Jakob McWinney is the Education Reporter for the Voice of San Diego, whose mission is “investigative journalism for a better San Diego” and was founded in 2005 as the country's first digital non-profit news organization to serve a local community. Jakob talks about his unique route to becoming a journalist and some of the topics he’s reported on such as chronic absenteeism, homelessness, and the impact the pandemic has had on academic achievement. Read Jakob’s stories on the Voice of San Diego: https://voiceofsandiego.org/author/jakob-mcwhinney/ Connect with Jakob on: X: https://twitter.com/jakobmcwhinney Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jakobmcwhinney/ Connect with Dr. Sciarretta on X: https://twitter.com/dvs1970