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400 faces: Laura Thompson, co-host of MuggleCast and #Millennial podcasts
Laura Thompson
Laura Thompson, Co-host of MuggleCast and #Millennial podcasts. - photo by Brian Paglia
Laura Thompson was a homeschooling teenager in Forsyth County and feeling a social void in her life when she stumbled into podcasting. The Dallas-native moved to the area in 2000 right before starting middle school. It was the height of fandom over the massively-successful Harry Potter book series, and Thompson was a devoted fan, so much so that she started working for MuggleNet, a prominent Harry Potter fan website, just a few years into homeschooling after attending North Forsyth High School for a year.
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How this Forsyth Central High School teacher is using his passion to prepare students for the world of film
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Jason Hanline helps his students as they finish filming their final project of the 2021-22 school year. - photo by Sabrina Kerns
From binging his favorite movies to making his own low-budget pieces, Jason Hanline has had a passion for film since he was a kid. Now, he teaches film to kids with that same kind of passion at the Central Film Academy.
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