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Characters / Miss Medloff
2 episodes · 1990

Miss Medloff

Miss Medloff is the teacher responsible for the Odyssey Owl, the school newspaper where students learn that reporting requires preparation, truth, and compassion. Curt Stevens joins the staff mainly to escape gym class, then invents a ridiculous profile after failing to interview Coach Stubbs properly. Miss Medloff recognizes the false story immediately and makes sure Curt faces the principal and his parents. She also oversees Lucy Cunningham-Schultz's work as Lucy investigates prejudice. A tidy first draft is not enough; the article needs the understanding that comes from listening to people who have actually suffered. Exacting but fair, Miss Medloff expects young reporters to do honest work and to care about the human beings behind their facts.

Appearances

2 episodes Art Text No.
0129 Not One of Us A young reporter's assignment on bigotry takes an unexpected turn when her search for people who've experienced discrimination leads her to a strange little town off the interstate.
0103 Front Page News Desperate to escape gym class forever, a scheming student and his reluctant best friend talk their way onto the school newspaper - only to discover that journalism is harder than running laps.