Hosted by Elise Mullen and Perrin Smith, Produced by Perrin Smith with help from Colleen Miller, Eve Katz, Meg Aki, Nadia Nugent, and Elise Mullen, Edited by Paige Mathieson, Image courtesy of Kenneth R. Rosen
“It’s cathartic, but it’s also relieving,” said Kenneth R. Rosen, senior editor at Newsweek. Rosen, who is currently promoting his new nonfiction book “Troubled: The Failed Promise of America’s Behavioral Treatment Center,” previously earned a B.F.A. in writing from SCAD and served as District’s Editor in Chief in 2013.
Rosen’s book, “Troubled,” focuses on tough-love rehabilitation centers and wilderness camps scattered around the United States. Teenagers deemed “troubled” were roused from their sleep, taken from their homes and whisked away to be rehabilitated. While there, abuse was common. Rosen now seeks to tell parts of his story of being a teenager at several of these centers, as well as the stories of survivors and the effect the ordeal had on them.
In this episode of “Bookmarked and Dogeared,” we dive into his inspiration for writing such a poignant nonfiction work, how being personally involved in the subject matter changes the way you write and what it’s like writing a piece of nonfiction with anonymous sources.
Rosen is also a contributing writer at WIRED and his reporting has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine and The Atlantic. Previously, he served as a senior news assistant at The New York Times.
Check back again Saturday Feb. 27, for our next episode of “Bookmarked and Dogeared.” In episode seven, we sit down with Brian McGee, creative director of development at VICE News, and talk about how motion media graphics play a new role in the way stories are told visually — and how that applies to his project VICE News Tonight.
“Bookmarked and Dogeared” is a podcast about storytellers from a wide variety of majors at SCAD. Our goal is to share the passionate creative work issuing from the pens, paints and tools of students and recent alumni. We want to give up-and-coming storytellers the chance to share their voice and take part in an ongoing conversation about what the creative process means to them.
If you know a storyteller who would be a great fit for the podcast, reach out to social@scaddistrict.com.
