produce videos with a libertarian angle I don't think journalism school is the best route to go. You can be innovative with getting free market policy organizations to fund you to write commentary pieces and produce videos or you can try to brand yourself through a blog.