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“All politics is local” is a popular saying, most often associated with House Speaker Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill Jr. (1912-1994). O’Neill used the saying in his first political campaign in 1935. “‘All politics is local’ is probably the lesson most associated with me,” O’Neill once said. “Actually, my father first told it to me, and it helped me greatly along the line. I can’t tell you how many people come up to me and repeat it, giving me the credit.” O’Neill, a Democrat who served from 1977 to 1987 as the 47th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, thought that a politician’s success was directly tied to his ability to understand and ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL, AND OTHER influence the issues of his constituents. O’Neill RULES OF THE GAME By Tip O’Neill with represented northern Boston, Massachusetts, from Gary Hymel New York, New York: 1953 to 1987. Times Books However, the phrase wasn’t O’Neill’s alone. 1994
2 | COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association SPRING 2021 Pictured left to right: junior Sebastian Fernandez, senior Faith Hammock and junior Reagan Eastlick. photo illustration by Sarena The political divide Wilkerson and Conor Daly Students get directly involved in politics for Election Day Lukas Goodwin Arena in UCF, mostly out of curiosity. “Although [he] wasn’t my ideal candidate, the energy there was Print Editor incredible,” Ellis said. “I could really tell people were enthusiastic efore this year, high school students most likely avoided about voting for Trump. It was almost like a party.” political conversations with family at the dinner table that The public reception for both presidential candidates, both Bsparked either boredom or controversy. But now, with the positive and negative, has grown to be overwhelming in students’ 2020 elections, many have become more outspoken even though eyes. Most can attest to the “Trump 2020” or “Biden 2020” masks, they may not be old enough to vote. There are other ways, as they car magnets and lawn signs seen everywhere, symbolizing the have found, to partake in politics. prominence this election has taken for everyone. “I’d say it’s an important civic duty to pay attention to local, Senior Blake Watts was conscious of the increasing tension state and national races and get read up on the issues of the time to between Trump and Biden supporters even after the election, and it be an informed citizen,” junior Sebastian Fernandez said. “If you has affected how much he is willing to express about his thoughts really believe that a person could make a serious difference in your on the candidates — even going to discourage him from attending community, it’s a good idea to get involved and help out.” the Trump rally in Sanford on Oct. 12. Fernandez started to get more active this year by interning for “I was swayed against going because of the risk of potentially the Patricia Sigman campaign. Sigman is a Democrat who ran dangerous situations… Trump rallies typically attract both positive for Florida State Senate, District 9, against Republican candidate and negative attention,” Watts said. Jason Brodeur. As an intern, Fernandez promoted public awareness In spite of the hype surrounding the presidential race, Markman through activities such as phone banking and sign waving. Although felt that it overshadowed local elections. She believes the best way they lost, he thoroughly enjoyed the experience. to remain politically engaged is to stay as informed as possible on “I believe we ran a good campaign and pushed Brodeur for all levels. everything he’s got,” Fernandez said. “People underestimate the impact local candidates have on our Senior Tai Markman also volunteered weekly with the Seminole everyday lives,” Markman said. “By being aware of what is going County Democratic Party. Markman found the opportunity through on, this motivates me to do whatever I can to help fight injustice and her own research, and thought it was a “great opportunity” to stay fight for equality.” engaged. The rise in involvement in this year alone has gone to show A lot of students found that gaining enthusiasm for particular how the minimum age for voting does not hinder students. Though candidates helped to improve advocacy overall; sharing views with not yet able to legally register for a party, Ellis considers himself a prominent figure can motivate more people to show their support. an Independent. He is fascinated by politics and emphasizes the At events such as political rallies, for example, people get a chance importance of all people educating themselves as much as they can. to listen directly to what the candidate has to say and form a better “At some point, I will be old enough to vote… so I’d like to be opinion on them. informed now to prepare me for the future,” Ellis said. “Being able President Donald Trump is known for hosting rallies nationwide. to express your voice in this country and contribute to a cause is a In 2016, senior CJ Ellis attended one of Trump’s rallies at the CFE privilege that I don’t want to squander.”
“I knew, especially “I feel relieved that... a because of the coming sense of decency election, that I has returned to the Social media provides a platform for students to partake in political discourse Gabriella Herrera people have shared false information online. “I felt kind of disappointed. I went through all that effort to This statistic is one junior Reagan Eastlick understands the explain to him my viewpoint, and he wouldn’t even consider it. He wanted to help the United States. I am glad Staff Reporter “[I was] importance of. just said ‘no’ and nothing else,” Nemery said. Democratic Party in that democracy hen youthful exuberance, a wifi connection and a desire to “I try to educate myself on everything that I say before I say Nemery makes frequent political tweets covering all sorts of apprehensive change the country come together, it creates a passionate it. Everyone has a right to speak, but it would be better if people topics, one of the most prominent being his disdain for injustice in has shown its Wpolitical climate. In the past, many students have been spoke about what they knew, and if they don’t know about it, if they the current political system. any way possible.” hesitant to align themselves with certain beliefs, but this election learned,” Eastlick said. “For too long, lots of people have been… completely ignored by the entire week, year transformed the political scene among teenagers. Teens are Eastlick, however, knows the price of sharing this information our government. These deep-seeded discrepancies trace back to the - Tai Markman, 12 true colors.” more enthusiastic than ever to pronounce their own positions, as online. The Pew Research Center reports as of 2017 four out of roots of how the system works,” Nemery said. checking the AP’s well as sway undecided individuals. 10 Americans experience some form of online harassment, and Junior Olivia Tulloch has also received pushback when - Aidan Donaghy, 11 Crucial to this process is social media. Amid the many targeted Eastlick falls into that demographic. He has received countless defending her views on social inequality. When adding her own ads, students interact with their peers and connections, who often threats since he began expressing his conservative views more commentary to Instagram posts, Tulloch is not afraid to deal with tally repeatedly, share their opinions. openly. As a firm Republican Trump supporter, they do not seem the backlash. wargaming Junior Julia Squitteri uses Instagram to encourage the people to be going away. “I mostly post things against racism, sexism and homophobia. If around her to volunteer with the Florida Democratic Party, as well “I would get terrible threats against myself and my family,” you want to flood my DM’s with threats… against those things, that as to share information about the politicians she backs, especially Eastlick said. says more about you than it does me.” it out on paper.” presidential candidate Joe Biden. Junior Joshua Nemery is a staunch Biden supporter and knows Of course, political activism is not for everyone, and the “I think it is important to advocate, but [also] to inform rather this feeling well. Participating in online debates have contributed to majority of students will not be able to vote for a president until the - Reagan Eastlick, 11 than to solely talk about one’s political opinion,” Squitteri said. “So Nemery’s political experience. 2024 election. In the meantime, people will likely continue sharing many people vote for candidates who work against their interests “Whenever someone does disagree with me I try to hear them their views online until the internet itself dies out. due to the spread of misinformation, so it’s more important than out,” Nemery said. “When things devolve into absurdity I start to “I just personally [share] because it’s a part of who I am and ever to educate.” ignore them.” it’s something I’m interested in, but people don’t have to,” Tulloch Social media accounts are guilty of spreading such “fake news,” Nemery got into an argument over the right to abortion in his said. “However, if you are silent on your morals, that’s a lack of even by accident. In a study done by Statistica in 2019, 52% of direct messages on Instagram. character. Politics is one thing, basic human decency is another.”
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Byron Price (1891-1981), the Associated Press Washington bureau chief and author of the newspaper column “Politics at Random,” wrote “politics is local,” and “all politics is local politics” in February 1932, and “all politics is local in the last analysis” in July 1932. Price likely coined and/or popularized the saying. Over the decades of political coverage, reporters have taken those words to heart and understand the value of covering campaigns, issues and candidates. “For politicians, newspapers are today’s history,” said John Henry, former political editor of the Houston Chronicle. “The reporters are the primary historians, the observers and recorders of today’s events. The reporters and their newspapers are going to be around long after the politician, and it is from their work, in large part, that the politician’s role will be defined.” High school media share that goal when they train readers in the democratic process by providing localized articles about political realities. No one questions the power of the media, beginning with scholastic coverage, to influence an election. Griff Singer, retired senior lecturer from the School of Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin, said the public simply wants honest, forthright coverage just as citizens want honest and forthright politicians. He suggested reporters work industriously to prod politicians to answer questions on topics of interest to people. “Learn to sift out the junk from the real issues material,” Singer said. “Force politicians to answer questions and not do sound-bite stuff.” One way to avoid sound bites is to focus on local issues. “Local papers should always, always, always cover their local Congress member and perhaps statewide elections even if the national papers are also providing such coverage. The local view can usually fill in the important details.”
Tips from GRIFF SINGER, retired senior lecturer of journalism, The University of Texas at Austin | Learn to sift out the junk from the real issues. | Force politicians to answer questions and not do sound-bite stuff. | Be prepared to ask follow-up questions requiring the politician to stick to the topic. | Don’t allow the politician to set the interview (or press conference) agenda. | Do your homework. | If they don’t answer directly, play the angle game, too. Start from another direction to get back to the issue you want them to address. | Boycott the photo-op situations. | Get away from the TV cameras and talk to the candidate in a more quiet setting.
SPRING 2021 COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association | 3 Design by Madison Lenard Design by Ava Steil Senator Kamala Harris diversifies America’s political playing field Parkland voters will select representation for Congress, Florida Legislature, county and city offices Voters to cast their ballots in the 2020 Door-to-Door. School board candidate Debbi Going TOE-TO-TOE Presidential election on Nov. 3 Hixon; her son, Corey Hixon; and Broward Teachers Union’s Director of Political Organizing Jennifer Gottlieb gather with BTU members to begin DONALD TRUMP (R) JOE BIDEN (D) a Saturday canvassing event. Participants went Breaking Barriers door-to-door, leaving campaign door hangers at On your ballot each residence. Photos by Destiny Cazeau Representative in Congress State Senator State Representative Supervisor of Elections OCTOBER 20, 1964 Kamala Devi Harris was born 1986 in Oakland, California. She Graduated from 1998 is the daughter of Jamaican Howard University, Named managing and Indian immigrants and B.A. political science attorney of the Career grew up attending a Black and economics 1989 Criminal Unit of the Baptist church and a Hindu Graduated University San Francisco District temple of California, Hastings Attorney’s Office James “Jim” Pruden (R) Ted Deutch (D) Brian Norton (R) Tina Polsky (D) Christine Hunchofsky (D) Catherine McBreen (R) Joe Scott (D) College of Law, J.D. Public Defender 17th Circuit State Attorney 17th Circuit Circuit Judge 17th Circuit School Board at Large - Seat 9 Photo courtesy of Biden Campaign
2017-Present Aug. 11 2004-2011 Served as a U.S. senator. Biden named her as his Served as the district Harris is the first Black Jan. 21, 2019 Gordon Weekes (D) Gregg Rossman (R) Harold Fernandez Pryor (D) Dennis Daniel Bailey George Odom Jr. Debra Hixon Jeff Holness attorney of San running mate, making her 2011-2016 woman to represent Announced she was running the first Black and South Francisco California in the U.S. Senate. for president in a video Asian-American woman Served as attorney general for posted on social media and California (2011-2016). First South She is first Indian-American to run on a major political Broward Soil & Water - Seat 5 Broward County Sheriff Parkland Commission District 1 and the second Black appeared on ABC’s Good party’s presidential ticket Asian-American attorney general in woman to serve as a U.S. Morning America 74 77 the nation senator years old years old What do you think of Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for vice president?
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Current president of the United States, and Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Executive Order 13768: Former vice president under President Barack 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law democratic Vice Presidential nominee because she“ is former businessman. Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of Obama Enforcement Act, Violence Against Women Act elect a woman of color to hold the office of Vice President “ “ the United States, Executive Order 13769: of 1994, American Recovery and Reinvestment “ Meet the candidate Also appeared as a personality on a Served as a United States senator from the a qualified woman who also brings much needed In a normal election cycle, candidates this race because I was impacted by the bond-funded renovations, which are way Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Act of 2009, 2010 Tax Relief Act, Criminal for the first time. It is essential that our public officials authentically Parkland Commission District 2 Parkland Commission District 4 Parkland Mayor Up For Merit Retention Debbi Hixon campaigns multitude of television programs. state of Delaware from 1973 to 2009. for at-large school board would hold many in-person events and try MSD shooting,” Hixon said. “I got into it behind schedule and over budget. Hixon Entry Into the United States. History Background Checks Pilot Extension representation to all people in our country. represent all citizens, so having a Vice President whose gender is Florida Supreme Court Justice to make personal connections with voters. because I love the Broward County Schools offers a different perspective than most on Act of 2008. Carlos G. Muñiz seat in runoff election Campaigning during this election cycle System. I love the students; I love the this issue. Ella Singer, 12 not male and whose race is not white is long overdue. has presented unprecedented challenges teachers and the staff, and I just want the “A lot of the problems that are Who do you want to become 4th District Court of Appeal s the calendar nears Nov. 3, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. opportunity to make things better.” happening in the bond issue have to do Presidential the next President of the Zachary Beer, 12 Alan O. Forst Broward County residents will For Hixon, raising funds for her Hixon is opposed to arming teachers with management,” Hixon said. “Those are
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students,support Other “ Broward County District 9 seat. “It’s much harder to ask people to “Chris was a security person; he Hixon feels that winning this race a great [Vice President] if her and [Joe] Biden are Vice President. She is a sitting Senator from the most populated state in Joe Biden for of MSD students are of MSD students who of MSD students who are of MSD students who are The winner will replace Robin support you financially because people was a military police officer... and to be would give her an opportunity to help a 11+S 58+S 38+S 4+S “ “ 61% “ Bartleman in an at-large seat that have lost their jobs or their businesses are quite honest if he would’ve been armed community that supported her through president eligible to vote in the 2020 are registered voters registered voters will vote registered voters will 23% elected because she is very strong willed and the nation... It also is a big step for America when we can nominate a Amendment 1: Amendment 2: Amendment 3: Biden AMEND represents the entire county. Bartleman so uncertain,” Hixon said. that day, we would have a completely dealing with the loss of her husband, *Results from a poll of General Election will vote to elect Joe to reelect Donald Trump vote to elect an alternate Trump Citizenship Requirement to Vote in Florida Raising Florida’s Minimum Wage All Voters Vote in Primary Elections for woman of color to hold the second highest elected position in the land, and is running for Florida House of A staple in this election is the increased different conversation,” Hixon said. “But believing that it was a true example of 430 MSD students Biden as president as president candidate as president she cares so much about what she does. This amendment provides that only Raises minimum wage to $10 per State, Legislature, Governor and Cabinet Representatives District 104 seat, which use of technology in campaigning. With I’m a teacher, and I know that I would “love trumps hate.” 61+23+16 should pave the way for others to ascend to the highest office. THAT United States citizens who are at hour effective on Sept. 30, 2021. Allows all registered voters to vote Frederique Faucher, 9 Florida voters will least 18 years of age, a permanent Each September after that, the min- in primaries for state legislature, represents Weston, Florida. virtual town halls, community members never want the Jeff Foster, AP government teacher decide on six proposed resident of Florida and registered to imum wage will increase by $1 until governor and cabinet regardless of In the August primary, Hixon received are able to ask candidates, like Hixon, responsibility… vote, as provided by law, shall be it reaches $15 per hour on party affiliation. 41.72% of the vote in a race against four questions and connect with them that’s not fair to I love the students; I love the amendments to qualified to vote in a Florida election. Sept. 30, 2026. other candidates. In order to win the seat remotely from the comfort of their home. students or to Florida Constitution; outright, a candidate must receive 51% “With the use of technology, I think teachers. If you’re of the vote. If no candidate achieves that that voters in this election have a much carrying a weapon, teachers and staff, and I just want the ordon Weekes renda D. heriff Gregory arold Fernandez oe Scott won arah Leonardi Amendments must Amendment 4: Amendment 5: Ad Valorem Tax Discount for Spouses of vote threshold, a runoff election is held greater chance of being educated about that should be Broward County primary won his race for Forman won Tony won his Pryor won his his Democratic won her school receive 60% of the vote Voter Approval of Constitutional Limitations on Homestead Property Tax Certain Deceased Veterans between the two candidates with the the candidates than they would have what your focus is.” election delivers historic Public Defender her reelection primary race with Democratic primary race board election to pass Amendments Assessments; increased portability period Provides homestead property tax greatest percentage of the votes. Holness normally,” Hixon said. Hixon’s “ Primary G B S H J S opportunity to make things better. wave of victories for with about 48% of primary race for roughly 37% of the primary race for State for Broward County for District 3 with 52% Requires all amendments or Effective Jan. 1, 2021, to increase discount for certain veterans with received 25.95% of the vote, which was Hixon has found socially distanced campaign is not Black candidates the vote, almost 16% Broward County vote, closely followed Attorney in what Supervisor of of the vote, unseating revisions to be approved by from two years to three years, permanent combat-related disabilities the second highest total behind Hixon’s ways to campaign across Broward County. exclusively focused Debbi Hixon Progress more than his closest Clerk of the Court, by former Sheriff Scott amounted to a close Elections, beating his the incumbent school voters in two elections, instead of Save-Our-Homes benefits may be carries over to their surviving spouse 41.72%. Each Saturday, Hixon and members of on school safety. n Aug. 18, Broward County voters positions against prominent local figures challenger Ruby receiving around Israel who received competition with closest challenger, board member, one. transferred to a new homestead. who title to, and permanently reside Both Hixon and Holness have similar the Broward Teachers Union go door- She is clear that she wants to focus on the “It’s Chris and I doing this together; I participated in the 2020 primary despite slim margins in the vote totals. Lenora Green. Weekes 45% of the vote about 35% of the progressive candidate Chad Klitzman, by Heather Brinkworth, on, the homestead property, until he platforms. Both candidates want to to-door in different parts of the county, everyday problems in education as well. feel him pushing me through,” Hixon said. election. For the first time ever, a This is an important moment in formerly served as and beating out her vote. This race gained Joe Kimok, winning by about .3% of the by about 15% of the or she remarries or sells the property. prioritize school safety and security, leaving campaign door hangers on every As an educator herself, she has experience “I’m just excited for the opportunity to majority of the candidates to win Broward County’s history and the voter the Assistant Public nearest challenger by a lot of notoriety, as roughly a point and vote. An automatic vote. A community learning for special needs students and residence. with the inner workings of schools and be the voice for everyone in the county, Otheir primary elections for county offices turnout could indicate a high turnout Defender of the Broward County Public Defender’s Office, around 10% of the vote count. The incumbent in the race, Israel was previously suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis and receiving about 21% of the vote. Pryor, who formerly led the machine recount of the votes solidified Scott’s victory. activist, Leonardi ran on a platform of increasing teacher mental health resources for students. Hixon is the widow of Chris Hixon, what it is like to deal with building to make a difference... and what’s more ” focusing much of his career on defending juveniles in the Forman has conducted work against human trafficking replaced by Tony, with the governor citing incompetence Broward County Black Bar Association, beat out a crowded Scott, a Parkland resident and West Point graduate is pay, improving teacher healthcare benefits and increasing Approves Special Law CS/HB 989 (2020) Relating to Broward County Regulation of the Department of Surtax-Funded Hixon is a 31-year veteran teacher the former athletic director that was problems like mold, fights between important than the education of our were Black. among Broward voters in the 2020 General Broward Transportation Improvements on County Property The Broward County Supervisor of Election. Early voting started on Oct. 19 court system. As a Black man, his winning campaign has and domestic violence and was another Black candidate with how Israel handled the Ft. Lauderdale Airport Shooting field of eight candidates, and if elected in the 2020 General committed to creating a functional and up-to-date voting mental health resources in schools. She was also endorsed County’s Governmental Functions of Broward County Public Schools. Her murdered in the shooting at Marjory students, etc. children? That’s how we make things To implement surtax-funded improvements to the Elections received 212,932 mail-in votes for and ends on Oct. 31. Story by Anisah Steele contributed to an historic wave of Black officials winning elected in this historic election. Forman will not appear on in 2017 and the MSD shooting in 2018. Tony faces both a Election would become the first Black State Attorney of system in a county with historic voting problems. Scott by the Broward Teachers’ Union. When she is sworn in later Enables county administrator to continue serving as campaign has been officially endorsed Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, “When we talk about safety... we have better.” county-wide transportation system approved by this election. Candidates like Gregory Tony, and Ryan Servaites; additional reporting by their primary contest. Weekes faces a write in candidate on the 2020 General Election ballot as she has no Republican or Republican and a Non-Party Affiliated opponent in the 2020 Broward County. Pryor is running against a Republican faces Republican challenger Catherine McBreenin the 2020 this year, Leonardi will be the youngest member of the Ballot ex official clerk to the county commission. Enables the by the Broward Teachers Union, 2018. Although her late husband has a role to look under that big umbrella,” Hixon Hixon encourages everyone in Broward voters in 2018, shall the Broward County Charter be along with various others, secured their Logan Rubenstein the ballot in the 2020 General Election. Non-Party Affiliated opponents. General Election on Nov. 3. challenger in the 2020 General Election on Nov. 3 General Election on Nov. 3. School Board of Broward County. Broward voters asked to county to continue serving as auditor and custodian of Congressman Ted Deutch, Congresswoman in empowering her to run for the school said. “I think that’s what makes me unique County who is eligible to vote to make decide on two ballot questions all funds. Power and funds would otherwise transfer to amended to provide that county ordinances regulating Debbie Wasserman, Broward County board, Hixon is not running solely because to other candidates is that I am in the their voices heard in this election. Early the control of the Broward County Clerk of the Courts in the development, operation or administration, of School Board Member Lori Alhadeff of her loss. system. I’m invested. I’m dedicated.” voting for Broward County began on 2021. transportation improvement projects, prevail over and the current district 9 seat holder, “It’s important for people to Budgeting is a hot topic in this race, Monday, Oct. 19. The last day to vote is conflicting municipal ordinances. Bartleman. understand that I didn’t just get into especially concerning the $800 million Nov. 3. Story by Brooke Harrison 06 Politics • 2020 Election Politics • 2020 Election 07 08 Politics • Parkland 2020 General Election Ballot Politics • Debbi Hixon Campaign 09
THE EAGLE EYE, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Our staff has been covering local politics for the last diversity, and this was an historic election cycle for Black (Parkland, Florida); Melissa Falkowski, CJE, adviser few years, both online and in print. The school board candidates running for local office. makes important decisions that affect students in the The editors discussed that it’s important to inform FALKOWSKI | Our student body tends to be politically classroom — from COVID restrictions to Code Red proto- students about local candidates and elections, so that active, even before the shooting at our school in 2018. cols. Their decisions have consequences for our students. other students understand politics and the issues better. Since then, even though most of those students have Debbi Hixon’s candidacy has significance for our school People tend to forget that politics affect us too. It’s just as graduated, there has been a large focus on politics and community. Her husband was our athletic director and much our community and our news as it is for adults.” political action within the student body. Our students a security team member. He died at our school on Feb. https://issuu.com/melissafalkowski4/docs/final20201st- recognize the role that politics play in their everyday 14, 2018. All the local elections have impact on our com- quarterredefiningnormalcy/6 lives. Our social studies department teaches them that. munity. Our students were also committed to covering
CATAWBA RIDGE NEWS, Catawba Ridge High School (Fort Mill, South Carolina); Karin McKemey, adviser McKEMEY | My students covered the polls all day with some watch parties on election night. They also published several stories leading up to the election. My students this fall are probably the most civic-minded class I’ve ever had. They were so excited to be asked to cover watch parties by some of our local candidates. People came to them, which made a huge difference in their confidence covering all of this. @catawbaridgenews THE ONEMA1ZE SHOW, Maize Career Academy (Kansas) | Election Episode 3 | Spencer O’Daniel, MJE, adviser; Victor Nguyen and Magnus Lind, producers; Lanie Wolf and A.J. Sevier, anchors; Shane Sears, graphics; Dylan Wittorff, editor O’DANIEL | “We wanted to create coverage within our USD 266 community that represented the strength of America and American values. Mom-and-pop small businesses evolving and staying relevant through COVID. The history of a family business in Johnson’s Garden Center and how the family values have kept the business profitable and thriving in 2020. We decided to bring on a state government candidate for the ‘cherry on top’ by offering lively, real perspective to issues going on in a sit-down conversation with one of our top anchors. Lastly, comedy relief was important in creating an Election Show by adding a fun, trivia- like game show to test the prior knowledge of students from both Maize High and Maize South within our show. We had our anchors dress to the occasion, spent time decorating our set thematically and we felt great about the final product that students, parents and our faculty within our district could find one or two stories that they like and can connect with.” https://vimeo.com/473971551
4 | COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association SPRING 2021 Despite the popularity of social media, news outlets remain a go-to source of information for many people in the United States. News consumers are more likely to trust the media they seek out than what they see on social platforms. If journalists don’t exhibit the patience that they want their readers to have, both risk jumping to conclusions and spreading misinformation. | REUTERS INSTITUTE DIGITAL NEWS REPORT 2020
PETER BAKER (right) is the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, responsible for covering President Donald Trump, the fourth president he has covered. He covered Barack Obama for The New York Times and Bill Clinton and George W. Bush for The Washington Post.
Baker joined The New York Times in 2008 after 20 years at The Washington Post and has written about Trump since the inception of his administration, through the turmoil inside his White House and the many battles with adversaries outside it. He has written about the investigation into Russia’s election interference; legislative struggles over health care and tax cuts; decisions of war and peace in Afghanistan, Syria and North Korea; and the impeachment of the president. PETER BAKER, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, THE NEW YORK TIMES To me, local news is the most important undercovered news out there. I spent the first 10 years of my career covering local and state news in Virginia, and in many ways it was some of the most consequential journalism I’ve done. What happens at the local and state level can affect our readers in a more direct way than almost anything else we write about. It’s about the communities we live in, the taxes we pay, the schools we send our children to, the roads we drive, the buses we ride, the housing we rent, the crime that affects our neighborhoods and the environment that surrounds us. Presidents and members of Congress make big pronouncements but, in the end, a lot of what we see day in and day out relates to our own communities. And while there are many news outlets paying attention to our national leaders, our state and local leaders are making crucial decisions that affect us with far less attention, transparency and scrutiny than they did a generation ago. That’s not healthy for a functioning democracy. So from my point of view, covering local news is vital, and we need to do what we can to support journal- ism at the city, county and state level. .
(left) Brent with his BRENT NEWSOM is a City Council member in family. Mansfield, Texas. He’s also an assistant vice president with Frost Bank. According to his website, (right) Brent cooking his priorities when running for mayor were these: hot dogs for Mansfield • to cut property taxes Independent School • to protect our neighborhoods District Day of • to support first responders Giving for student • to protect private property rights volunteers. • to improve roads BRENT NEWSOM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, MANSFIELD (TEXAS) There are three primary reasons why covering politics at the local level is extremely important. 1. City councils and school boards (of course this can vary based on the size of the city in question) have the most interaction with the citizens they represent on a daily basis. They see them at the ball games, in the stores and at the parks. 2. City councils and school boards have the most impact on the local citizen on a daily basis. The decisions at this level impact streets, school schedules, taxes, parks, water, fire and police, just to name a few. All the devices we use and rely on in our daily lives. 3. Often, these positions are stepping stones to the next level. Whether it is a county, state or national political office, local elected office is where it starts. Students should look at their local races as a way to cut their teeth and build relationships. These local offices, if not, should be a link to the representatives at the higher level to have a greater understanding of what is occurring and/or important locally.
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and affordable housing options. For this the potential for immediate change. reason, citizens often have greater agency Even if the presidential candidate or EL ESTOQUE, Monta Vista High School in effecting change when voting locally. Congressperson we hope for does not get IT’S TIME TO Sometimes, our local and state elected, our voices can still find meaning (Cupertino, California); Julia Satterthwaite, MJE, laws can take precedence over federal through local participation and action. laws. Proposition 16, for example, is a The upcoming election is an adviser VOTE LOCAL new ballot proposition that repeals an opportunity for us to take the initiative to existing Californian law that prohibits educate ourselves on who our candidates Local advocacy can be more impactful than participating in the discrimination on the basis of race, sex, are and what policies they hope to national election conversation color, ethnicity and national origin. It’s enact. Cupertino residents will have the probably best known to MVHS students opportunity to vote for ballot measures, ROBERT LIU, managing editor | It was important espite the fact that there over half offer. In fact, these publications are often through viral City Council a million elected officials in the limited to reporting within the confines of posts about its candidates and to write on this topic — and others agreed in DU.S. today, only 537 of them — just their community due to circulation and supposed impact FUHSD board over 0.1% — are federal employees. The distribution reasons. Online and cable on UC admission members. majority are found on the local and state news outlets, however, thrive on the rates. Yet there Their votes will our staff ed meeting — given the stress and level — in courts, school boards, city relevance and sensationalism of national lies a multitude of impact how councils and more — yet only a few, like the politics. This pattern creates a positive nuances beneath distance learning, anticipation in almost every corner of the president, are feedback that. The law transportation constantly loop of does not simply and housing in the public STAFF EDITORIAL increasing concern college of students are prices — issues country leading up to the election. Presidential eye. Local attention 13%following the FUHSD board or admissions, relevant to elections do on national Cupertino City Council elections OPINION OF THE EL ESTOQUE but any and all many Cupertino elections heavily influence the nation’s mood not enjoy the EDITORIAL BOARD politics — government *According to a survey of 408 MVHS students residents — are same media particularly treatment towards resolved. For coverage as presidential any specific group. It was put in place to our advocacy to find meaning, we must and basically make up the national soul, which I their national counterparts. This affects elections — which, when coupled with combat unfair discrimination. educate ourselves to the fullest extent on voter turnout; in 2018, only 27% of the tropes of populism, socialism and Contrary to popular belief, Proposition these policies beyond the reductionist discussed. I also wanted to remind people that eligible Americans nationwide voted in Trump that are continually ingrained into 16 will not institute racial quotas — views we may hear from others. the average municipal election. popular imagination by the media, leaves those were ruled unconstitutional in So go out and learn about your local One cause for our disproportionately local systems largely ignored. 1978 by the U.S. Supreme Court. But system — explore this issue’s News many changes actually come from the local level, national interest is the evolution of However, national elections are it can improve equal opportunity and package on elections; reach out to your the news media. According to the not the panacea for actually effecting encourage social mobility by calling into city and state candidates and ask them through school boards, city councils and local Pew Research Center, over 70% of change. There’s no denying that they’re question the potential racism lurking in questions or share your concerns. Read respondents in 1990 consumed local T.V. important: voting is as much a civic duty many institutions. In the general election their policies and think deeply about and newspapers, but by 2014, that figure on the national level as it is locally, and this November, Californians must decide how they may affect your community elections. fell below 50%. In the same time period, who we elect as president can set cultural whether or not the loss of that law is before jumping to conclusions. And the fraction of respondents consuming precedents for nationwide issues like worth the potential policies that may when the need for change arises, don’t online news increased by more than climate change and racial equality. As be permitted as a result. There is always forget that voting locally, within our own threefold. University of Pennsylvania citizens, we share a responsibility to vote more nuance in complicated issues than communities, can be more impactful and And even if the presidential or congressional professor Daniel Hopkins asserts that as for who we believe will best serve the what may appear at first; therefore, we tangible than we may believe. Americans favor national media — cable interests of all Americans — not just our should not blindly parrot what we find candidate a person supports doesn’t get elected, news, social media and the internet — own communities. on social media or even what large news over local media, their investment in local But in the realm of policies, county, organizations tell us. elections decreases. Local publications city and state level elections are more The lifeblood of democracy is that voters can still enact the changes they want to also die out, leaving large news deserts likely to create noticeable changes in our individuals educate themselves and with little to no media coverage. daily lives. Local governments administer form their own opinions rather than see through local activism. Local voter turnout is directly our schools, our infrastructure and mindlessly following what others tell correlated with adequate media the laws we abide by; they control our them to believe. That’s especially true coverage, which small-scale publications police departments, our public transit on the local level, where policies have Unfortunately, the local vote is often forgotten PHOTO BY ANHTHU VU LE | USED WITH PERMISSION in the rush of presidential campaigns and the
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“American Born Chinese” in Honors health and safety guidelines, Rocklin initiate change for certain issues, policies American Literature, hearing Penelope’s and Moe, along with the rest of the and events. experience in “The Penelopiad” in board members, have also hosted board “It’s always useful to become more RUNNING UNOPPOSED Mythology and looking into replacing “To meetings via Zoom Webinar, rather than in educated about how democracy works FUHSD School Board members assess new goals after no new candidates entered the race Kill a Mockingbird” person, in order and board meetings are a form of BY KRIPA MAYURESHWAR AND RACHEL JIANG in Literature and to continue democracy,” Rocklin said. “They’re a legal Writing with a text discussing and requirement. [They are] how the public UHSD Board of Trustees President next term. Also running for re-election, members’ commitment to improving that examines the developing maintains control over the school system Jeff Moe was “geared up” for the Rocklin recognized that having no new district policies. systemic racism plans for the through the election of the Board of 2020 School Board of Trustees members running for the board results in “[Sometimes] you just go to school present in America. near future. Trustees. Any time spent by a member of Felection, and decided to run for re-election both individuals remaining on the FUHSD and think … there’s not a lot of thought Rocklin adds Due to topics the public becoming to serve his third term as a member. Board next year. that goes behind what people do behind- that the board is such as remote more educated As part of his strategy, he updated his “It is a lot of work to [campaign],” Moe the-scenes to be able to make school a looking into more learning, on how [the website, which now contains long lists of said. “Eighty percent of me was happy safe environment for us,” Arellano said. options such as IT’S ALWAYS USEFUL TO social justice school] system endorsements, goals and achievements, that I didn’t have to do all that work and “I even learned about how they actually adding an ethnic BECOME MORE EDUCATED issues and works is which he humorously recommends to twenty percent of me was disappointed have to work with arborists, [who] ... are studies elective or considerations useful time.” those who “really don’t have enough because I missed the opportunity to talk experts on trees, to be able to trim trees general course into ABOUT HOW DEMOCRACY for reopening reading to do.” to people about [my] campaign.” correctly so that other branches [don’t] the curriculum. WORKS AND BOARD schools, there EL ESTOQUE, Monta Vista High School However, the news reaches him that Moe had planned to focus on fall down on you in the middle of lunch.” “We are MEETINGS ARE A FORM OF has been there will be no new candidates running educational excellence and equity. He As both Rocklin and Moe are confirmed investigating the DEMOCRACY.” an increase for the school board this November. originally scheduled luncheons, events to be back on the board next year, they practices that we in student (Cupertino, California); Julia Satterthwaite, MJE, The terms of Moe and FUHSD Board where individuals have lunch with him to are anticipating moving forward. Rocklin have and especially and alumni of Trustees member Roy Rocklin are learn about his goals. Additionally, Moe states that the key focus right now is to what goes on in FUHSD BOARD MEMBER participation in adviser expiring on Nov. 3. As wanted to spread awareness about his execute remote learning procedures and History and English ‘‘ROY ROCKLIN board meetings. no new candidates campaign to other community members. follow state and county health guidelines classes,” Rocklin However, decided to run for “I was going to ... contact all my friends as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. said. “We’re also according the board, the and connections, or people I know, and In addition to remote learning investigating our to Moe and RACHEL JIANG, co-news editor | I wanted to two current [ask] them if we could put up lawn signs procedures, in light of recent support for a discipline policies in regards to expulsions, Rocklin, students are generally not often members and send out mailers and flyers,” Moe reassessment of voices represented across suspensions and interventions.” involved in these types of meetings. will be the said. “I was [also] planning to do precinct subjects — which was influenced by the In addition to addressing educational Pedraza plans to encourage more cover this story because we don’t normally talk only ones on walking: we walk from house to house, Black Lives Matter movement — Rocklin equity issues, Moe would like to continue students to participate in them. the ballot, and put fliers on ... the porch.” and Moe state that the board is modifying maintaining academic standards among Additionally, Rocklin, Moe and Pedraza about school from the perspective of the board therefore Although there are no new candidates, the current curriculum by approving students in FUHSD. He hopes the believe that it is still important to pay getting re- Student Representative of the FUHSD more diverse content. They are updating curriculum under remote learning can attention to what the board members are elected Board and FHS Senior Juan Pedraza the books students read in English uphold the standards set for every other working on because it provides students members. These people run our school behind for their Arellano says he is confident in the board courses, for example, including reading year in the past. Adapting to the COVID-19 a platform to voice their opinions and the scenes, and I felt that it was important for everyone to learn about the people who are campaigning for these positions.
ILLUSTRATION | KRIPA MAYURESHWAR Additionally, I wanted to spread awareness of board meetings and the members’ dedication to serving schools in our district. Since not many of students students go to board meetings, I thought it was 87%havehave nevernever attendedattended aa schoolschool boardboard meetingmeeting important to encourage them to attend so they *According*According toto aa surveysurvey ofof 405405 MVHSMVHS studentsstudents can have a voice in school policies, curriculum and other efforts. 08 EL ESTOQUE | SEPTEMBER 2020 NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2020 09 CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES MEET JOSEPH FRUEN, KITTY MOORE, STEVEN SCHARF AND HUNG WEI BY DEVIN GUPTA AND NIKA ZAMANI EL ESTOQUE, Monta Vista High School n Nov. 3, Cupertino residents will vote in the municipal general (Cupertino, California); Julia Satterthwaite, MJE, Oelection for their City Council members. Among the many prevalent issues this year, candidates will debate adviser two main issues: regional housing and public transportation. Every eight years, the California state legislature assigns each city a minimum DEVIN GUPTA, co-news editor | As for why we amount of required housing, called the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA). In the 2012 to 2019 cycle, chose to cover our local elections, for me, it Cupertino developed just 19 of the 1,400 units that they were allocated. The 2020 was primarily about coverage that we could tell City Council members will be responsible for planning the next eight years of regional housing. a unique story with and the more immediate One issue under public scrutiny is the Joseph Fruen Kitty Moore Steven Scharf Hung Wei Charlene Lee Vallco property development. For the effects of local politics. past 6 years, the Cupertino has been in Candidate Joseph Fruen is a third- Catherine (Kitty) Moore became an active Originally a hardware engineer, mayor FUHSD Board Member Hung Wei moved Lee did not respond to interview negociation with Sand Hill properties, generation Cupertino resident, and attended community member since her children Steven Scharf grew interested in politics upon to Cupertino in 1990 where she became requests. If you would like to learn the owners of Vallco, with few results. Miller Middle School and Lynbrook High began attending kindergarten in the joining a political group, Cupertino Against involved in, and held positions in, the more, her website is http://charlenelee. Last year, state legislature passed SB 35, School. Fruen has grown to love Cupertino CUSD district. As the Chair of the Planning Rezoning Excess (CARE), which advocated for Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA), org/home/. As student journalists, we have the responsibility a state bill that fastracks housing with a and places immense emphasis on the city’s Commission and Environmental Review affordable housing and school funding. In the FUHSD Board of Trustees and various 50% affordable allocation, and Sand Hill education system. Committee, Moore’s primary campaign 2016 Scharf ran for City Council, won and was volunteer groups. announced a new plan that satisfies the For the future of Cupertino education, focuses include housing, transportation, later selected for mayor. In 2018, Wei ran for city council losing to explore the issues pertinent to our generation, requirements. City council will now be Fruen strives to make Cupertino housing budgeting, and environmental protection. For his 2020 campaign, Scharf is focusing by less than 300 votes. Similar to 2018, her responsible for working with Sand Hill more affordable. He places the utmost Moore worries about a cement plant on new affordable housing, intercity major campaign priorities are improving and I thought that City Council issues, such properties, or renegociating a better deal. priority in constructing more apartments in Cupertino, Lehigh Cement, and it’s transportation initiatives and funding for local housing and transportation, protecting and condos to lower living costs and bring upcoming reclamation plant that calls for schools. Naming the RHNA as the platform the environment and bettering school *Candidates order doesn’t indicate younger families into the city. According an additional 600 truck trips per day on from which he would create meaningful programs. as the development of affordable housing or preference. to Fruen, this will result in both cheaper Cupertino’s Foothill expressway. change, Scharf plans to restart conversations “I’m hoping that I can be the partnership- properties and a better environment. “The City should look into what they’re with past developments, such as the Sand Hill building person in the council,” Wei said. “I accessibility to public transportation, would have In the 2018 city council election, less “[Condensed] communities are a lot more planning and make sure that the residents Properties in the Vallco development. believe I have the chemistry to make things than 20% of residents voted. This year, walkable [and] bikeable,” Fruen said. “You are protected,” Moore said. “We’ve had conversations with [the Vallco happen.” with additional obstacles caused by don’t have to get into a car … and frankly, Moore proposes implementing an developers],” Scharf said. “We know that [the Wei also plans to work with the Valley a large impact on future students and young shelter-in-place orders, candidates will I think that’s a more livable city than what underground subway line to combat current plan] is not their first choice … [so] the Transit Authority (VTA), local employers and not be door-knocking or conducting meet we’ve got right now.” increasing traffic, which allows residents city is still open to negotiating with them on a neighboring cities to institute clean energy residents like us. and greets, placing a larger emphasis Additionally, Fruen says he encourages to use public transportation and decreases different project.” transportation, such as bike paths and on monetary campaigning, such as mail diversity in the City Council stating that if he carbon emissions. She also hopes to According to Scharf, new housing requires public buses. flyers. The results of this election host won, he would vote to eliminate candidates encourage electric vehicles, increase the new transportation and additional school “Housing and traffic need to come together,” future consequences for development with prior allegiance to political special number of charging stations and pressure funding to support it. He would like to Wei said. “I’ve already talked to [the city initiatives, open-transportation and interest groups. buildings in Cupertino to do their part to institute an on-demand transit system, similar councils of] Mountain View, Sunnyvale and Therefore, our unique angle into the topic is school programs. “I genuinely think that if we’re going to reduce carbon emissions. to the Via partnering with neighboring cities, San Jose, and they all agree. We need to get appoint people, [it should be of] merit or “I suggested that we... encourage white as well as furthering the current bike lanes on together as a region to build transit.” focusing on the issues that are important down SCAN FOR MORE what they bring to that position that is painted roofs, green roofs with vegetation McClellan and Stevens Creek. Wei promises new programs and benefits unique or reflective of Cupertino, and not or [roofs with] solar [panels],” Moore said. Scharf also plans to build smaller and for local school districts as well, such as COVERAGE necessarily just that they are people who “I think [it] would be particularly beneficial cheaper housing catered to growing families career training modules and new study the road to younger residents. We tried to focus agree with you,” Fruen said. [and] increase energy efficiency.” to get more school funding. spaces at the Cupertino Library. on those issues in our writing, specifically when deciding what writing to cut and what particular 06 EL ESTOQUE | SEPTEMBER 2020 NEWS | SEPTEMBER 2020 07 organizations or solutions we would name. 6 | COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association SPRING 2021 RANDI SHADE is the mother of two and an active community volunteer. In 2008, Shade was the first openly gay person elected to serve as a member of the Austin City Council. She served on the Austin City Council until June 2011. Previously, Shade was executive director of the Austin Entrepreneurs Foundation and the CEO of CharityGift, a venture capital-backed internet company she founded in 1999 and sold to a publicly traded company in 2005. In the 1990s, Shade worked for Texas Gov. Ann Richards and Texas Gov. George W. Bush, serving as founding executive director of the Texas Commission on Volunteerism & Community Service (now called OneStar Foundation), during which time she launched and managed the AmeriCorps program statewide. Under Shade’s leadership, Texas was awarded $55 million in federal grants, more than any state in the nation. Shade earned a bachelor’s in the Plan II Honors Program at the University of Texas at Austin, where she was elected student body president in 1987. She earned an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1992. RANDI SHADE, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL (TEXAS) Covering local government stories is important and provides students with opportunities to achieve “scoop” stories they aren’t as likely to get when covering national news. Here in Austin, there are only a few local journalists strictly focused on local government (i.e., city, county, school board). They produce online subscription-based newsletters and operate on lean budgets. That means they would also likely be open to giving students internship oppor- tunities and valuable writing/investigation experience, including people such as Jack Craver with Austin Politics and Jo Clifton with Austin Monitor. Less political, but other community- oriented local newspapers to explore are West Austin News on a small scale and Community Impact Newspaper on a larger scale. There is real value in students covering local stories, especially with the recent focus we’ve seen on the impact local government officials have on our day-to-day lives. Between the COVID situation (health and safety rules, school and business closures, etc.) and issues like homelessness and racial bias in policing, there should be no doubt that local governments matter and that qual- ity news coverage about how these governments operate is probably needed now more than ever. Then there’s one more consideration that students might not think about as much as their parents do. Here in Texas, covering local tax spending could provide some good opportunities for interesting news stories, too (i.e., bond election impact on transportation options, school improvements, new hospitals, or tax and/or local fee increases that impact public sector employee salaries, enhanced recycling services, replacement of coal energy sources with solar energy, etc.).
MATT LITTLE ran as an independent for Clark County Council in Fern Prairie, Washington. His campaign’s Facebook page said, “Matt’s campaign is focused on creating fair and balanced growth, local family wage jobs and saving you money. Matt is an independent nonpartisan voice for a better Clark County.” His website (mattlittle4clarkcounty.org) said he focused on three values: • Keep it rural • Promote local jobs • Be fiscally conservative MATT LITTLE, INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE, CLARK COUNTY COUNCIL (WASHINGTON) It’s easy to get caught up in national politics and issues because we are bombarded with it in the media. National politics does have a deep impact in our lives. (I worked in D.C. for U.S. Senate and House members.) However, local races have the most direct impacts on our everyday lives because they deter- mine local rules and regulations that impact everything we do. Because these races get over- looked in the media, great ideas and candidates get overlooked by voters and if people vote at all downticket, they usually just vote party line because they don’t know a thing about the race or the candidate. I know this because I ran as an independent for county office this year and lost because I couldn’t get the word out that I had a great plan for the county that would improve everyone’s lives, Republican or Democrat. There were so many distractions and people were focused inward during this difficult year; I could have used some help from reporters who were looking for good ideas to promote among all the noise.
SPRING 2021 COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association | 7 the 2 October 30, 2020 PHOTO FINISH accolade the accolade PHOTO FINISH October 30, 2020 3 STATE ISSUE AFFECTING TEENS No on Prop. 18: 17-year-olds Why lack essential voting experience 2020 — the year with perhaps the most important PROPOSITION 18 the accolade Nov. 3 presidential election ever. But that will not be the only l 17-year-olds can vote in pri- VOLUME LXI, ISSUE I // SUNNY HILLS HIGH SCHOOL important measure on the bal- mary/special elections if they’re 1801 LANCER WAY, FULLERTON, CA 92833 // OCT. 30, 2020 matters lot — California Proposition 18 18 before the general election [Prop. 18] awaits voters. YES NO Prop. 18 states that 17-year- BANG. Compiled by Hannah Kim olds are allowed to vote in Democratic presidential nominees primary and special rush onto the election track doing what elections but not drive others — so why they can to separate themselves from the NGAN DANG | theaccolade general presidential should they be given rest of the pack with their unique prom elections if they turn the ability to decide the ises, policies and personal experiences. 18 by the date of the future of our country? After a multitude SH seniors vote for first time general election. This Furthermore, Prop. of fierce debates, a is ineffective and 18 would allow teenag- good amount of dra RIDA ZAR has made me aware that voting only benefits a small ers to vote on other ma and a fair share of Staff Reporter Every vote counts matters, and elections have con- margin of teenagers graceJohnson measures, but most controversies, we’re Assistant Sports l SH has 49 students of sequences, so if you’re eligible to who are motivated to teenagers have little HANNAH KIM | theaccolade now at the point in Editor With a black pen in hand, se- voting age vote, you should,” Del Crognale vote. to no experience with which one candidate l Students can vote at nior Andrew Miller sits at his said. For teenagers in California, that material and as an upcom- has pulled away from district office tylerPak dining room table signing docu- Compiled by Hannah Kim Miller believes this election turning 18 is a special land- ing 17-year-old who has yet to Editor-in-Chief the rest — former ments, checking boxes and read- turnout will have more people mark, not just because they are pay taxes, I believe that I should Fresh wave of female politicians vice president Joe ing over propositions before leav- cials. registering to vote and sending officially adults in the eyes of abstain from inputting my opin- Biden, who will take on incumbent ing his ballot in the mailbox. Social science teacher Greg in their ballots via mail. the law, but because they can ion in subjects I lack knowledge Donald Trump for a spot in the executive “I felt all warm and fuzzy in- Del Crognale said he encourages “The process was easy be- drive without license provi- in, something all other inexpe- inspires school’s JSA club members branch of our government. side,” Miller said after mailing in good citizenship to his students cause it was straightforward and sions, including a hold on driv- rienced teenagers should do as took interest in politics after the 2016 As these two come down the stretch, DIVYA BHARADWAJ For the full story, go to his ballot. by emphasizing how they must to the point,” he said. ing other minors. well. election. cries sound out from the bleachers: an Staff Reporter shhsaccolade.com/category/ Miller is among the 49 Sunny vote and showing them how to These provisions are put in So until they can blow out 18 “Having Kamala [possibly] become gry protesters calling for racial equality, feature Hills students who are 18 and eli- register. place not to spite teenagers, candles on their birthday cake, vice president makes me happier than anti-maskers arguing for their right to For the full story, go to gible to vote on Nov. 3, according “My experience and knowl- shhsaccolade.com/cat- but because minors lack the 17-year-olds can and should wait The club is called Junior Statesmen of “She’s the first ... woman of color to be anything in the world,” Valido said. “It breathe and family members mourn to data provided by school offi- edge of American government egory/news/ appropriate judgment skills to just one more year. America [JSA], but from the look of its nominated as a vice presidential candidate, encourages me to spread the word to vote ing for those who have succumbed to cabinet leaders, it could be referred to as and she’s definitely supported environmen and get more into politics to do my part COVID-19. Junior Stateswomen of America. tal friendly policies in the past,” she said. as a citizen.” The presidential elections occur once My internship Survey says For the 2020-2021 school year, the cab “She has a lot of good ideas for our coun JSA secretary junior Manishi Jayasur every four years. That, in itself, warrants MEASURE U The Accolade online polled inet comprises nine girls -- all of whom try.” ia is unsure if she will pursue politics but a special section in our paper. However, teaches me students about the following: believe that female politicians like Dem Beining’s co-president, secretary and is glad to see more representation. add racial tensions, voting issues and a l Prohibits use of fireworks value of tenacity l Who would you ocratic vice presidential candidate Kamala treasurer are also glad to see this wave of “I think Harris being vice president is deadly pandemic on top of that, and this Prohibits sale of fireworks l Prohibits possession of vote for president? Harris and New York congresswoman Al female representation in politics. better than Mike Pence, but she has some race will be truly one to remember. Since June 7, I have been fireworks exandria Ocasio-Cortez are creating more “Being Asian myself, I think it’s amaz policies and views I don’t agree with,” Our goal in these next few pages is interning for David Ryu’s l Voting for it held Nov. 3 opportunities for them ing that Kamala Harris is the first Black Jayasuriya said. to capture the moments that have led up re-election campaign and will l Voters can cast ballots at “I feel like [they have] definitely and Asian vice presidential candidate,” JSA adviser David Fenstermaker is to the finish line of this close election continue the internship until voting centers located in Or- opened the door for more women to pursue said junior Malini Pandey, JSA junior pres happy to see the increased representation. (hence the title, “Photo Finish”): how the election day on Nov. 3. ange County or through mail l Simple majority required careers, and [although] it’s not something ident. “I think she’s paving the way for a “I have two daughters, so the idea that 18-year-old Sunny Hills seniors are Because of the pandemic, all I’m interested in, I think these amazing lot of us.” my girls can see women succeeding at the coping with their new ability to vote and campaign activities were com- Image printed with permission from Steve Morgan YES NO women have paved the way for us,” said Pandey said she recognizes how such highest levels of government and nation how they’ll be exercising it during the municated over Zoom. UP IN FLAMES: Fireworks shops like these might not be Compiled by Hannah Kim senior Jenna Beining, JSA president. leaders incorporate diversity into politics al politics and use those women as role coronavirus pandemic, how our students My experience with phone seen in Fullerton again if voters ban safe and sane fireworks. Beining pointed especially to Harris as and hopes to pursue law. models for their own lives is great.” Fen have gotten involved in politics — tak banking, the process of volun- LOCAL ISSUE AFFECTING TEENS her inspiration. As JSA treasurer, senior Krisin Valido stermaker said. ing to social media and working intern teers calling voters about their Who do you think will win the 11.03.2020 ships to stand up for their beliefs — how campaigns, didn’t start off well. presidential election? our female students have been inspired The reactions I received at by the first woman of color nominated first were negative, and I lost a No more sparklers on the 4th? Fly landing on VP Pence for national office by a major political lot of motivation at times, but If passed, Fullerton’s Measure U would ban safe and sane fireworks ERIN LEE | theaccolade Why do flies party and how our top editors and I have my mentor reassured me that tried to come up with solutions for some rejection was part of the job. MICHELLE SHEEN For the full story, go to who was among the majority bugs millions of viewers of our country’s biggest issues. As time went on, I became shhsaccolade.com/cat- who voted for putting the issue land on people? Copy Editor LAUREN JUNG New York University. Nov. 3 is only four days away, but more confident and managed to egory/news to voters, said it’s safer to drop Copy Editor “I didn’t think it was really such a big some businesses are already preparing convince others to support Ryu. these fireworks from the city PHOTO FINISH deal for it to go viral, but I saw my friends Some people have for protests that may occur on election I was also able to experience The savory aroma of meat up in smoke if voters in the city completely. A fly landing like no other. This event on their Instagram stories laughing at it,” body odors or night and the ensuing days. The Beverly campaign advertising. grilling in the front yard dur- choose to repeal Fullerton’s legal- “Folks with PTSD often ex- sophomore Amanda Boupha said. trumps even the recent Rover landing on shampoo scents that Hills police chief has even said that his Interns were able to work ing a July summer day while ization of safe and sane fireworks. perience flashbacks to war zones After two debates and countless campaign stops — mostly in Midwest Mars. Science sources indicate that body odor force would be on “full alert” and rec alongside the campaign advis- patriotic music like “Firework” “The banning [of] safe and and traumatic experiences,” Prop. 18: Should 17-year-olds and Southeast battleground states — presidential candidates In the middle of the vice presidential or shampoo scents could also attract the make them more ommended that businesses either close ers to plan online campaign by Katy Perry plays around the sane fireworks would ruin a lot he said. “I received calls from be allowed to vote? debate on Oct. 7, a fly landed on vice presi critters. attractive to bugs down or limit their operations. advertisements. house. of families’ traditions and make constituents who struggle with Donald Trump (left) and Joe Biden head to Election Day dent Mike Pence’s hair and remained there Marie Cusick, the youth media producer A smooth transition of power sets the This experience has been Such festivities are capped holidays like the Fourth of July this, asking for a ban due to the for over two minutes. for the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting United States apart from other nations. eye-opening for me, and I off when the sun goes down, not as fun,” said Weinreich, who excessive impact it has on their Nov. 3 in a race that remains too close to call. “I thought the fly exponentially in Labs, has had experience in a live studio Yes, it’s OK to voice your thoughts and would love to work on another and the safe and sane fireworks opposes the measure. personal health or pets.” For more about the election season, see pages 2-5. creased the entertainment out of the de before and has this theory about how the Flies like sweat, pro- opinions, but please don’t do anything political campaign. are brought out for the kids and The Fullerton City Council de- Zahra encourages registered bates,” senior Ethan Song said. “The de fly got in. teins, carbohydrates, out of mindless violence. Harming other other family members to light cided to hold a general election voters to cast their ballots. bate itself was pretty fun to watch because Doors are open to let equipment in so it people’s businesses is not the proper way — by Daniel Kong, up. for residents to decide whether “I just ask people that when of the chaos, but seeing that fly was just the wouldn’t be that difficult for bugs to enter oils, and sugars to express your disapproval of Trump or assistant business manager For junior Luke Weinreich to overturn the legislation passed they go out to vote, don’t think cherry on top.” a production set. our 46th president. and other Fullerton residents in 2012, when voters legalized the only of yourself, but think of The insect’s landing went viral with “Really anything can happen in any Regardless of the outcome, I’m For the full story, go to who commemorate the Fourth use and sale of safe and sane fire- your neighbors who are strug- more mentions on Twitter than any of the broadcast, so there can always be hiccups Compiled by Hannah Kim confident that the American people can shhsaccolade.com/cat- of July this way, the safe and works. gling and don’t have much of a Source: science teacher Kelly Kim other presidential candidates, according to or problems,” Cusick said. overcome any hurdle in their way. egory/opinion sane fireworks portion could go Councilman Ahmad Zahra, say in this,” he said. Compiled by Hannah Kim, Andrew Ngo and Elijah Jhee
THE ACCOLADE, Sunny Hills High School (Fullerton, California)
4 the accolade PHOTO FINISH October 30, 2020 5 TOMMY LI, adviser | Because of the coronavirus pandemic, our school continued KING FOR A DAY: Accolade editors offer their take on the nation’s biggest issues with distance learning, so the editor-in-chief, under my advisement, decided to We need to Liberty’s torch Colleges ‘Eat the rich’ work to put needs must lessen The Bureau of Labor Statistics report- hold off working on the first issue of the school year until later in the semester. ed that every hour, the average American makes $27.13. out these fires reigniting tuition cost In that same hour, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos earns approximately $13.4 million. By early September, our district’s superintendent announced that we would not The stark disparity They’ve lost everything. “Give me your tired, your poor, your It’s that time of the year. between the majority Their homes, their possessions, their huddled masses …” Seniors scramble to complete their of Americans and one lives — everything they’ve worked to Those words are inscribed on the base college applications and decide where to billionaire serves as a return for live classroom instruction under the hybrid learning model until some attain has degraded to nothing more than of the Statue of Liberty National Monu- spend the next stage of their life. reminder of the ever fuel to feed the orange sky. ment in New York Harbor. However, amid increasing wealth gap No rain is coming Constructed in the all-too com- between the top 5% to save them; instead, 1875, the statue sym- plicated college annieBang and everybody else in time after October. In early October, the school board voted for the reopening the gray ash that falls bolizes our country’s application process, Web Managing America. from above taunts promise to provide one important yet Editor If the amount of those affected and economic and social uncontrollable factor money Bezos makes in futhers the pollution opportunities to stacks itself onto the one hour isn’t shocking enough, accord- of schools in our district for hybrid learning with a return date of Nov. 2. and health hazards for inspired immigrants rebeccaChoi long list of to-do’s ing to a 2017 study published by Oxfam, tylerPak everyone — as if the elijahJhee and refugees across Web Managing for the average high a nonprofit group striving to end global Editor in Chief deadly fires, crum- Managing Editor the globe. To many, Editor school senior: finan- poverty, eight billionaires (one of them bling buildings and America is a safe ha- cial aid. being Bezos) owns half of the wealth on toxic smoke were not enough. ven, an oasis forged by the melting pot of As a senior myself, the financial earth. In the past six weeks, tens of thou- differing nationalities — a place to escape aspect of college is definitely an impor- While I can applaud the effort that Since the editor-in-chief and his other top editors wanted the first issue to sands of people have fallen victim to the the harsh conditions back home. tant factor in deciding where to apply went into becoming a billionaire, the flames that scorched over 5 million acres Originally, our immigration system and attend next fall; I am caught in the increased concentration of money in the of land in the West Coast and killed more consisted of open borders. But in the dilemma of pursuing my dream school hands of the rich is only becoming more than 30 people. 18th century, laws forced people like my while worrying over paying the full alarming by the years. address the elections for our special section for that first issue, we settled on an Something needs to change. grandfather to register for citizenship. tuition. As socioeconomic gaps divide the Thus, if I were King for a Day, I’d Today, our immigration system is a Therefore, if I were king for a day, middle class into either poorer or richer decree: We must pass the necessary legis- wall, blocking millions of immigrants I would minimize access to federal classifications (and more into the former, lation to prevent our planet from getting from living here legally. A Cato Institute student loans and require the colleges to unfortunately), the standard of living Oct. 30 date. We especially wanted to include state and local issues that we felt any worse. study found that the average waiting time create a loan system, keeping the issue falters for the majority of Americans; the We must instate regulations that limit to be admitted as an Indian immigrant in of tuition fees between the college and weighty consequences bleed into differ- the pollution emitted by big businesses. 2018 was a mind-boggling eight years. student. ent aspects of American society, breaking In 2018, The Guardian reported that 100 That’s almost a decade. Federal aid inadvertently gives down the stability of our nation. affected teenagers the most, which is why we selected an article about a local companies are responsible for 71% of To repair this broken system, we need higher institutions complete freedom to Just like how fixing the underlying greenhouse gas emissions. These regula- to shorten it; a history exam or interview manipulate tuition prices at their will, problems of socioeconomic inequalities tions would stop these businesses from just clog up queue times. We should falling back onto the government to can lead to a more evenly distributed continuing to add fuel to the fire. require basic information like an immi- support the students becoming bur- economy, implementing straightforward We must collaborate with other grant’s intentions and personal back- dened with rising prices. economic legislation can prove beneficial measure that could ban safe and sane fireworks from the city and one staffer’s JACQUELINE CHANG | theaccolade countries to solve this global issue. In ground, but refugees who barely escape If the government were to announce in repairing the problems caused by the 2017, our president stated his intent to from their countries don’t have time to beforehand that it will restrict access lack of disposable income. withdraw the United States from the learn about Benjamin Franklin. to the federal loan market, then the For instance, simply increasing column about Proposition 18, which would give 17-year-olds the right to vote in Paris Climate Agreement — a coalition Not only do we need to cut the fluff burden of recruiting enough students the taxation of billionaires and other of almost 200 countries that have agreed out of our system, but we also need to to pay the sticker price would fall to extremely wealthy individuals can be to stall global warming and improve allow more immigrants to come in. Defund the police — hold on, what? colleges, discouraging institutions from accomplished by enforcing a progres- countries’ abilities to deal with climate Currently, our country sets a fixed limit continuing their unbelievable price sive tax system. Even though the United change. By exiting the agreement, we’re on the amount of immigrants admitted America, meet “defund the police.” all, systemic racism in America’s law en- than it is to become a cosmetologist? California. They need to go through the point for an education. States has technically already implement- primary and special elections if they would turn 18 by the general election. It’s a blanket term relatively new to the forcement has existed for centuries — it Or compare our police academies to updated training, too. ed this structure in which the upper class preventing other countries from better- from each country. By removing this Of course, students should still have ing themselves. Again, this isn’t just about cap, immigrants from larger popula- English lexicon but one that experienced will not and cannot be solved in a day. their counterparts in other countries. So who’s going to be on the hook access to a source of government aid, gets taxed more than the lower classes, us — this is a global issue. tions no longer have to face excessively an explosion in the wake of the killing It’s time to look at the roots of the In England, recruits must complete two to pay the bills? Taxpayers. Although but I want to encourage colleges to the loopholes within the system allow the Our environmental issues are only long queue times. of George Floyd and the ensuing criti- problem. To become a police officer in years of on-the-job training before being tax hikes might seem like a burden, make critical changes to their system if wealthiest elites to pay the least amount continuing to get worse; the fires we see “But our crime rates will skyrocket!” cisms against the current criminal justice the United States, many prospective offi- considered a full member of the police we should be more concerned for they wish to keep their students. of taxes. now are just the beginning. We may not one might say. system. cers complete a police academy program force — well over a year longer than most criminal justice reform. Any one of us In addition to the existing financial In order to remedy this economic We also had a special “King for a Day” feature, based on the premise of see the full effects of our actions during In reality, a Cato Institute study What the phrase that averages 840 training hours in total American police academy recruits will go regardless of race, gender or any other aid and scholarship system, institutions loophole, the top 5% of Americans our lifetimes, but we must think about showed that incarceration rates of il- actually mean spread out over six months, according to through. demographic can be a victim of police need to construct more supportive should be taxed on not only their wages, the future. legal and legal immigrants are less than still remains to be the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Let’s fix that. Many California com- brutality. systems in which students rely less on but the rest of their assets to get an ac- Finally, we must implement, within the rates of native-born Americans. defined. On the Other requirements include posses- munity colleges, including Fullerton While it’s necessary for police brutal- federal aid and more on the college curate amount of money from those who Principal or Boss for a Day, in which our top editors each addressed a pressing our education system, a curriculum to in- Simply put, crime is a human problem, more extreme end, sion of a high school diploma or GED College, have some form of a police ity offenders to face the consequences itself. earn the most. form our youth of the consequences they not an immigrant one. A simple back- some argue for the equivalent. academy, so make it mandatory for all of their actions, after-the-fact reaction- In countries like Germany where Despite the ideals the traditional and the rest of the world will face if they ground check is enough. complete and total Compare that to the California recruits to go through more training that ary punishments make little progress college is free, taxpayers take on most of “American Dream” sells, ultimately the continue to follow our example. These are So by integrating a more adaptive andrewNgo eradication of law requirements to obtain a cosmetology prepares them to de-escalate dangerous against a societal issue. the burden to pay for tuitions, result- notion that hard work is positively cor- issue in the country and what steps they would take to resolve it. the people who will inherit the earth; if system, I hope that America, as stated Web Editor-in- enforcement in license: 1,600 hours of vocational training situations while keeping themselves and The threat of repercussions has failed ing in significantly higher taxes than in related with one’s income paints a false we educate them now, they can begin to on the Statue of Liberty, can truly live Chief America while on in a California State Board of Barbering the general public safe. While this won’t to stop police brutality in the past, and the United States. However, this system narrative of working class citizens by establish good habits in their daily lives up to its promises of diversity and the more moderate and Cosmetology [CSBBC]-approved entirely eliminate police brutality issues it’s going to fail in the future, too. cannot apply to our country as more blaming their economic pitfalls to moral that will lead to significant change over remain a safe haven for immigrants to end, others call simply for a reduction in school and passing score on the CSBBC in the future, it’ll make significant strides It’s time to be proactive, and if that people in America choose to attend a reasons such as sheer laziness and greed. time. When they eventually become our flock to. police budget spending. written and practical exam. toward progress. means taxpayers have to chip in a few postsecondary institution. While raising Seeing as our society today runs on lawmakers, they’ll have a good enough And even more, I wish that in the Unfortunately, both only provide Sure, messing up while cutting hair We can’t stop at just new police of- cents to the cause, then so be it. taxes may work for those countries, it the backs of essential workers rather than understanding of our climate to make the future, America’s immigration system short-term solutions for a chronic could have some negative consequences. ficers now, can we? Nearly 80,000 sworn Money makes the world go round. may not necessarily succeed in large the richest elites, it’s about time we make best possible decisions. will transcend just “your tired, your problem because though Floyd’s death But why is it substantially easier to earn law enforcement officers with full arrest If we want to make real change in the countries such as America where taxes the efforts to bridge the increasing socio- I, for one, would like my kids to see poor, your huddled masses,” and strive occurred over five months ago, little a job as a police officer — a role in which powers currently serve in California, world, it’s time to put our money where can quickly stack up if the majority of economic gaps to build a more equitable blue when they look up at the sky. to simply include “your people.” long-term progress has been made. After people’s lives are constantly at stake — according to the Public Policy Institute of our mouth is. youth choose to go to college. society for tomorrow.
LOCAL ELECTIONS | https://youtu.be/uH2azksFMBc HTN DAILY, Rock Hill High School (Frisco, Texas); Margie Raper, MJE, adviser
GRANT JOHNSON, news director | We tend to steer our content away from politics, and instead, we focus on our campus and surrounding community. This made us all quite nervous about covering the election and excited about the opportunity to do something that we had never done before: covering politics. Our preparation for the election show began weeks in advance to make sure that we could go into as much depth with our stories as possible and include as much student voice as possible. My biggest goal was to cover elections at every level and give students a voice while doing it. Not many national newscasts or high school newscasts, for that matter, covered anything about the regional and local elections, so I wanted to make sure we were doing our duty as journalists and informing the student body about the elections closer to home. For the school board election, it was important for us to cover that story because whenever students at our school have an issue about dress code, district policies or anything like that, it typically comes from the school board. So this is essentially the closest way for students to make a change in elections for the community. Two reporters and I interviewed the three candidates running for the seat and asked what inspired them to run. Additionally, we allowed students to ask the local congressman and his opponent questions to see their stances on the issues they cared about the most. Overall, I am very proud of how the newscast was executed. We met every goal that we set for the election broadcast. The experience of putting together all the election coverage made the idea of covering politics a little less scary for our staff and created a spark for the future.
8 | COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association SPRING 2021 About 8 in 10 Americans (79%) say news organizations tend to favor one side when presenting the news on political and social issues. Far fewer (20%) say these organizations deal fairly with all sides. Republicans have long been more likely than Democrats to say news coverage unfairly favors one side, and that remains the case today. | MASON WALKER AND JEFFREY GOTTFRIED, PEW RESEARCH CENTER, OCT. 28, 2020
CYNDY SLOVAK-BARTON is an award-winning publisher of the Hays Free Press in Kyle and the Dripping Springs News-Dispatch in Texas. Her work as publisher of the award-winning newspapers blends with her roles as a business owner and entrepreneur. She is co-owner of Gap Strategies, a business in which she assists with media strategy and manages business operations. Slovak-Barton is a past president of South Texas Press Association, a current board member of the Texas Press Association, a member of the Texas Press Association Legislative Advisory Committee, many times a winner of the association’s Community Service Award and Sweepstakes Award, a winner of the Jim Lehrer Award for Investigative Journalism and winner of Envision Central Texas 2012 Stewardship Award for Redevelopment of the Barton-Word Building in Kyle. https://haysfreepress.com/ CYNDY SLOVAK-BARTON, PUBLISHER, BARTON PUBLICATIONS (KYLE, TEXAS) Local politics is the link to everything in your life. • Where do your taxes go? • What school will your kids go to? • Redistricting and redrawing the lines – that affects everything. • Why is the city spending $80K on a tree but cutting back on other services? • Do all of the mayoral candidates understand technology enough to run a meeting? • Is the bond going to pass for the local junior college so that these very students wanting to go into journalism can get a degree? • Does the county commissioner agree with expanding the jail in your neighborhood? Next to student apartments? There are millions of questions that are local only. Sure, presidential politics can be covered, but students do not have the depth of knowledge to truly cover that. Heck, unless you have worked on a campaign, you don’t really understand what goes on. Students need to understand that, if they ever want to cover politics nationally, they need to do a hard look at local politics. They need to understand campaigns and how they work. They need to be able to see the “insides” of politics. A national campaign is not going to allow that because they are dealing with national reporters. However, if they (students) get their feet wet on local politics, they learn how to ask the right questions about politics and to whom they should put their questions. You can ask a candidate … sure. But you should really be talking to a campaign director, to the chief of staff, to the legislative aide who will gossip with you. Once you get their trust, they will sometimes feed you information. Sure, they might be push- ing their own stories, but if you have been on the inside of a campaign, you will understand exactly what is being pushed. People who want to cover politics should actually spend six months and volunteer on a campaign. Start on a sign crew, learn how they pick locations, learn how they raise money, learn where the money actually goes. Everyone gripes about politics in D.C., but when I was there, I found that most politicians were there for good. (Of course, that was in the early 1980s.) I learned a lot working on a congressional staff, and it made me a bet- ter reporter .
SPRING 2021 COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association | 9 THE CAMPANILE, Palo Alto High School (California); Rod Sattherthwaite, Friday, October 23, 2020 The Campanile Friday, October 23, 2020 The Campanile MJE, adviser A8 Editorials A7 Voter’s Guide: School Board Election An alternative GINA BAE, multimedia editor, GIANNA BROGLEY, lifestyle editor, and Questions Katie Todd Jesse Jennifer Matt Karna endorsement: Causey, DiBrienza, Nagle Causey Collins Ladomirak DiBrienza Nagle Nisewaner VALERIE CHU, school board correspondent | As November approached and Should the district build teacher housing at Yes No Yes Yes No School board Cubberley? Possibly making the for school board Hire a full-time public information officer? Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Election Day drew closer, the number of community members tuning in to s election day draws near, the shadow cast by the quality education in a safe environment. For these reasons, COVID-19 pandemic and the need for racial we endorse candidates Katie Causey and Matt Nagle and candidate Do you support laning in secondary schools? case for justice have propelled civic politics to the forefront incumbent Jennifer DiBrienza for the Palo Alto Unified No Yes Yes Yes Leans Yes Yes Palo Alto Unified School District’s online school board meetings reached of the American political landscape. School District Board of Education. A Pursue livestreaming classes with the teachers As students come of age in tumultuous times, The Although the majority of students at Paly will not be Possibly Yes Leans Yes Yes No Leans No Greer Stone union? Campanile thinks the school board should take student able to vote in the upcoming election, students will be introductions the thousands. Among them were hundreds of concerned students, voicing voices into account when making decisions, close the affected by the results of this election, and we urge those Support the reopening plan as it was presented? No Yes Yes Yes Leans No Yes achievement gap and help teachers provide students a who can vote to support Causey, Nagle and DiBrienza. Sloan Wuttke PHOTO BY DANA UNDERWOOD Andrew Toteda News & Opinion Editor INFORMATION FROM PALO ALTO ONLINE their opinions about the secondary school reopening plan. Because of the Editor-in-Chief
Katie Causey is a 2012 Palo Alto High School been a longtime community volunteer, a chair Causey identifies as bisexual and is the first Katie Causey graduate and nonprofit employee who is running within the Fund Development Council of the openly LGBTQ+ candidate to run for a seat on high number of students interested in school board issues, we thought it In a usual election year on the platforms of student voice, equity and the Junior League of San Francisco and a fundraiser PAUSD’s board. The Campanile endorses City physical and mental wellbeing of students which for community organizations like the Palo Alto “This year can be an amazing opportunity to Council candidates who will she said was magnified following string of student Recreation Foundation and League of Women show students PAUSD’s commitment to civics –– bring the most expertise to suicides in the early 2000s. Voters. to amplify the voices of our students who are orga- was critical to represent their voices in our coverage of the local elections. the open seats, but 2020 is “I am running because I know what it is like “I bring a network of community resources and nizing and assisting their community during this nothing if not unusual. to walk into your classroom at age 14 to find your nonprofits that will help us lead with a commu- time to create innovative solutions and show them In that vein, I support Ac- classmate is gone, and then the next month an- nity-based, collaborative approach, highlighting they can be the next civic leaders,” Causey said. To measure the opinions of the student body, we conducted a survey tivities Director Greer Stone PHOTO FROM KATIE CAUSEY PHOTO BY DANA UNDERWOOD PHOTO BY ANAIS NAGLE other, and then the next month another,” Causey every avenue of support,” Causey said. Causey hopes to promote a curriculum that for one of the four open coun- said. “Our community was in crisis then, and it is She has a degree in women’s studies from encompasses well being –– whether social and cil seats because he is uniquely Causey receives our lies have resources, are The incumbent of a resolution for As a former Juana progress in creating a now. In a time where everything is unpredictable, George Washington University where she focused emotional learning or understanding consent. qualified to serve and worthy support because of her supported, and are not DiBrienza earns our increased dyslexia Briones principal more equitable learn- I am running to prioritize what we can control on intersectional solutions in communities and Causey said, “(We need to ensure) that it’s that assessed what topics students cared most about regarding school of support regardless of one’s emphasis on listening alone.” support because of her intervention and sup- and longtime educa- ing environment for –– ensuring families have resources, are supported, schools, often applying her studies to Palo Alto strong, integrated, thorough, and that we’re listen- political affiliation. P EY and are not alone.” Unified School District for her research on race, ing to student and educator feedback to ensure it is to and representing Causey’s support experience as a board port and the renaming tor, Nagle earns our students and teachers HO CAUS Chief among Stone’s TO FROM KATIE Since she was a teenager, Causey said she has class, gender, orientation and ability. as effective as possible.” qualifications is his work as student voices. Espe- for the wellbeing of member, her support of several PAUSD support based on his of all backgrounds. board and national elections. We started by speaking with an AP Statistics an educator at both Paly and cially during remote students and teachers for policies serving schools named after willingness to repre- Even in the details, Gunn. learning, student manifests itself in her disadvantaged and eugenists. sent minority students Nagle stays true to his Todd Collins Todd Collins is the president of the PAUSD including falling state and local revenue, and the grow in the next year, and we’ll need to double But being part of the Paly opinion should guide fight to bring more underrepresented stu- This past experi- and close the large ideals. For example, board of education. As an incumbent, Collins said risk of losing our parcel tax, working with our em- down on our focus on shrinking it.” teacher to plan the logistics of how we would collect the data to get the community is not the reason district decision mak- mental health re- dents and her contin- ence will undoubtedly achievement gap. Nagle asks potential he is running in part due to COVID-19’s effect on ployee unions to make return to in-person school Collins said PAUSD needs a stronger founda- for my endorsement. ing. sources to schools and ued work to identify aid DiBrienza in sup- Nagle promises contributors to donate education and how it calls for continuity in board possible.” tion in place –– one with people, organization, His unique skills — Stone leadership. He said he would advocate for help- Collins said he has a long history of service to data systems and culture –– in order to progress on As a recent gradu- prioritize teacher and and support students porting students and to fight for Mexi- money to charities in- holds a law degree from Santa ing low-income and minority students’ success, PAUSD students and schools, previously serv- the issues the community cares about. most randomized sample possible. After sending a survey out to several Clara University — combined ate, Causey under- student safety during with dyslexia. families during the can-American and stead of his campaign. improving the district’s distance learning approach ing as a Parent Teacher Association officer and a “Making long-term change in an organization with real world experience in stands many of the school reopenings. DiBrienza has reopening process. BIPOC students as The Campanile and building a stronger foundation in terms of member of both the Bond Oversight and Enroll- like PAUSD takes time –– one problem we’ve had education give him a perspec- issues facing students Even after stu- served on the board As budget cuts well as teachers. From hopes Nagle will fight data, people and culture. ment Management Advisory Committees. All in the past is that we lose patience with initiatives tive that few candidates can classes, we were able to narrow down the topics that mattered most to and has committed to dents return to of education for the loom, The Campa- improving equitable to level the playing “There are critical areas that will have a huge three of his children attended PAUSD schools. too quickly and move on to something else,” Col- match. impact, both this year and in the coming years, “I believe this approach is fundamental for lins said. “It takes years for important initiatives to work to solve them. school, Causey hopes past four years, during nile hopes DiBrienza hiring practices to pro- field for all students, Stone grew up in Palo on how we serve and support students,” Collins supporting every kind of student,” Collins said. take hold and show results. There are no silver bul- Alto, graduated from Paly and From equity to the to increase equity which time she led will use her years on viding a voice for un- especialy considering said. “These include: improving our (approach to) “We need to be candid about learning loss and the lets. We need to continue our focus to make sure students and conduct interviews to gather their thoughts on them. Our goal rents a home in town. physical and mental between students of the board’s increased the board to make derrepresented com- the dispropotionate S distance learning ... based on student and family impact of distance learning on our most high-need we get the results we care about –– better experi- PHO LLIN As President of the health of students, all backgrounds so communication decisions that are in munities on the school impacts of CO- TO FROM TODD CO feedback, managing dramatic financial swings, students –– we’ll likely see the achievement gap ences and outcomes for all students.” Midtown Residents Associa- Causey said she is run- that “no one gets left with adjacent school the best interests of board, The Campanile VID-19 on minority tion, he is intimately familiar was to give our readers an unbiased, diverse spread of student opinion, ning to ensure “fami- behind.” districts, its passing students and teachers. thinks Nagle can make students. with issues facing Palo Alto’s Jesse Ladomirak is a PAUSD parent of four, geting, Ladomirak said she has an understanding came out of surveys that were taken in the spring different neighborhoods as Jesse Ladomirak General Manager and Chief Financial Officer of of the complex interplay between mission budget that students, particularly secondary school stu- well as those of the greater the remodeling company Teevan and was a public personnel, risk analysis and its connection to the dents, don’t feel a lot of self-efficacy,” Ladomirak which we achieved through speaking with students who differed in their community. agency attorney. culture and climate of PAUSD. said. “What I really would like to do is set up a The complex issues facing She said she’s running to represent all families “Budgets are a quantification of priorities,” series of student task forces because I feel like our community are best un- with her priorities being mental wellness, educa- Ladomirak said. “You can say something’s a prior- students have so much wisdom to give us. We don’t derstood by someone who has Lee, Malone, Templeton tional equity and principled budgeting. ity, but if you’re not spending money on it in an have systems in place right now (to access) that political standing, grade level, race and gender identity. lived in the The Campanile “It feels imperative to me that the board is effective way, it’s not really a priority. I will see it wisdom.” city for closely connected to the lived experience of the as my responsibility to make sure that the things Ladomirak said she was particularly shocked Stone has decades for Palo Alto City Council children’s families that it’s serving,” Ladomirak we’re prioritizing are backed up with funding and at the results of the latest California Healthy Kids interacted with and who Editors-in-Chief said. “I’m very intimately connected to the PAUSD that the funding is actually producing value.” survey that showed a large number of secondary While our focus was on student opinion regarding both the local and is able Shiva Mohsenian • Kris Risano • Benjamin Stein community.” If electted, Ladomirak said she plans to amplify students had made a suicide plan in the previous students more to draw Andrew Toteda • Adora Zheng Ladomirak said having only one current board student and parent voices, particularly through task 12 months. than any other upon In this highly charged political environ- hold police accountable in cases of excessive member who has children in PAUSD is a source forces and surveys on mental wellness and edu- Ladomirak said, “I would consider myself suc- ment, it’s easy to get swept up in national force. national elections, we worked with other staff members who were writing city council historical Online Editor Managing Editors of disconnect between parents with school-aged cational equity to better identify issues and work cessful if, at the end of that four years, we’ve seen context politics and the endless string of laugh-out- Lee is relatively new to Palo Alto where P AK HOT MIR children and the board. towards potential solutions. some market improvement in the mental wellness Ajay Venkatraman Jace Purcell • Andy Wang O FROM JESSE LADO candidate. while loud presidential debate memes. Neverthe- he has served as a Human Relations Com- Given her experience in management and bud- “There’s a lot of concerning information that metrics and the opportunity gap.” Having serving less, there are important local elections in missioner since 2017, but in that short time, articles about the candidates themselves to ensure that every aspect of the on the Palo Alto that have the ability to set a new he has highlighted issues that resonate News & Opinion Editors Lifestyle Editors this inside Council. course for our city and have lasting impacts with The Campanile, including his work on Siddhartha Sahasrabuddhe Krista Robins • Gianna Brogley Jennifer DiBrienza is a current PAUSD board COVID, (there are) so many challenges in front of support for underrepresented and disadvantaged perspective After on our future. mental health, gender equality and LG- Sloan Wuttke Jennifer DiBrienza trustee, former teacher, PAUSD parent of two us with reaching our students and being supportive students who are having difficulties navigating will make him Stone This year, the most important local elec- BTQ+ services. Lee is determined to help Sports Editors and education consultant. She said she’s running in all the ways they need. And with budget issues distance learning. elections were covered in the issue. left law, tion is the race for City Council where 10 Palo Alto meet the challenges of climate Science & Tech Editor Evelyn Cheng to combat systemic inequities, prioritize mental that are probably in front of us, we need to be “The number one issue now is really helping more receptive he began candidates are competing for four newly change by implementing bold solutions that Austin Xiang Ziggy Tummalapalli health and improve the district’s dyslexia identifi- making sure that some experienced leadership is make sure we manage through COVID,” DiBrien- to student to work vacated seats. bring public and private solutions together. cation processes. there to help guide us.” za said. “That as students (remain at) home, there voices and by as a As we have frequently written, the In fact, he wants to see the city imple- Multimedia Editor Business Managers “My long term number one has always been the DiBrienza has a PhD in math education from aren’t equity issues that come up, there aren’t access public council’s priorities are often different than ment its own version of the Green New Gina Bae Will Thomas • Emma Todd systemic inequities that student demographics are Stanford and was an elementary classroom teacher issues that come up. And making sure that our stu- extension give educator. students’. Case in point: the city council Deal. We are deeply interested in hearing very predictive of how much success you’ll find in and provided staff development for grades K-8. dents are able to engage in meaningful ways with them a seat In promised robust, high-speed fiber-optic specific details on what this vision would our district,” DiBrienza said. She now consults for school districts both nation- their schoolwork or their home, while also making BENJAMIN STEIN, an editor-in-chief | When local elections roll around, internet infrastructure for residents before entail. Board Correspondent Art & Photo Director at the council this DiBrienza said she hopes to provide experi- ally and internationally. sure that they have the emotional support.” capacity, current Paly students were born but have A long-time advocate for police reform Valerie Chu Sasha Lehrer enced leadership as the district faces the challenge DiBrienza’s children all attend PAUSD schools. During her time on board, DiBrienza said table. Stone been throwing wrenches into the process and increased social services funding, Lee Staff Writers of the novel coronavirus and the budget cuts that “My oldest is a Paly 10th grader,” she said. “And she is particularly proud of the renaming of two has in- ever since. With the new set thinks that Palo Alto should may lie ahead. my youngest is in elementary school in fourth PAUSD schools previously named after eugenists, many community members look to our newspaper for information on Zack Silver teracted of openings on the City increase funding to com- Ben Antonow Bruno Klass “I’m excited, now that we’re starting to make grade, so I am experienced in the district. I’m its increased communication with adjacent school PH OOD Maya Singer OTO DERW with Council there is a potential There are local munity services which Lauren Chung Braden Leung BY DANA UN progress, to really stick it out (with the current invested in the future.” districts and its passing of a resolution for in- students more than any other for real change. proactively address the Shantanu Deshpande Leo Malchin Avantika Singh superintendent),” DiBrienza said. “And now with DiBrienza said she is also focused on providing creased dyslexia intervention and support. candidates and the student perspective. Students, despite being affected city council candidate. The Campanile has root causes of crime and elections in Palo Alto Olivia Ericsson Ali Minhas Parker Wang Having this inside per- reviewed each candidate’s inequality. spective will make him more platform from the perspec- that have the ability Malone is an electrical Jack Galetti Aidan Seto Joy Xu Matt Nagle Matt Nagle is the former principal of Juana Nagle said he is concerned about diversity and “I’ll be even a bigger proponent of equitable receptive to student voices tive of the student — one engineer and an Alabama Briones Elementary School and has been an underrepresentation of people of color in politics, hiring practices,” Nagle said. “And I hope that’s the most by the outcomes of board of education elections, are mostly and by extension give them a that prioritizes combating native who moved to Palo Illustrators educator for 27 years. He is a parent of a PAUSD specifically in Palo Alto where the majority of something that, after four years, I can say that I re- ninth grader and the husband of an Escondido elected officials are white. ally moved the needle on is that we really recruited seat at the council table. climate change, aiding so- to set a new course for Alto in March of this year. Declan Greicius Jimmy Miller Isabel Toteda He cares deeply about cial justice and construct- She has the potential to Elementary School teacher. “You will notice there are no people of color and developed within our own teaching ranks, Hailey Hwang Zander Leong Astrid Wuttke social justice, having written ing affordable housing so our city. invigorate city council with Nagle has been a management negotiator for candidates,” Nagle said. “It’s all white again. I’ve future leaders of color that are woefully missing in too young to vote. As a result, we help inform voters of student opinions, an op-ed for the Palo Alto that students who want to the fresh perspective of an Aaron Kim six years and is an elected union representative. He heard some, ‘Yes, we need more people of color,’ Palo Alto.” Weekly about it in the early stay in Palo Alto after leav- outsider that council so said he is running to champion educational equity this and that kind of thing. But I don’t see it hap- Nagle is also calling for more transparency days of quarantine. ing their family home can aim higher than desperately needs. Her top priorities include Adviser and provide stronger support and resources for pening. I’m going to be your only Mexican-Ameri- when someone in the district gets COVID-19. especially during such an important election year. The op-ed talked about a toolshed. The entire staff voted, electing constructing residential fiber-optic for high Rodney Satterthwaite low-income, minority students. can candidate in 30 years.” “We ask to have a community conversation led how the pandemic dispropor- by simple majority to endorse only three speed internet and decreasing automobile “It is a focal (interest) of mine that is made Nagle majored in journalism and Mexican- by the board in public of when we want to come Letters to the Editors: Email all letters to editors to tionately impacts Black and candidates for the four open seats on the emissions by creating more bike lanes and worse by the COVID crisis,” Nagle said. “My son American studies at UC Santa Cruz, later becom- back to school and what that’s going to be,” Nagle [email protected]. The Campanile prints letters Latino populations who were council. adding shuttle stops and services to the is a Mexican American kid. I’m actually Mexican ing an elementary school principal in Saratoga, said. “Will we let county health experts decide on a space-available basis. We reserve the right to edit sub- During a typical school board election, we invite candidates into our more likely to be essential The Campanile’s three choices for Palo greater Palo Alto community. Another one American, but his friends are all Black, indigenous, San Jose, Palo Alto and Point Reyes Station. He’s when it is going to be safe enough to return to missions. The Campanile only prints signed letters. Adver- P GLE employees but less likely to Alto City Council are Cari Templeton, of Malone’s priorities is to create affordable HOTO BY ANAIS NA people of color and they’re struggling ... Our BI- pursuing a Doctorate in Educational Leadership school? What’s our move when students and staff tisements: Advertisements with The Campanile are printed have access to affordable Steven Lee and Raven Malone. housing. POC students are not enjoying the same success as for Social Justice at California State University, begin to get COVID? That is the fundamental with signed contracts. For more information regarding healthcare. Templeton has lived in Palo Alto since The Campanile was also pleased to learn our other students.” East Bay. question.” class to answer questions from the staff. Following that meeting, we have advertisements or sponsors in The Campanile and their size Stone also serves as vice 2005 and is the chair of the Planning and she supports investing in student favorites options and prices, please contact The Campanile Business chair of the Santa Clara Transportation Commission. like the Palo Alto Children’s Theater, the art Managers by email at [email protected]. County Human Relations The Campanile supports her prioritizing center and the library system. In addition, Karna Nisewaner Karna Nisewaner is a PAUSD parent of two, their children.” ship between the school board and city council, a classwide discussion about who we feel confident about endorsing. This Commission and leads the green transportation and making Palo Alto Malone supports expanding Foothills Park Palo Alto Community Child Care director at Nisewaner said she felt as though the district citing her experience as a board of director at Note: It is the policy of The Campanile to refrain from print- commission’s Justice Review a safer biking community. Templeton wants access to all and shares the desire of other large and the Vice President and Deputy General could have implemented live instruction in the PACCC and as a lawyer. ing articles that misrepresent or alienate specific individuals Committee. to see projects that reduce traffic congestion candidates to pursue accountable policing. Counsel at Cadence Design Systems. spring rather than going asynchronous for an This relationship was recently strained when the within the Palo Alto community. The Campanile would He will be a voice for all within the city, such as the popular Shared While the other candidates running for She said she’s running for the board in light extended period of time. city terminated its $5 million lease for the Cubber- like to thank the PTSA for supporting the mailing of our year, however, we centered discussions around specific issues. The return Palo Alto residents, as he Streets program, and promises to make Council have their own plans for student of distance learning’s effect on children’s educa- “I know many people who have quit their jobs ley Community Center from the school district in newspaper! has been for Paly and Gunn public transportation free for students and priorities including climate change, social tion and to strengthen the city’s relationship with or have scaled back their work,” Nisewaner said. order to save money this fiscal year. students. elderly. We appreciate that she is dedicated justice and upgrades to internet infrastruc- PAUSD. “And to me, not understanding or not doing any- Nisewaner said, “Dealing with all of the com- While the Campanile staff to modernizing the city’s infrastructure ture, these three candidates ticked all the Our Vision Statement: “What prompted me to run was my initial thing to alleviate this pressure or just expecting all plexities of that relationship just really made me to school has been particularly divisive in our community as teachers voice voted to endorse only three through supporting smart utilities meters boxes and bring the enthusiasm, willingness feelings as the parent of two elementary kids and parents to become teachers was just not realistic.” feel like, given my experience as a lawyer and the The Campanile has upheld the highest standard of stu- how the school district initially responded to the Nisewaner said her experience as a lawyer is functions that I run and given my experience, I candidates for four open City and fiber-optic internet connections into to work and big-picture thinking the city dent journalism for the last century by engaging the Council seats, I think Greer residential homes. desperately needs. It is our hope these can- COVID pandemic situation,” Nisewaner said. “The valuable because her job encompasses contracting could be a good person on the board to help make community through various mediums of storytelling. spring was very, very difficult for elementary par- teams through inbound and outbound contracts, sure that the policies are being implemented in a concerns about their safety and parents worry about the quality of remote Stone is an important fourth We also agree with her approach to didates break the gridlock which too often Our coverage of news, culture and athletics aims to rep- option that all who are able rethinking policing by hiring mental health slows progress in a town that should be at ents, particularly working parents who could not litigation, employment and intellectual property. smart way, that questions are being asked about, resent the diverse perspectives of our student body. PH STAD to vote come Nov. 3 should first responders and making it easier to the national forefront for these issues. OTO BY ARNE STOK have (a spouse devoted to) full-time to educating Nisewaner said she will strengthen the relation- ‘Why we are doing this?’” consider. education. The opinions of the majority of the class on reopening, as well as equity and budget issues, determined who we would endorse.
The Campanile Friday, October 23, 2020 Friday, October 23, 2020 The Campanile ANDREW TOTEDA, an editor-in-chief | Each year as communities lose their generations-old local news media, more high school journalism classes are A4 Spo tlight Spo tlight A5 pressed into a tricky situation as their community’s sole local journalism provider. Palo Alto High School students are luckier. There’s a reasonably wide range of publications covering local politics and elections. However, The Voices Behind the Votes that doesn’t mean The Campanile and other scholastic publications are off he year 2020 has been historic, marked by unexpected twists and turns including wildfires, disease, economic disasters and racial injustices. These events have transformed the political landscape, bringing new issues to the table and forcing voters to reexamine existing ones. With weeks remaining before the upcoming the hook. T presidential and school board elections, The Campanile investigates politics at Paly. It’s vital that high schools provide their own coverage and commentary on local elections. Students love to joke that their voices don’t matter, and just find it so hard to believe that a woman is against abortion, in-place was going on, didn’t follow any of the rules … but at which sounds kind of selfish I guess, but I don’t understand it.” the same time blame the people who made the rules for the Junior Cole Sturino said he thinks it is important to establish scale of the pandemic.” legislation in support of abortion and women’s rights with no on the face of it, certainly it can seem that way. But the reality is that as loopholes that allow states to exempt themselves from following nard said. “I guess I have white privilege because I don’t really them. look Black, but my other family members have to carry this stuff. “The moment that you give any sort of leeway on it, then The Campanile surveyed a total of 145 high school newspapers broadcast the views and political opinions of the It’s just really disheartening to see almost weekly, or even daily, states start trying to figure out what way they can try and revoke While health care is always a topic up Motivated by the deaths of Black people at the hands that another Black person got shot by the police.” those rights,” Sturino said. “It’s kind of insane that we have this for debate in election years, the pandemic For many students, Paly has a competitive, toxic Paly students. Not all of the police, the world exploded in fury and unrest in late Bonnard said he supports the movement for defunding police sort of system that can just tell people what they can or can’t do has put it under even more scrutiny culture. Because of this, junior Mathew Signorel- students chose to answer May and June this summer. Breonna Taylor and George departments and reallocating some of the money to other areas with their bodies.” than in years past, pushing voters to lo-Katz said it’s important for the board of edu- each question. upcoming voter bloc, smart local politicians take notice. Some politicians Floyd, just two of the Black people killed by white police instead of abolishing the police force entirely. Senior Jackson Bundy, who identifies as a take a closer look at its affordability, cation to have a plan to expand access to mental officers, are now household names. Despite the protest for “When you really think about it, the police are funded way conservative Christian, said his accessibility and quality. health resources on campus, examine the overall their justice, none of the policemen involved in their deaths more than a lot of really important institutions in our country, religious beliefs dictate where Bonnard said the issue of culture of the school and find steps to reduce com- are in jail –– some still have their jobs. like schools,” Bonnard said. “We also need to be reallocating he stands political- ly, health care is important to petitiveness among students. may modify their platforms to accommodate the few hundred high school Unsatisfied, many Paly students marched through the money to social workers because in a lot of these cases where including on the issue him in this election because “I don’t think the board does a very good job streets of downtown Palo Alto. And while the protests police are involved, they don’t need to be. Sometimes, someone of abortion. of the country’s high when it comes to reaching out to students and have died down, students are still calling for justice and might have a mental breakdown or there’s family dispute issues “I would say I’m unemployment rate and determining what their sentiments are,” Signo- students eligible to vote, and some may not, but all will be noting the racial equity. that could be solved by a social worker instead.” pro-life, because in my demand for COVID-19 rello-Katz said. “They do have the open sessions Junior Sebastian Bonnard said because his mother is While there is plenty of debate about how to handle the eyes, I just don’t see treatment. where students and parents come in, but I really Black, racial discrimination and racial equality are personal police force and their power, some also oppose the Black Lives (abortion) as morally “Especially during don’t think that that’s enough. So I think that the to him. Matter movement and are instead in support of All Lives Matter, right,” Bundy said. “But the pandemic, it’s really board forming some sort of oversight committee ideological shifts expressed through high school journalists. “What a lot of people don’t understand is that we have a countermovement frequently used to resist BLM. Senior Teg it’s also something that I important that everyone has access to health care,” Bonnard and reaching out to our students themselves would to think about it all the time, and it’s a burden to us,” Bon- Singh said he thinks that the Black Lives Matter movement is don’t care enough about to said. “Because health care is so expensive right now and pri- be a beneficial first step in the course of action.” not political; it’s about basic human rights. say to someone, ‘You can’t vate businesses have more or less monopolized the industry, Senior Owen Longstreth also said distance So, when doing research and interviews for The Campanile’s Palo Alto “People shouldn’t be politicizing an issue dealing with just get an abortion.’ If you want I think it’s imperative for the government to set up learning and spending all day on Zoom, combined human lives,” Singh said. “No matter the color of people’s skin or to have one, that’s your decision, a way for people who can’t afford health care to get with the need to do his homework, extracurricular what their beliefs are, no one should be killed in cold blood like and it’s something you’re going to equitable and fair treat- activities and college applications, has made this
that or treated badly like that or shot just for doing nothing. So I have to live with for the rest of your ment like everyone else.” time period difficult for his mental health, and that City Council endorsements, we prioritized issues that speak to the school’s wj think that that has absolutely no place in our country, and I think life.” - wjw Bonnard said that of other students, as well. that we need to act on that immediately.” Like Bundy, sophomore Kyle Lee the benefits of uni- “A lot of (problems) are out of the district’s Bonnard said he thinks racial injustices go far beyond matters also said that he is opposed to abortion in most versal health control, but I just feel like they should make cases. care would student body — notably combating climate change, advancing social justice concerning the police, and are deeply rooted in the country’s some structural changes here,” Longstreth said. The past seven months of online learning have judicial system. “I can see (that if pregnancy) is fatal to the mother or if it is lift a large “I support the Wellness Center. I support all the raised concerns in the community about equal ac- “The justice system was really built to keep us oppressed and fatal to the baby, it should be aborted,” Lee said. “(But) con- burden guidance stuff, but there’s a systemic reason why cess to educational opportunities and resources. to keep us in jail, and I think it needs a lot of change,” Bonnard ceptually, in all science facts, in fact, life starts at conception … off smaller everyone is always really stressed and not getting “From what I’ve seen, there is an incredibly large and constructing affordable housing. The fact that these issues aren’t nearly said. “One area being the bail bonds system, which I think is I’m not saying no woman can have a choice. I’m saying that we businesses who enough sleep.” equity gap in regards to various groups of students,” ridiculous. It basically puts a price on your freedom and it needs shouldn’t kill the baby. I think we should try to have a different would otherwise Signorello-Katz said. “That’s something that I to be eradicated completely.” way, like adoption, foster care and other options.” have to pay for their em- think the school board also needs to work on. It’s ployees’ health insurance. something that has been a problem at PAUSD for as popular with the public is only compounded by the resounding victories “In a business sense, this would stimulate the economy a while.” because it’s one less thing for smaller companies to worry In a unanimous vote, Palo Alto Unified School Singh said it’s important for Paly to give enough about,” Bonnard said. District board members approved a school reopen- resources to low income students for them to get an of two City Council candidates notable for their opposition to liberal Since the last presidential election in 2016, the topic of cli- In January, as the country entered an election year, voters and But Bundy said he doesn’t see health care as ing plan, which allowed for transitional kinder- education comparable to other students. mate change has developed into one of the most pressing issues candidates had no idea how much the nation’s concerns would something that should be universal. gartners, kindergartners and first-graders to return “I think that an education is one of the most facing the world for many, while others disagree that it poses a change. “I think it’s something that people to school on Oct. 12, with the rest of elementary important things in the world, and it shouldn’t be threat or that there is even scientific evidence to explain it. Sev- Many Americans lost family mem- should pay for, unless someone is bare- school students coming back two grades at a time kept from anyone on the basis of their family in- housing policies and for dragging their feet on establishing equitable enty-eight percent of the 145 students surveyed by The Campa- bers, jobs and even their livelihood ly making any money, in which case I every two weeks. The board plan also has all sec- come,” Singh said. “Education can make a world of nile said climate change is one of their most important issues in because of the novel coronavirus. And think they should receive assistance,” ondary students coming back to school in January, difference for some people. And I think that no one the presidential election. some blame President Trump for his controver- Bundy said. sparking debate among parents, teachers and should not have access to it.” Freshman Athya Paramesh said she has always been passion- sial COVID-19 response. He said countries like Canada have school officials about the safety of this decision. access to Foothills Park for nonresidents. Sophomore Evie Barclay said her family friend ate about the environment, and that elected officials ought to Bonnard said because of the high levels of COVID-19 free health care but pay the price in terms of Freshman Anna Van Riesen said students has had trouble using district-provided resources take the steps necessary to ensure its wellbeing. cases in the U.S., he is in favor of making masks mandatory quality. should not go back to school until it is safe for because of online learning. “As much as I value human life and humans, I also to reduce infection rates. “In Canada, the wait times are absurdly long everyone to do so. She said going back would be “My friend told me she wanted to utilize these There is an inherent selection bias in that as a staff our student value all life on earth and the biodiversity we have, “I understand that some people don’t want to be told what to compared to those in the United States, and the unfair to the kids who need to stay home, because resources, but the difficulties and obstacles she’s and I think it’s something people don’t have enough do and that masks can be annoying to wear, but it’s really all health care you receive isn’t nearly as good as the kind we they would be subject to fewer social interactions having to come across make it not easily accessible,” appreciation for,” Paramesh said. “Humans are so in our best interest –– you just have to listen to science have here,” Bundy said. “It’s also not and receive a different quality of education. Barclay said. “There’s room for miscommunication often blinded by money or wealth or themselves to and the doctors,” Bonnard said. “A lot of scientists technically free –– I think the average “You shouldn’t have to choose between getting and confusion, and I definitely believe that there journalists are civically passionate and engaged, but even then, with a think of themselves as part of nature and part of the have said that in three months, if we all wore Norway citizen pays double the a better education and possibly the life of your needs to be improvements made in this area.” environment. The first step (to solving) climate change masks we could really reduce the infection amount of taxes than someone living family member, which is why I think that we Barclay said this miscommunication often stems is to get people to realize that they are a part of the system and rate and the number of mortalities.” in the U.S.” should not go back to school until it’s absolutely from students whose native language is something large class size and overwhelming support for the candidates we voted on humans are just another string in the web of life.” President Trump’s handling of the pan- safe,” Van Riesen said. other than English. Paramesh said there are many steps people can take to help demic has received criticism as over 200,000 Bonnard, however, said he is ready to go back to Barclay said, “Communicating with teachers is the health of the planet, but not enough people are implement- American have died from the disease. While school because he dislikes online learning. really important to understand the material and ing those solutions in their daily lives. Bundy said Trump has not done a great job “I’m for reopening schools because I think that concepts and ask when deadlines are — it’s a crucial as a class, the school paper’s endorsements were clear. “It’s the fact that there are things that can be done and people handling the pandemic, he said the president learning in a Zoom environment is almost impos- part of going to school and having a relationship aren’t doing anything that is probably why climate change is doesn’t deserve all of the criticism he has sible,” Bonnard said. with your teacher, and this can be hard when there’s such a big issue,” Paramesh said. “We only have a certain window received. Freshman Alaap Nair said he is hesitant about a language barrier.” where we can actually restore the health of the planet to a better “The way he had set it up is he left it to school reopening because of his concerns regard- state than it is right now, and if we keep continuing (on this the governors of each state to more or less ing the risk of a spike in COVID-19 cases in Palo path), it’ll only get worse.” lay down the rules and restrictions,” Bundy Alto. said. “I also think that part of the blame can “If the school doesn’t prioritize the health and SLOAN WUTTKE, a news and opinion editor | Student journalists should be on the people of the United States. I know the safety of all the students and the staff, then we several people who, when the strict shelter- don’t really have a chance of reopening,” Nair said. cover board elections because the board controls and resolves a lot of Ninety-three of the 145 surveyed students said Since Ruth Bader Gins- student voice is one of their top five concerns in the burg’s passing on Sept. 18, upcoming school board election, and 55 said they voters will likely consider think the student body is underrepresented when conflicts that arise within the school district and board members may very that the next president will Joe Biden is an old white dude, I do think vote in the school board election, although history class and made sure to check my board members make decisions. nominate a new Supreme he represents the American population. they haven’t decided on who to vote for registration again this year,” Gwyn said. Bonnard said even in areas where the board Court Justice if President While a small portion of the student He has many stories of loss, a family with yet. One way Gwyn has kept up with local “But I’m pretty grateful that I have parents attempts to represent student voices, student opin- Trump’s nominee, Amy ions are still not taken into account and are mostly well affect issues that are highly contentious among students and parents. Coney Barrett, is not sworn body will be of voting age in time for the some addiction problems, and he has a issues is by responding to outreach text who are pretty educated on all this and can symbolic. in before November. Her election, senior Jenna Tetzlaff and senior stutter — all of these connections to the messages from candidates to learn more help me through the process of filling out As an example, he said both Paly and Gunn only confirmation appears likely, Lexi Gwyn are both eligible and said they hardships of the American people — and about their campaign. my first ballot.” have only one student representative on the board So it’s our job as a student newspaper to cater to students and parents in though. Barrett is opposed and that these two student representatives only get to abortion, whereas the plan to vote for Joe Biden. I think that he puts them into his plan for “One asked me what I wanted to see For Tetzlaff, voting is a no-brainer — to vote preferentially. late RBG was known for “I just really don’t like Trump,” Tetzlaff presidency.” from the school board, so I texted back she attributes Trump’s win in 2016 to Dem- “More students need to be in positions that can supporting abortion rights said. “I disagree with a lot of the things Though he is not yet eligible to vote, and said, ‘Here are some things I’d like to ocrats who chose not to vote because they affect change in every department, from athletics the district and provide information and insight into the topics that most and upholding Roe v. sophomore Ajin Jeong said young people see addressed by the school board,’” Gwyn disliked Hillary Clinton and her campaign. to reopening schools to managing classrooms,” Wade. As protests and on- he’s said and what he values is just not Bonnard said. going online discourse may what I value. The past four years have also should stay informed on all the candidates said. “Then they texted back, saying, ‘This “In the last election, I was so shocked,” Additionally, 66 out of the 145 surveyed students indicate, tension regarding not been great for women because of his and their policies. candidate is actually doing X, Y and Z to Tetzlaff said. “I was like, ‘Wait, I thought said communication between the school board and concern them and that we could inform them best on. the issues of abortion and presidency.” “If you’re voting for a candidate that address the issue you spoke about.’” everyone was voting for Hillary,’ but PAUSD families was one of their top issues when women’s rights have only considering candidates for the upcoming election. escalated since 2016. Gwyn said while Biden was not her first can last for a couple of years, and it’s not For new voters, the process can seem Trump won. I didn’t (expect) a big major- Signorello-Katz said the pandemic has made the I tried to mainly focus on issues that concern students like the topics of Senior Jenna Tetzlaff choice — she supported Elizabeth Warren affecting just you — it’s affecting other daunting, but Tetzlaff and Gwyn said ity of people to not vote at all. That was flaws in communication more apparent, saying he said she is strongly pro- in the primaries — her views don’t align people around you as well, I think it’s really maneuvering through the hoops is less really saddening to me, and I was really only found out that school would be transitioning to choice and opposes any remote learning from a Palo Alto Online article. restrictions on abortion. with the Settle For Biden campaign. important that we know enough about the challenging with the help of more experi- disappointed. You kind of decide your “I think that having school board members that reopening schools, equity concerns and mental health. “I have gotten into so “The word ‘settle’ has so many nega- candidate before we decide,” Jeong said. enced family members. future when you vote or not. You have a prioritize the transparency of information is an many debates over whether tive connotations,” Gwyn said. “While Gwyn and Tetzlaff also said they plan to “I already pre-registered last year in voice, and you might as well use it.” incredibly beneficial thing, especially that we’re in someone is pro-choice or the pandemic right now,” Signorello-Katz said. “It’s pro-life,” Tetzlaff said. “I important in any situation, but now more than ever.”
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KEN ESTEN COOKE, PUBLISHER & EDITOR, FREDERICKSBURG STANDARD (TEXAS) Students should cover local politics because their forays into this arena begin to foster a sense of citizenship and, in some cases, activism for both the student journalist and their peer readers. Reading stories about local candidates — especially in small towns where they might know a candidate personally — broadens their views and activates civic engagement. Writing about local politics broadens the knowledge of any student reporter on a range of issues they may not have previously considered. Writing and reading about local politics starts students on the road to being good citizens and makes them realize there is far more to governance than the presi- dential race, which consumes the 24-hour news cycle. Students reading stories written by their peers about their local communities can have a positive influence on the students’ burgeoning sense of citizenship, and that includes helping choose those who lead. Students reading cover- age get a sense of service and being involved in the community beyond the sidewalks of their school campus. Overall, we have done a poor job as a society of engaging our young people, which sometimes leaves their views to be formed by fringe actors on YouTube or social media. Each citizen in our democracy bears some responsibility to seek out information from many objective sources and form their views. Reporting on local issues gives students the knowledge of why some citizens favor “no new taxes,” rather than just taking that phrase at face value. It also can present many possibilities to expose issues that can help others who may not have much access to power, as well as use the levers of government to help drive a local agenda and create positive change. Being a good citizen also means being knowledgeable at all levels of politics and government, from knowing how a parks bond might benefit the youth in one’s community, to learning how a state representative might be able to help a town in his or her district, to the basic philosophi- cal differences between the two major parties and third parties at a federal level. Being a well- informed citizen starts with gaining that knowledge presented as objectively as possible, and students reporting on local politics can learn their craft and also become informed about our political process.
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Current polls place Obama’s A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE the media should play a pivotal role. y students and I have had their first time covering a sitting presi- and an 85-foot throw — and the lens “For politicians, newspapers are today’s support with the same age group closer to 52 percent. To the honor to cover some dent. One female staffer had been choice should reflect that. history,” said John Henry, political editor Photo Op of the biggest stories in our with me during a private event with Next was about clothes. For most win the election, he has to be able to bring those people M of the Houston Chronicle. “The reporters unique coverage world during the past few years; how- Trump in Granite City, Illinois, in July. people, covering the president is a big are the primary historians, the observ- ExcErPTS by SuSan kISmarIc back into the 60 percent range. How he is going to do ever, in November the story came to The first conversation I had with my deal … well, it IS a big deal; however, ers and recorders of today’s events. The From USA Today magazine, published in New York us. staff was about gear. unless you are up close and personal, reporters and their newspapers are going by the Society for the Advancement of Education, Nov. 1, 1994 that now is the question. President Donald Trump had For every sitting president I’ve it is not as professional as you would to be around long after the politician, and scheduled a visit to The Show Me ever covered, the confirmation email think. Guys wear knit shirts or button it is from their work, in large part, that the RICHARD BENEDETTO Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, is a wealth of information. It gives ups, no real suits except for the on-air politician’s role will be defined.” • In the 1800s, as photojournalism was beginning to take form, as popular values opportunities in September, but due to Hurricane the basics: personalities. High-school publications, including intersected with patriotism to create a folksy melange, candidates or officehold- ★ The Stinger from Florence, the plans were put on hold. • media pre-set We’ve also learned to be prepared newspapers, yearbooks and magazines, Irmo HS (SC) found a ers were seen in the obligatory scene rife with the symbols of American culture The event was rescheduled for the • security sweep time for the enactment of Murphy’s Law. share that goal when they train readers local angle to the pri- — eating hot dogs, with or near a flag, greeting Indians. … These symbols BY BONNIE KATZIVE evening of Nov. 5, one day before • media parking with address Doors for us opened at 4:30 p.m.; in the democratic process by provid- maries, in which South are meant to reinforce people’s sense that the person pictured is “one of us,” a Election Day. In fact, Trump had three • time and place for media entrance however, it rained until almost 5:45 Carolina was a pivotal regular fellow who believes in the things we believe in, in addition to being ing localized articles about political reali- state, by conducting very great story revolves around a sig- year. A subsequent opinions editor, Dalton scheduled rallies for that day, with • cleanup time p.m. We know that because we stood a patriot whose civic duty calls him from on high. ties. These publications fulfill an editorial a mock primary with nificant conflict. Elections are nothing Valette, continued this philosophy. He believed ours being the final one. • times in and out out in the rain as we waited to get responsibility to make the political record high school students. McCain won the • Just as a politician could transform his image through canny manipulation if not a chance to cover a conflict with an open journalism publication fosters open We say “ours” because for the last However, one of the most impor- under the tent to go through the secu- pertinent for teenage citizens. E student primary, while of his appearance in a picture, a photographer could transfigure a politician real-life consequences. Some election cover- minds in its readership. “[Guest contributors few years, my students in the Richland tant pieces of information overlooked rity sweep to get in. Early coverage of politics in America Bush won the real merely by being present at an event. age is hard to conduct for a high school paper and letters to the editor] create a dialogue rath- High School (Essex, Missouri) and I in the email is the “camera throw,” “I believe that others should consisted largely of reporting what the event, with 60 per- have worked as the house photogra- which about how far the photog- know the importance of showing up cent of the vote. The — candidates may never appear near your er than presenting a mono- 3
How To Vote In The 2016 NEWS candidates or officeholders did. Few mem- paper also polled the • The increased security surrounding political figures during the past 20 years locality or the local issues may seem lacking in logue to students,” Valette phers for the Show Me Center in Cape raphers will be from the president. early. Anything can go wrong at any bers of the media cared to pass judgment students about whether has made it very difficult for photographers to gain access to them except in Presidential Election to cover everything from dinosaur The information answers the question moment, and it’s better to have hours ELECTION relevance to students. But in speaking to my said. William Newton ELECTION online editor-in-chief the Confederate flag ELECTION on the motives of the politicians. should come down highly controlled situations. No longer can a cameraman move in close to former students, I consistently heard that cov- The goal is to find pas- exhibits and concerts, to gun shows about what lenses to bring. For us, it to fix the problem than just minutes. delegates greet first lady michelle obama at Time Warner Cable arena Sept. 4. Members Gupta, Providence High School, sit on the set of “PBS News Hour.” a protest outside of “In 1960, the way all these papers off the Capitol Dome, capture an intimate, off-guard moment. For the most part, hordes of photog- | | and sports tournaments — so yes, the is standard that we bring short, medi- Also, the amount of space for the of the media prepare for talks at the Women’s Caucus Sept. 6. Charlotte’s dancing cops the Charlotte observer on Stonewall Street Sept. 2. Journalist Juan Williams addresses ering politics was always memorable and often sionate students who something students | | covered elections is they would say what raphers with the same assignment to “get the pic” are kept behind barricades entertain pedestrians in uptown Charlotte. Damian Walker, Harding University, and Arjun students Sept. 4 at East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte. Photos by Anna Talarico carried through to their college journalism or espouse divergent views in president was coming to our house. um and long, but there is a major media is limited so securing your spot also favored by a | the candidate said every day,” said Robert and controlled by police or hired security personnel as they wait for an event Presidential citizenship. writing courses or in social For two of my staffers, this was difference between a 45-foot throw continued on page 29 large margin. [Alison candidate Hillary Novak, political consultant for CNN. Shuman, editor; Karen arJuN gupTa, co-editor, Prowl, providence High School (Charlotte, N.C.) aNNa TalarICo, co-editor, Prowl, providence High School (Charlotte, N.C.) to be manufactured. Clinton speaks The efforts in the 2012 election have estab- studies classes. Find stu- “They did not write editorial columns or Flowers, adviser] | i have always had an interest in policy and politics, but i had never used | covering the dnc would have been impossible without access to technology. during a campaign twitter before the democratic national convention in charlotte. during the saying that twitter is a journalist’s best friend seemed blasphemous at first, lished useful ways to engage student journal- dents who have a talent • The photo opportunity, wherein the participants arrange themselves self- editorials.” event Jan. 25 at week i learned quickly to tweet anything interesting. it wasn’t natural in the but we soon realized how practical social media is for journalists. ists who contribute to their community by or desire to express their consciously to be recorded by cameras, is a purposefully staged activity and beginning, but you can quickly make it a habit to tweet every hour or more “all the journalists and politicians have accounts now,” our newspaper Today, however, things are different. It’s ers are reporters so the relationship is inher- the difference in the end was buying our Freedom Center in covering politics in any year. Two standards ideas. Publish invitations in 2012 frequently. adviser candace s. Brandt cheerfully reminded us. however, (we knew) her may have little to do with anything that actu- Rock Hill, S.C. 2012 hard to pick up a paper, listen to a radio ently unnatural,” said Melanie Fonder, a own time. Nothing’s better than your own 2012 many of the pros were pretty busy, but i was surprised at how far an knowing smile really was saying, “Quit messing around and embrace social have emerged as priorities: Be a platform for the newspaper and in the ally transpired. Commissioned photographers Photo by Daniel Plassmann, The Herald (S.C.) newscast or watch the evening news with- reporter with The Hill in Washington, DC. paid media.” earnest disposition and the question “i’m an aspiring journalist, and i want media.” like a real-life reporter quickly writing a news story for the morning the whole school, and recruit guest writers and school announcements. encounter numerous and immense difficulties in to know what factors you think contributed most to your success in the paper, we realized the importance of “fast press.” out some reporter questioning the char- “They also thrive off the other, especially Although he lost the election to incum- cartoonists. For two years, we had acter or motivations of political figures in races and at the national level.” bent Jim Walsh, Mack said he believed their attempts to make meaningful photographs field?” got me. answers touched on two basic themes: Keep an open mind as student journalists, there was no way we could compete against com- to pursuing new things. learn to write well about what you witness. on the mercial news outlets and their corps of reporters and photographers. rather, Elena Jones, the first opinions editor I a contributor who wrote THEFALCON QUILL of politicians within this ritualized setting. at any level from the local school board Marty Mack, a former candidate for the the coverage by the Syracuse media was whole, the dnc taught me three crucial guidelines: (1) always be on the we would occupy a little niche while presenting our experiences as students worked with as an adviser, came into her monthly from a communist 25th Congressional District in New York, lookout for opportunities; (2) follow up vigorously on them; and (3) write well attending one of the largest national events charlotte has ever seen. it worked or municipal utility district to the highest largely fair. “The press has a job to do Caucuses and primaries provide role believing firmly that the opinion sections perspective. Other students WIDE gives an overview of event with 16-35mm lens. Photo by Kate Wyman | MEDIUM requires at least a 200mm lens, preferably a 300mm f/4 as used in this said, “You’re nobody until you’re on (tele- • Over time, politicians wisely, then perhaps cyni- about what happens. fantastically as Prowl reporters shared the fascinating experiences through the levels of the federal government. — the job as they see it. Usually, if there’s By William Newton,MAR. photo. Photo by Liza King | TIGHT usually requires a 300mm or 400mm or a 200-400mm zoom possibly with a built-in 1.4 teleconverter. Photo by Liza King cally, learned to protect themselves from the eyes of student journalists. needed to reflect diverse perspectives and that would turn first to the opinion section because 2016 And coverage, any coverage, is highly vision) or until you’re in the paper.” a bad story, you handed it to them.” it was essential to invite anyone at the school they knew his perspective was unique and FORT WORTH camera and use it to their own advantage. n enticing moments for coverage oBama (61.7%) 332 electoral votes (62,611,250 popular votes) | $348 million spent in advertising | $632.2 million raised in donations | 212 campaign events COUNTRY DAY sought after by candidates no matter how Despite frequent coverage by local Walsh agreed that the coverage had willing to put in time to research and write often surprising. When opinions editor Dalton romNEY (38.3%) 206 electoral votes (59,134,475 popular votes) | $167.3 million spent in advertising | $389.1 million raised in donations | 285 campaign events SCHOOL (Texas) unnatural the relationship is. media, Mack said it wasn’t enough to get basically been fair, except in Mack’s home- meaningful work. Since then, The Howler has Valette received complaints, he would prompt- by kyle carter, cje “Politicians are politicians, and report- his name out. “The only media that made town of Courtland where Walsh said the Sources: kantar media/Cmag (ad spending); Center for responsiveness in politics (fundraising); CNN included guest cartoonists and columnists each ly send the complainant an invitation to write
2 •‑Communication: Journalism Education Today Fall 2000 22 • CommuniCation: Journalism EduCation today Fall 2008 SUMMER 2012 COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association | 23 sPrinG 2013 communication: Journalism education today | a publication of the Journalism education association | 3 2 | COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association FALL 2016 SPRING 2019 COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association | 27 FALL 2000 FALL 2008 SUMMER 2012 SPRING 2013 FALL 2016 SPRING 2019 Contributions from Ryan Contributions from Ina Contributions from Contributions from Arjun Contributions from Bonnie Contributions from Kyle Gruber, Andrew Wind, Herlihy, W. Gardner Selby, Gage Skidmore, Carol Gupta, Anna Talarico, Katzive and Dalton Valette Carter, Kate Wyman, Liza Neema Trevidi, Griff Singer Rob Christensen, Molly Hanner, Torre Jessup, Noah Fitzgerel, Eric Katzive wrote, “Every King, Emily Blunt with additional photos by Stieber, Leslie Nicholas, Phillip Jeter, Jim Morrill, Thomas, Antonia Akrap, great story revolves around King recalled her Dirck Halstead. Anthony Miller, Pete Malena Carollo, Richard Emily Stobbe, Meziah a significant conflict. coverage of a Trump rally: Griff Singer, retired Souza, Susan Kismaric, Benedetto, Jessica Taylor, Cristobal, Rachel West, Elections are nothing if “This has given me the senior lecturer at The Corey Lowenstein, Stephen Joel Quinones, Elizabeth Joe Humphrey, Nick not a chance to cover self-confidence to keep University of Texas at Solorzano Wilson Bussell, Emily McConville, a conflict with real-life pushing myself to get Austin, said the public Christensen, a political Hanner advised Joseph Phillips, Julie consequences.” myself out there in the wants honest, forthright reporter with the Raleigh reporters: “Read. Read Bonk, Ashton Eley, Kaylee Valette advised: journalism world, which will coverage just as citizens News & Observer said, other political coverage. Engle, Melissa Wantz Be open to reading help me going forward. If want honest and forthright “Politics is part of the grand Read about the candidates. Humphrey discussed the something unexpected. Be I could change something politicians. experiment of free people That’s going to be your best coverage by his students: a writing coach. Be clear about my coverage with Focus on local issues, governing themselves.” source of understanding “There are a lot of sources about deadlines, space the president, I would talk Singer said. And Souza, former what is out there. It’s very readers can go to compare constraints/word counts more with the other media “Local papers should President Barack Obama’s hard to cover a political candidates. Instead of that and content guidelines. professionals around me. It always, always, always chief photographer, said, candidate if you don’t trite approach — one we’ve Welcome people with is a great experience to talk cover their local Congress “Learn issues. Learn how to know what’s already been certainly been guilty of in divergent views. Predict with other professionals in member and perhaps deal with people. Learn to written. Talk to other the past — editors decided what readers will think. the same field and to learn statewide elections even accept ‘no’ a lot, but don’t people who are covering to let the students tell their more about how they got to if the national papers are give up.” that campaign or issue in stories.” where they are now.” also providing. The local politics.” view can usually fill in the important details.”
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Keepingwith up the Joneses and the Smiths and the Alvarezes.
It’s time to write some thank-you notes for all those opportunities the professional media in your community have given your students. It’s easy to get in a hurry. But here are some guidelines when writing notes to a family.
WHAT DOES THE AP STYLEBOOK SAY? • Most ending in es or s or z add es: Charleses, Joneses, Gonzalezes. • Most ending in y add s even if preceded by a consonant: the Duffys, the Kennedys, the two Kansas Citys. Exceptions include Alleghenies and Rockies. • For others, add s: the Carters, the McCoys, the Mondales.
LET'S PUT IT IN ANOTHER WAY. • No apostrophe. You will NEVER use an apostrophe when making a name plural. Don't send that thank-you note to the Wilson’s. Send it to the Wilsons. • Just add an s. Most family names are made plural simply by add- ing an s. Send those thank-you notes to the Bowens, the Singers, the Wangs and the Garcias. • If the name ends in s, add an es. Send those thank-you notes to the Berzinses, Johanneses and the Peeterses. • If the name ends in x, z, ch or sh, add an es. The Yilmazes, the Lopezes, the Cruzes, the Seauxes and the Marshes. (There is one exception to this rule. If the name ends in ch pronounced as a hard /k/, as in monarch, add only the s.) • Kaufman. Well, for goodness’ sake, don't change it to Kaufmen. Just add the s.
SPRING 2021 COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association | 13 PHOTO BY KATELYN HELLER I shot this photo from a bird’s-eye view because I thought it would give me the best outcome for my idea and would highlight my subjects playing — and finally winning — the game. Photographers should wear adaptable clothing so they can get into uncomfortable positions to take photos.
t the beginning of 40 each school year I photos lead my students Athrough lessons on photog- raphy composition as well as terminology (ISO, shutter in speed, f/stop) and how those elements impact the photo. In 55 a typical year, the students go BY JOSH CLEMENTS, CJE on a photography scavenger days hunt, during which they take photos of specific items using specific ISO, shutter speed and f/stop combinations. On the scavenger hunt form, they reflect on the changes they made to the ISO, shutter speed and f/stop; and how the changes impacted the photo. The day after this activity, I showcase several photos for specific reasons, especially highlight- ing the “storytelling” photos. At this point I begin to give out the awards that will become “photo/ photographer of the week” awards. I also show the students a presentation on exposure that showcases specific scenarios in which the students have been successful regarding their exposure. I’ve found students take some great shots, but the exposure could be improved. This document includes the ISO, shutter speed and f/stop of all photos in certain situations (in the gym, at dusk, on the field, in the classroom, at a cross-country meet, etc.). I have the students add this presentation to their Google Drive for easy access on their phones when they shoot their first event.
14 | COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association SPRING 2021 After these lessons, it’s time for Doughnut Day, a tradition that the editors were sad didn’t happen this year because of the pandemic. (Special thanks to Sarah Nichols for this idea.) The students apply their understanding of PHOTO BY VICTORIA STEWART composition and overall exposure to take pho- tos of their doughnuts. We then review those photos as well. Each student is required to take photos for two events per month (thanks again to Sarah Nichols), which go into the gradebook. This is essential for the photo/photographer of the week awards. If the students weren’t required (using the leverage of grades), many would not take photos.
PHOTO/PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE WEEK As students download the photos from their photo shoots, I go through them — all of them. It’s tedious, but it’s essential and reward- ing. This is where I see which concepts I need to reteach but also where I can see the great work the students are doing. I select one or two students who have shown proficiency. (They are not always the amazing photos but good photos; students sometimes need that extra praise to motivate them, and “quiet” kids may need to be reward- ed for pushing through their comfort zone.) However, many times they are amazing shots. I pull some of their photos for the slideshow on Friday. Before Friday I also conference with the editors. They tell me one student they col- lectively want to praise who may have slipped under my “teacher radar.” The editors’ choice might be recognized for photography or for something else. On Friday, the first thing we do is celebrate. The editors go first. They give their award to the editors’ pick of the week. The editors rotate, and each editor presents an award once a month. Then I present the photographer of the week. I walk the students through the pho- tos and explain why this photographer was chosen. I also ask the photographer, “How did you get that shot? Where were you?” These conversations are the best: “It was really awk- ward. I was right in their faces when they were talking on the sidelines.” I really appreciate these conversations because it is the student, PHOTO BY KATELYN HELLER not me, who is validating the photography I shot my photo in front of a brick wall because I thought that it would make my subject in the photo be the center of process based on his or her experience. focus and give the photo complementary colors to make it Then I give out the awards. Each photogra- pleasing to the eye. You have to be mindful of your setting phy and editors’ pick award is tangible and has for taking your photos like the lighting and making sure that your shadow isn’t shown in the photo since it could meaning. Each time students get one of these compromise the focus in your photo. awards, they receive an enamel pin to put on their yearbook staff lanyard. The system is sim- ilar to the helmet stickers football players get continued on page 16
SPRING 2021 COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association | 15 PHOTO BY KATELYN HELLER I shot it from a bird’s-eye view angle because I thought I would get a better photo of my subjects. I learned you have to get into uncomfortable positions to get the best photos.
PHOTO BY KATELYN HELLER I shot it from a worm’s-eye view angle because I thought it would give a better and unique perspective that a person wouldn’t normally see. This view also allowed for the use of leading lines from the tree branches to draw attention to my subject.
ASSIGNMENT continued from page 15 for good plays during games. At the beginning Photography practice: of the school year I send an email to the school staff to let them know about the yearbook pro- 40 photos in 55 days gram. In this email I tell the entire school staff of the significance of the enamel pins. When the Your task for this assignment is simple: Take unique photos using students go out on assignments, the school staff your cell phone (or camera), applying what you have learned. can see and recognize this significance. This is an ongoing assignment that will require you to take a variety of photos using techniques and reflection based on the I ordered my pins on Amazon. I feel the photography lessons you have participated in so far this term. You weight and quality of the pins matter; better pins are encouraged to take more than 40 photos — I would highly equals more meaning. encourage you to take more. Practice makes perfect — so you can Additionally, the students get a sticker that choose the best to submit for grading. You are also encouraged to they can put on their laptops and water bottles. use several techniques, reflections and practices we have reviewed And because I like to have fun, the students also since the beginning of the term. get a toy camera (also an Amazon purchase) that lights up and makes noise when you click the Even though this is an ongoing project, you will submit 10 photos shutter. at a time on the following dates: • Monday, Nov. 9 — 10 photos (110 pts) The routine and practice of the “Something of • Friday, Nov. 20 — 10 photos (110 pts) the Week” for me and my class has been integral • Friday, Dec. 4 — 10 photos (110 pts.) for community building and for the higher qual- • Monday, Dec. 14 — 10 photos (110 pts.) ity of photography during the entire school year.
Your photography will be graded using the attached rubric. To BEYOND THE CLASSROOM submit your photos for grading, you will need to complete this Every Sunday our principal puts out an Google Form. email. Each Friday I send him a couple of the “photos of the week” along with the photog- Here is a video explaining how to submit your assignment/link rapher’s name and grade. This newsletter goes to the folder. You will also need to “turn in” your assignment on Google Classroom so I know you have submitted it and can grade out to the school community and is posted on grade it using the rubric within Google Classroom. the website. The photos also appear on the TVs
16 | COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association SPRING 2021 Students submit their photos for grading via a Clements created several videos to assist his students. Google Form. Students also submit their assignment One explained how to use the Google Form. One on Google Classroom so it can be graded using the explained how to upload photos to the Google Drive, rubric. including how to set up the proper folder structure.
around campus used for announcements. facilitate the “40 photos in 55 days” project. Our TV/news teacher also has started using Through this project, the students were them as the credits roll during the weekly TV tasked with submitting 10 photos for each news broadcast. minideadline. They were taught how to This further establishes the yearbook upload their photos to Google Drive, how to brand at school without being repetitive and create and share folders, and how to submit simply telling the student body, “Buy the year- the link to me through a Google Form. I also book.” These photos establish the quality of used Google Classroom to provide feedback the product we’re asking them to buy. and the rubric feature to assess the photog- raphy.. PANDEMIC ADJUSTMENTS Like every other yearbook adviser in 2020, Like everyone, I had to adjust my cur- I had to try something new. I was nervous. I riculum given the pandemic. Currently, my was nervous because I wasn’t sure what the school is still in distance learning. At the results would be. But I was surprised and beginning of this year, I taught all aspects of thrilled with what my students submitted. digital photography and even supplemented Obviously, as with any assignment, there was this curriculum with cell phone photography. a range of quality and intention. However, After the students learned about composition, for the most part the students exceeded my vocabulary and technique, the big questions expectations and showed me that they had were: “How will they show me what they indeed been learning on the other side learned?” and “How can they practice their of the Zoom screen. They attempted skills in preparation for a return to in-person photos that were creative. Their pho- learning?’ tos told stories. It was obvious that I considered what I had previously taught they got out of their comfort zone. and the outcomes I wanted. I needed the stu- Their work also gave me hope — dents to practice, and I needed the students hope that when we return to in- to feel validated and celebrated. So I gathered person learning they will continue resources from my publisher, crafted a new to have this creative mindset and rubric and used the G-suite/Google tools to to capture the stories of the year. n
SPRING 2021 COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association | 17 PHOTO BY VICTORIA STEWART A lot of times when people get their pictures taken it is bland and vanilla, and I thought the water in front of it would make it more unique. I learned a lot from the assignment, especially how to use photography composition to my advantage. I have a better understanding of how to take unique and good-quality pictures that leave an impact on the people who see them.
PHOTO BY LUCY PROAPS In our yearbook class, we’ve learned about many techniques for photography. I tried to use a mix- ture of these techniques to make a candid photo with an obvious subject. I also wanted the viewer to be able to understand the photo without any context. I took it at a face-on view because of the oven light. At this angle, her arm covered any unwanted light and allowed for a well-lit picture. Her arms also lead viewers’ eyes to the oven, which draws attention to what she is putting inside. I learned how to use different angles and techniques to improve my photography skills. They give photos more dimension and make them look more appealing.
RUBRIC
Criteria Advanced (10/10) Proficient (8/10) Basic (7/10)
Clarity All of the photos are clear and crisp. Most of the photos are clear and crisp. Some of the photos are clear and crisp.
Resolution All photos are high resolution. Most photos are high resolution. Some of the photos are high resolution.
Lighting Photos have appropriate quantity, quality and A few photos have issues with lighting that Some photos have issues with lighting that direction of lighting for the situation. interferes with subject. interferes with subject.
Center of Visual Interest At least half of the photos include people as Less than half of the photos do not include The majority of the photos do not include subjects (not pets, landscapes or objects). people as subjects, instead including pets, people as subjects. landscapes or objects.
Time of Day The photos were taken at least three different Most photos were obviously taken at different Few photos were obviously taken at different times of day. times of day times of day.
Storytelling Each photo tells a story about the event/subject Most photos tell a story about the event/ Few photos tell a story about the event/subject that was photographed. subject that was photographed. that was photographed.
Candid All of the photos are candid. None are posed. Most of the photos are candid. Some are Few photos are candid. Most are posed. posed.
Composition (basic) All photos use the rule of thirds, keeping the Some photos use the rule of thirds. Few photos use the rule of thirds. subject out of the center of the frame.
Angle At least two photos use angle (bird’s-eye view/ The use of angle (bird’s-eye view/worm’s-eye The use of angle (bird’s-eye view/worm’s-eye worm’s-eye view) to enhance the impact of the view) is apparent in two photos, but does not view) may be attempted. photograph. have a drastic impact on photograph.
Composition (advanced) In eight photos, a variety of composition In eight photos, a variety of composition In eight photos, a variety of composition techniques (leading lines, selective focus, techniques (leading lines, selective focus, techniques (leading lines, selective focus, repetition, framing) are used at least once and repetition, framing) are used at least once repetition, framing) are attempted at least have great impact on overall photo. and have a moderate impact on overall photo. once.
Deadline A score of zero will be received in this category if photos are submitted late.
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an outbreak ofPANDEMIC a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affects a significant proportion of the population; a disease prevalent throughout an entire country, continent or the whole world
COLLINS DICTIONARY
the containmentLOCKDOWN measure implemented by governments around the world to mitigate the spread of COVID-19
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any of a group of RNACORONAVIRUS* viruses that cause a variety of respiratory, gastrointestinal, and neurological diseases in humans and other animals; (specifically) a coronavirus responsible for an outbreak of serious respiratory disease in humans, especially the major pandemic beginning in 2019 *Given the phenomenal breadth of language change and development during 2020, Oxford Languages concluded that this year cannot be neatly accommodated in one single word.
THE 2020 WORDS
OF THEBY BRADLEY WILSON, MJEYEAR
For dictionary.com, the choice for the word “Sometimes a single word defines an era, of the year was “overwhelmingly clear.” and it’s fitting that in this exceptional — and “At Dictionary.com, the task of choosing a exceptionally difficult — year, a single word single word to sum up 2020 — a year roiled came immediately to the fore as we examined by a public health crisis, an economic down- the data that determines what our Word of the turn, racial injustice, climate disaster, political Year will be,” the Merriam-Webster announce- division, and rampant disinformation — was ment read. a challenging and humbling one,” the press “Based upon a statistical analysis of words release read. that are looked up in extremely high numbers “But at the same time, our choice was in our online dictionary while also showing overwhelmingly clear. From our perspective a significant year-over-year increase in traffic, as documenters of the English language, one Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2020 word kept running through the profound and is pandemic.” manifold ways our lives have been upended — Merriam-Webster continued. and our language so rapidly transformed — in “The first big spike in dictionary lookups this unprecedented year. for pandemic took place on Feb. 3, the same “That word is pandemic, our 2020 Word of day that the first COVID-19 patient in the U.S. the Year.” was released from a Seattle hospital. That day, The final choices were similar for Merriam- pandemic was looked up 1,621% more than Webster. it had been a year previous, but close inspec-
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tion of the dictionary data shows that searches announcing its “words of an ‘unprecedented’ for the word had begun to tick up consistently year.” starting on Jan. 20, the date of the first positive Oxford certainly acknowledged the centric- case in the U.S.” ity of the pandemic in the evolution of lan- For Collins Dictionary, the word was “lock- guage this year but also acknowledged other down.” focal points of society. “‘Lockdown,’ with its heavy, clunking syl- “Of course, Covid-19 (which was coined lables and heavier associations, is the condi- in February and entered the Oxford English tion we’ve most dreaded in 2020 — a state of Dictionary in April) and all its related vocabu- national stasis, where almost everything that lary provided a clear focus for our language constitutes normal public life is suspended.” monitoring this year, but there were many Collins continued, acknowledging that other areas of activity which saw enormous there was life outside the pandemic. language change and were equally demanding “Other things happened! For example, of our attention, such as political and econom- ‘Megxit.’ Harry and Meghan’s decision to stand ic volatility, social activism, the environment, down as senior members of the royal family and the rapid uptake of new technologies.” was a classic piece of tabloid fodder in a year The Associated Press Stylebook added an otherwise lacking in these tokens of relative entry for COVID-19 on Feb. 3, 2020, and normality. ‘BLM’ — or Black Lives Matter — updated it just weeks later on March 21, was a huge antiracism movement that showed acknowledging that COVID is derived from a that social progress is possible even in the combination of words, the first two letters of midst of a health crisis. And, of course, the corona (CO), the first two letters of virus (VI) internet carried on its merry way, producing and the first letter of disease (D) along with terms like ‘TikToker.’ The video-sharing site the year it was discovered, 2019. So AP chose eclipsed all others as a venue for memes and to treat it as a pseudo-acronym and capital- a peculiar new kind of self-expression, at least ized it. Collins, dictionary.com and Merriam- for Generation Z, for whom TikToking is prac- Webster agreed. tically a way of life.” It is not an acronym, as some internet trolls But for Oxford, it just wasn’t that simple. asserted, for “Certificate of identification of The Oxford release, a 38-page document vaccination with artificial intelligence.” available upon request, said, “The English Oxford turned it into a word all its own — language, like all of us, has had to adapt Covid. rapidly and repeatedly this year. Given the Despite devoting 17 pages to the virus and phenomenal breadth of language change and related terms, in describing 2020 as a “strange” development during 2020, Oxford Languages year, a “crazy” year and a “lost” year, Oxford concluded that this is a year which cannot be ultimately acknowledged that “2020 is a year neatly accommodated in one single word.” which cannot be neatly accommodated in one So Oxford didn’t pick just one word, instead single ‘word of the year.’” n
IN THE RUNNING FROM VARIOUS DICTIONARIES | antebellum | anthropause | asymptomatic | Black Lives Matter | brushfire | cancel culture | circuit breaker | contact tracing | coronavirus | COVID-19 | defund | essential/nonessential | face mask | facquittal | flatten the curve | fomites | frontliner | furlough | herd immunity | hydroxychloroquine | icon | impeachment | infodemic | key worker | kraken | lockdown | long-hauler | mail-in | malarkey | mamba | mask-shaming | maskless | megxit | net zero | pandemic | pod | PPE | quarantine | remote working | reopening | schadenfreude | shelter in place | social distancing | superspreader | systemic racism | TikToker | twindemic | unmute | ventilator | viral load
SPRING 2021 COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association | 23 NAME______WORDS OF THE YEAR INSTRUCTIONS: Students may need to use internet resources to find clues for the correct match. Set a time limit because the challenge will be to find information quickly. Promote the fun of expanding skills to understand modern language usage. Give them time (maybe five minutes) to work independently. When the timer rings, have them work together in teams of three or four for another five minutes. DIRECTIONS: Each year various dictionary companies analyze word usage to determine which words to add to the dictionary. Below are words considered to be this year’s words of the year. Match the words to the definitions.
TERMS DEFINITIONS
A. allyship ���� 1. (v.) to withdraw funding from
B. anti-vaxxer ���� 2. (n.) outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and typically affects a significant proportion of the population C. BIPOC ���� 3. (n.) a restricted group of people whose members are allowed to be in close D. Blursday proximity when maintaining a physical distance is otherwise required
E. bubble ���� 4. (n.) the action of compulsively scrolling through social media or news feeds that relate bad news F. deep cleaning ���� 5. (n.) a day of the week that is indistinguishable from any other G. defund ���� 6. (n.) a proliferation of diverse, often unsubstantiated information relating to H. doomscrolling a crisis, controversy, or event, which disseminates rapidly and uncontrollably through news, online, and social media, and is regarded as intensifying public I. epidemic speculation or anxiety J. hygiene theater ���� 7. (n.) a planned epidemic/pandemic K. infodemic ���� 8. (n.) cleaning practices which give the illusion of sanitization without actually reducing the risk of infection L. mask-shaming ���� 9. (n.) a contronym; the action of shaming someone for wearing a mask or the M. pandemic action of shaming someone for not wearing a mask N. plandemic ���� . 10 (n.) a person opposed to vaccination
O. QAnon ���� 11. (n.) where fresh meat, fish and produce are sold; such a place in Wuhan, China, was ground zero for COVID-19 P. unprecedented ���� 12. (n.) practice of infiltrating video conference calls and posting violent, Q. unrest pornographic or offensive content R. waist-up fashion ���� 13. (n.) the state of being actively supportive, especially to people and groups that suffer discrimination S. wet market ���� 14. (n.) angry or violent behavior by people who are protesting against something T. wokeness ���� 15. (adj.) never having happened or existed before U. workcation
V. Zoombombing ANSWERS: 1. G; 2. M; 3. E; 4. H; 5. D; 6. K; 7. N; 8. J; 9. L; 10. B; 11. S; 12. V; 13. A; 14. Q; 15. P 15. Q; 14. A; 13. V; 12. S; 11. B; 10. L; 9. J; 8. N; 7. K; 6. D; 5. H; 4. E; 3. M; 2. G; 1. ANSWERS:
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ACROSS 30 (abbr.) personal protective equipment 7 a fire in an area of dry brush 3 people not wearing masks 31 shaming someone for wearing a mask (or not) 12 the presentation of formal charges against a public official 6 presenting no symptoms of disease 32 racism embedded as normal practice within society 15 monitoring people who have come in contact with an
8 flexible working not in a central location 34 a colorless crystalline solid, C18H26ClN3O, used in the infected person 9 turn on a mic after having temporarily turned it off treatment of malaria 16 a protective covering for the face 10 the immunity to a particular infection that occurs when a 36 a frontline worker 19 a movement formed to campaign against systemic racism high percentage of individuals have been vaccinated 39 maintaining a physical distance from other person or and violence against black people 11 release from charges (law) people 22 an individual who transmits a disease to an unusually large 13 surfaces, as clothing or door handles, that can become 40 person who suffers from symptoms of COVID-19 for longer number of other individuals contaminated with pathogens than two weeks 23 an apparatus to produce artificial respiration 14 a global slowdown of travel and other human activities 42 the amount of a virus in a given quantity of blood 24 venomous snake; Kobe Bryant nickname 15 an RNA virus that resembles a solar corona 43 lowering the peak daily number of new cases and 26 a massive amount of information about a particular issue, 17 a target of completely negating the amount of greenhouse extending the period over which new cases occur consisting of a confusing combination of fact, falsehood, gases produced by human activity 44 existing before the American Civil War rumor and opinion 18 insincere or foolish talk 27 enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others 20 COronaVIrus Disease 2019 DOWN 29 the simultaneous occurrence of two pandemics 21 an official order, issued during an emergency, that directs 1 the containment measure implemented by governments 33 to open again people to stay indoors around the world to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 35 a temporary layoff from work 25 state of enforced isolation designed to prevent the spread 2 a mythical Scandinavian sea monster; Seattle hockey team 37 John Lewis and Ruth Bader Ginsburg of disease nickname 38 ballots sent by USPS 28 a short period of lockdown intended to inhibit the spread 4 workers such as nurses and teachers 41 a streamlined enclosure of an infectious disease 5 a practice of publicly rejecting people regarded as promoting socially unacceptable views ANSWER KEY ONLINE: http://jea.org/wp/home/for-educators/cjet/onlinesupp/ SPRING 2021 COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association | 25 IDENTIFY DISTIGUISH YOUR PASSION YOURSELF WITH A DEFINE MASTERS YOUR CAREER IN MASS COMMUNICATIONS
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MULTIMEDIA PACKAGES Navigating through the unknown
Julia Satterthwaite, MJE, is no stranger to helping others navigate through the unknown. Although COVID-19, stay-at-home orders and concern for public safety left the fate of the 2020 Advisers Institute in jeopardy, leaders like Satterthwaite grasped the opportunity to engage a larger and broader audience by offering the conference through a virtual platform. BY MICHAEL ELLSON
SPRING 2021 COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association | 29 Similarly, in her session, “Multimedia Package Q: What tool(s) did your students use to create the Planning and Execution,” Satterthwaite suggested multimedia packages you highlighted? multimedia packages have even more potential to Satterthwaite: Atavist (they’re no longer taking on reach and engage an audience than traditional print new accounts, but SNO’s longform allows for this), packages, saying, “I’d encourage those of you who SoundCloud for audio embeds and the audio story, place emphasis on print over online to consider photos, InDesign for alt-copy stories and video for shifting this in your program culture. If we print common names, Snapchat, YouTube, Flickr, GIFs, video, 2,000 copies of our magazine, we might get that etc. Adobe Spark Video, ThingLink, Canva/Piktochart/ many folks to engage with it. But if we create and InDesign for infographics and Headliner to turn audio promote a multi package, it can garner significantly into video. more views/engagements.” The session explored how to use multimedia Q: I’d love to know more about helping students content to drive story design; chunk relevant infor- make more effective choices about how long it mation; use powerful visuals; provide alternative takes to put together a solid package. What would a story forms for nonreaders; embed multimedia timeline look like from planning to publishing? tools; link to additional resources and related sto- Satterthwaite: Here’s a sample timeline for a cycle: ries; and use social media before, during and after the publication of each article. • Monday, July 6: Story pitching session Satterthwaite speaks from experience, hav- • Tuesday, July 7: Finalize package idea/substories ing served as Journalism Education Association and brainstorm the best sources to interview as Mentor Program chair and now serving as JEA of whole class Northern California’s digital media chair, adviser • July 8-13: Reporting: researching, interviewing, of El Estoque’s print and web publications, and writing El Valedor yearbook adviser at Monta Vista High • Tuesday, July 14: Complete rough draft due to School (Cupertino, California). section editor The session highlighted several examples of El • July 15-16: Edit story and reinterview, if needed Estoque’s student packages, including a story on • Friday, July 17: Complete C1 of story due the human brain’s addiction to chemicals released • July 18-19: Edit story when interacting on social media. • July 20: C2 of story due Satterthwaite’s session explored the elements • July 21: Edit story of multimedia packages, including typography, • July 22: C3 of story due color, text-to-photo ratio, sidebars and headlines. • July 23: Edit story Satterthwaite emphasized the importance of chunk- • July 24: Proof of story due ing information in bite-size pieces, including many • July 25: Finishing touches to story visuals, and providing alternative story forms for • July 26-30: Design story in package different audience demographics, especially those • Friday, July 31: Publish and promote package. who will not engage with print-only stories. Celebrate success, evaluate and start again. Students should be able to discern between a variety of multimedia platforms, including Adobe Q: What are some methods or tips to help students Spark, ThingLink, Steller, Videolicious and Canva, learn to balance both online and print publication plus an array of social media platforms, to match production schedules? the purpose of each story. For example, if the pur- Satterthwaite: You want to build different types of pose is to capture a community member’s person- content into your course expectations. In a given ality, passion or tone, adding an audio clip of the monthly cycle, my journalism students are responsible person’s voice can be an effective strategy. Staffs also for doing a print story, an online story, a beat story have the option to hyperlink additional credible and two social media posts. resources for interested readers and interact with the audience on social media before and after each Part of the requirement is to spread out their content multimedia package is delivered. It is more impor- across at least three of the four weeks. tant than ever for today’s digital natives to explore We start the week with Monday meetings, where we and incorporate a variety of technological story ele- examine what went up last week, what’s going up this ments to enhance multimedia packages. n week and what’s on the docket for next week. Part of our culture is asking each staff member, “What are you putting up this week?”
30 | COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association SPRING 2021 Broadcasting from home Resources for broadcast teachers to keep publication running remotely. BY MICHAEL ELLSON, JULIA PAPPACODA AND JAMES JENKINS
done, students can choose the font size and color PREPRODUCTION options they prefer. After they set their preferences, they launch the teleprompter. It uses various speeds, allowing students to pick what works for them. This is a great site for students who are “anchoring” remotely and want their standups to look similar to a studio set. The site also can be used as a tool for shooting standups in the field.
Videolicious | https://dashboard.videolicious.com/ sign-up/realtyOneGroup Shot Lister (free app) This is an alternative editing software with more This application allows students to create a text- workable features to give students more options to heavy storyboard/shot list. They can assign a scene stylize their end product. number, shot number and day for shooting. The app has customizable options, including color options for those who want to color-code a storyboard.
PRODUCTION Flipgrid (free website or app) | https://info.flipgrid. com/ or download the app This program allows students to pose questions to interviewees remotely. Example: What is your go-to after-school snack? They can then share this grid with whomever they want by sending a code. If the Video Teleprompter Lite | https://apps.apple.com/ student body goes remote, the staff could include us/app/video-teleprompter-lite/id1031079244 the code in a morning show or a social media blast. There are Apple and Android versions of this free app, Users can then reply with video. Once they answer the which allows users to add scripts. question, a grid is created with all responses. Videos Teleprompt.me (free/web-based only) | https:// can be downloaded and used to edit together a longer teleprompt.me/ segment. This application is fantastic for any project that needs to be scripted. It is voice-activated and has many functional options. POSTPRODUCTION
Blender (free) https://www.blender.org/download/ Blender is a free 3D creation suite, focusing on video editing, modeling, animation, rendering, color grading and motion tracking. Blender comes with a built-in video sequence editor, which allows users to perform basic actions, such as video cuts and splicing. While Adobe Spark Video | https://apps.apple.com/us/ CuePrompter and ZaCue (free) | https:// students may not be able to use professional school app/adobe-spark-video/id852555131 cueprompter.com/ OR https://zacue.com/ resources, such as cameras and the Adobe Suite, CuePrompter is a free web-based teleprompter. For Most school districts have a subscription to Adobe they can download this free editing software that students who use smartphones, the company also Creative Cloud, which includes many mobile allows them to create virtual cameras and edit within offers a free touch-screen version of the website applications. Adobe Spark Video, for example, is a a simulated environment. Animation examples from called ZaCue. Both applications allow a script to great tool to apply the same branding to all the videos many Blender-based projects are available in the be copied and pasted into the website. Once this is created for a digital broadcast. showcase.
SPRING 2021 COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association | 31 Assessment DIRECTIONS: What did you accomplish during this assessment period? Each cycle is four or five weeks long and you must spread out your content over at least three weeks. Include the headline SCORE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS USING THIS JOURNALISM PORTFOLIO RUBRIC and link to all published content. No link, no grade. Personal portfolio URL ( __ /15) __/15 URL is updated, visually pleasing and professional Online story: Week # and date published: Portfolio URL: What stories did you add this cycle? (hyperlink to Package story: Week # and date published: items):
Writing requirements ( __ /60) __ /15 published at least one beat story OR three Candid photo or graphic: Week # and date published: extra social media posts OR a video/audio story __ /15 published at least one package story __ /15 published at least one online story Multimedia tool: Week # and date published: __ /15 met all writing deadlines for main story and logged them on the Pitches & Edits spreadsheet
Two Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook or Twitter posts Week #s and dates published: Publishing frequency ( __ /45 OR 15/each separate week of content) (screenshots of both): __ / 15 published item during week ? __ / 15 published item during week ? List assigned beats: Week # and date published: __ / 15 published item during week ?
Visual requirements ( __ /30) __ /15 published at least one candid photo or Beat story: created at least one graphic __ /15 utilized at least one multimedia tool
Or Social media requirement ( __ /20) __ /20 published at least two Instagram, Snapchat, ❏ Three additional social media posts (screenshots) Facebook or Twitter posts from El Estoque accounts ❏ Video or audio story (linked) TOTAL = __ /170 AUDITS: Enter your audits for the stories you completed this cycle on the Pitches & Edits spreadsheet, and then take a screenshot of your additions and add the screenshot here as proof of Highlight or check any items completed, and write a description or hyperlink for each item you check. entry. If you co-authored a story, enter the name one time. Communicate with your co-author.
❏ Had my work shared in the Section Showcase ❏ Published a beat story at least one week before ADDITIONAL CONTENT and/or ACCOMPLISHMENTS: the portfolio deadline ❏ Implemented something I learned in a Professional or Scholastic Showcase
❏ Had an article in the top three most-read on our EDITORS ONLY: website _____ = # of stories copy edited ❏ Designed my first page _____ = # of pages at late night copy edited ❏ Created my first video ❏ Created my first audio story ❏ Pitched at least one story each week DIRECTIONS: Write four or five complete sentences in response to the following questions, ❏ Published a story that I pitched using AP style and providing specific examples. ❏ Had a story go “viral” (liked, shared 50+) ❏ Broke a news story ❏ First page / section finished at late night Describe the highlights of this cycle. What went well? Why? ❏ First package published ❏ Did a sit-down interview with an administrator ❏ Describe the lows for you this cycle. What needs improvement? Specifically, how might you accom- Interviewed an expert from an outside agency (not FUHSD or MV) plish this? ❏ Published an immersion project ❏ Sold an ad or subscription Did you complete all assignments you took during this assessment period (at least the minimum of ❏ Made a FOIA request one main, one online, one beat and two social media posts)? Did you meet your deadlines (consider ❏ Received an El Estoquito award what percentage of them you met)? Please explain (and then score yourself accordingly on the rubric below). What grade do you think you have earned for your performance during this assessment period (based on the rubric above)? Justify your assessment.
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MULTIMEDIA PACKAGES There is a Multitool for Storytelling
With COVID-19 continuing to impact the way schools around the country operate, the online presence of student media becomes even more important. One challenge many young writers struggle with is finding ways to tell stories with more than just words on a page or static images. During her “There’s a Multitool for That” session, Monta Vista High School (Cupertino, California) adviser Julia Satterthwaite, MJE, highlighted ways staffs can use multimedia storytelling tools. BY TRAVIS ARMKNECHT, CJE
SPRING 2021 COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association | 33 Satterthwaite said it can be daunting from El Estoque, her students’ online for a program to add multimedia story- publication. BECOME A telling tools. “I wanted to curate ways that my stu- “If you’re like me, you look at pro- dents have actually used these, so you fessional publications like The New York can see the way that high school stu- ThingLink allows you to create interactive Times, The Washington Post, ESPN, etc. dents are using the tools so that you’re images and videos. and you’re looking at their multimedia not so intimidated,” Satterthwaite said. You simply upload the content and thinking ‘How in the heck “While we are trying to emulate the file to their site and then can add points JAYHAWK can my students do that?’” Satterthwaite professional publications, it’s nice to see of interaction. Create said. “I want them to do these cool, the way that high school kids are actu- a free teacher account immersive, fun, exciting things, but I’m ally using the tool.” if you would like to embed the images/ More options to get admitted not really sure where to start.” As the virtual session ran, many par- videos on your web- That thinking is what drove her to ticipants used the live chat to add ques- site. encourage her editors and staff to find tions and comments or suggest tools https://www.thinglink. to William Allen White School of new tools and try them out, often by they use. Adviser Matthew LaPorte, com/ Journalism & Mass Communications seeing what others are doing and find- CJE, (Southwest Career and Technical ing a way to reproduce it. Academy, Las Vegas) highlighted the “My editors look for new tools and importance of using multimedia tools. • 3.0 GPA + 24 ACT or 1160 SAT score present them to class for staff members “I appreciate the ideas for ways to to try, so looking at what other pro- use the multimedia tools to break up • 3.25 GPA + 21 ACT or 1060 SAT score grams are doing is part of our culture,” text,” LaPorte said. “Especially on an Have a review of or • 3.4 GPA, no test scores required Satterthwaite said. online platform, readers are expecting a story about music? Her presentation included examples this, and it can be difficult.” n Embed a playlist, album or song right • Apply at admissions.ku.edu into your story using Spotify’s share button. Your audience can listen to the music while reading the GET J-SCHOOL story. https://www.spotify. com/us/ $CHOLARSHIP$ ESPN used Juxtapose to Time magazine used give readers a chance Timeline to give readers to guess players by the a timeline of Whitney illustrations of their Houston’s life and career. Thousands of dollars made-up monikers. Slide Headliner offers a https://timeline.knightlab.com/ variety of options over the images to reveal examples/houston/index.html in scholarships now open the real identities of the when converting audio players. to video. Create a waveform of a podcast for incoming students https://www.espn.com/nba/ or add text animation story/_/id/12499977/guess- for a visual addtion. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY’S KNIGHT LAB stars-nicknames offers six storytelling tools to enhance web https://www.headliner. • Get accepted into KU J-School stories with two more in beta testing. Writing app/ about the best burgers in town? Add a Story • Apply at rockcha.lk/newscholarships Map to show the locations. Giving a rundown of the championship game? Add a timeline. • Questions? Email [email protected] https://knightlab.northwestern.edu/
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journalism.ku.edu ALICIA MERRIFIELD, CJE | THE VILLAGE SCHOOL (Houston) | [email protected] Here I am in my 575-square-foot space. I am allowed only eight kids. I usually have 16 per class. Clear plastic dividers and a container of personal protective equipment at the door, but it is home. It is hard and exhausting, particularly when the rest of the students are joining class online (or via Zoom). When you have more kids on either side, you tend to focus on them more. For instance, in yearbook class, I have more in house, so I feel like I don’t give as much attention to my Zoom kids. In my graphic design and photojournalism courses, I have students I have never met in person. Some of my students live in Asian territories. They do all of their work while we sleep. My 2 p.m. class is at 4 a.m. for them. Thank goodness it isn’t like that in yearbook. Can you imagine?
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face smiling, with a disguised face; woman in tuxedo; black cat man with veil transgender symbol ninja single tear; indicates yellow face with big comes in varying skin that one is touched, glasses, a large nose, tones. relieved, or grateful thick eyebrows and mustache 20202020 2020It might not be a year you want to remember, but 2020 is one you will never forget. 47 million acres burned in Australian brushfires n Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down as “senior royals” n On Feb. 5, the Senate acquitted U.S. President Donald Trump of the charges on which he had been impeached n Mississippi replaced a flag that had featured Confederate symbolism n “Parasite,” a non-English- language movie won Best Picture and took home the most Oscars n Harvey Weinstein was convicted Feb. 24 of raping an aspiring actress and sexually abusing a TV and film production assistant n The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its worst single-day point drop March 16, dropping 2,997.10 points and its largest single-day point gain March 24, climbing 2,112.98 points. Yearly high: 30,606.49 Yearly low: 18,591.93 n Police-involved killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor sparked a wave of demonstrations across the world to demand an end to police brutality and racial injustice n Carbon dioxide emissions declined n NASA named its headquarters building in D.C. after Mary W. Jackson, the agency’s first African American female engineer n Asian giant hornets were spotted stateside for the first time in Washington state n A massive explosion at a Beirut port, sparked by the accidental detonation of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, killed at least 190 people and injured thousands of others n Deadly wildfires erupted from California to Washington state, burning millions of acres and displacing hundreds of thousands of people n Supreme Court Justice and unrelenting trailblazer for gender equality Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Sept. 18 n A global pandemic that started in China resulted in 82,866,028 infections and 1,808,450 deaths worldwide, 19,749,816 infections and 342,450 deaths in the United States by year’s end. Oh — and a panda was born at the National Zoo!
SPRING 2021 COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association | 37 ANDREA NEGRI, MJE | BELLAIRE HIGH SCHOOL (Texas) | [email protected] Here I am in my classroom right before the Thanksgiving break. The whiteboard in the background would normally be filled with assignments for the current yearbook deadline, and the desks would be grouped together. I’d also normally have a room full of students. But we started the first six weeks virtually, then families could choose in-person or virtual for each subsequent grading cycle. My entire yearbook staff is at home and probably will remain so until February. I never thought I would miss the noise, but the quiet is awful.
JENNIE WILSON | SKUTT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL (Omaha, yearbook students experience success. We had our first Nebraska) | [email protected]> deadline, and those 40 pages look great. We have pictures of I am an experienced teacher, but this is my first year the football games, cross-country meets and state volleyball teaching yearbook. I was asked to take on this duty in May. championship because my students were allowed to attend Our school was one of the first in Nebraska to return to full with a press pass. It was their responsibility to bring the action school daily. Our schedule was modified, and each classroom to students who were unable to go because of COVID-19. was mathematically calculated for the maximum number of I am thankful daily for my editors, who are passionate students who could be there and remain distanced. Everyone about their mission to produce the yearbook. They have been on campus wears a mask all the time. preparing to edit this book through their last three years of I have a lot of anxiety about being at school daily. I live journalism class, and COVID-19 is not going to stop them. I am with and care for my mother, and I am terrified that I will tamping down my anxiety so I can help them build a yearbook carry the virus home to her. That said, it is a joy to see my that reflects our school.
38 | COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association SPRING 2021 ERICA KINCANNON | EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL (Shelby Township, Michigan) | [email protected] We have been in remote learning since day one. We continued our traditional 30 days of team building, planned and led by editors, along with keeping up our “Monday stories” check-ins and expanding to “Talk About It Tuesdays” when our new block scheduling didn’t allow for some groups to meet on Mondays. We typically have our first big deadline for both yearbook and news media coincide with Halloween and celebrate by painting pumpkins, eating food and wearing costumes. While that couldn’t take place TIFFANY KOPCAK, CJE | COLONIAL FORGE HIGH SCHOOL this year in its usual way, (Stafford, Virginia) | [email protected] I surprised the staff with We are all virtual for our first semester with the plan on return- a “five-minute costume” ing to concurrent hybrid in-person learning in February. My activity. They had five official yearbook class doesn’t start until the spring, so a small minutes to turn off their cohort of volunteers has been working between classes. It’s going slowly. So slowly. It’s hard to carve out the time to sit cameras, gather a costume, longer in front of a computer and the energy to be creative in and prepare three clues to give their fellow staffers. After isolation. But the connection between the staffers is still there. the staff guessed or gave up, the costume wearer turned on So is the dedication. Nothing is as it usually is. We don’t have a his or her camera. It was the MOST fun we’ve had all year. As ladder, for example. As stories come up, we’re figuring out how an adviser, I thought it was great to see their creativity and much space the story needs and just working on it. We’ll see what comes out. smiles and hear their laughter. It was real and genuine. Is teaching during a pandemic easy? Heck, no! Is it worth it? Absolutely, especially when you know you made a connection with at least one kiddo that day. This silly team builder opened doors with staffers who regularly came to class meetings with cameras off or were less than responsive. And as with any team builder, they got to know each other better. Did we take time out of class we can’t get back? Absolutely, and that’s OK. Being a yearbook and news media adviser isn’t just about teaching journalism skills; it’s about life skills. And that day, our staffs learned to accept, to listen and, above all, to laugh out loud. Team building is our staff’s No. 1 goal to start the year, and it was definitely a challenge this year. That said, if there’s one thing I’ve learned in my 16 years as an adviser it’s that student journalists are leaders like no other; when you challenge and empower them, amazing things happen.
APRIL VAN BUREN, MJE | EAST HIGH SCHOOL (Madison, Wisconsin) | alvanburen@madison. k12.wi.us Here is a cell phone picture of me teaching in my living room on the first day of school. I have a desk and a desktop computer in my living room now, too. It’s just as messy as my classroom desk was. In Madison, Wisconsin, where the infection rate seems to be climbing every day, we started the school year with K-12 all online, using Zoom and Google Classroom. When I am on screen in Zoom, I use a photo of my actual classroom at school as my vir- tual background so it really looks (minus the MARY KAY DOWNES | CHANTILLY HIGH SCHOOL (Virginia) | cheesy chroma key/green screen that Zoom [email protected] does) like I’m at school instead of teaching in We are purely virtual. You see my two screens. One screen is my living room. We’re 100% virtual and will open to my Facebook feed so I could see a reminder. The other likely continue to be 100% virtual. screen is my Blackboard Collaborate Ultra classroom. The edi- tors are in breakout rooms looking over pages for our upcoming deadline. We don’t anticipate anyone going back into the build- ing until February. However, I will remain virtual as will half of my editors and staff. A very interesting year.
SPRING 2021 COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association | 39 CATHY WALL, MJE | HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL (Illinois) | [email protected] My journalism class is empty. They needed the slot for an additional English class to help with social distancing. When school began, administrators were trying to reduce the numbers in each section. We made a drastic change to our schedule and cut some electives, one of which was journalism. So our newspaper is on hiatus until next year, when we hope to return as a convergent media program with a new website. We did get to keep the yearbook though, so we have at least one record of the school year. But I don’t advise that program. I am teaching six small sections of English 3, two honors and four regular. I’m still working as the director of Southern Illinois School Press Association and serving on the Illinois Journalism Education Association board. It’s a weird year, the first in which I haven’t had a journalism class in about 25 years.
40 | COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association SPRING 2021 MAGGIE COGAR, professional instructor of journalism and executive board member for the Ohio Scholastic Media Association | ASHLAND UNIVERSITY (Ohio) | [email protected] My classes went virtual in mid-November, so my “classroom” is my living room and dining room. (Yes, we decorate for Christmas this early, lol). The vibe in the living room is much more conducive to grading, especially since my son and my husband are both working/learning from home in the dining room. Here I am grading Media Law & Ethics discussion posts while my son watches Zelda tutorials on his lunch break from his second-grade virtual classroom. Next up in my workday: grading narrative feature stories (with the guidance of Jack Hart’s “Storycraft”).
KATHLEEN CALDER | ST. FRANCIS XAVIER SCHOOL (Metairie, Louisiana) | SARAH SHERMAN | RANCOCAS VALLEY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL (Mount [email protected] Holly, New Jersey) | [email protected] I “retired” after teaching high school English for 42 years and journalism This is my “classroom” for the time being. We are on a hybrid schedule. No for 31, doing a total of 31 yearbooks. My parish pastor pounced on me students come in on Wednesdays, but teachers still come in those days to when I “retired” and told me the parish would be 90 years old that January teach. I am in my classroom getting set up to chat with my first block class. (2014), and that I had to write the parish history, so I did a 32-page mini- RV has been doing an on-again, off-again hybrid schedule since the end of yearbook of the parish history. Then the principal of the school, St. Francis September. We have cohorts come in one day a week, with everyone home Xavier, got me, so now I’m doing my elementary alma mater’s yearbook on Wednesdays. However, due to outbreaks (mostly on our athletic teams), — my 38th book! Because only I do the book, my staff members are pho- we have had to close for several days to keep everyone home. Our board tographers. seems determined to make it to winter break with people in the building. However, we cannot have clubs this year, so I grab a kid when we have some The remote/hybrid learning is working, but it is definitely not fun. All the big event, give him or her the small camera to help me shoot, then wipe things I love to do as a teacher — get kids out of their chairs, listen to music the camera down well. Some of my kids have given me some very good with them, learn about their activities, attend their games and events, see pictures. One of my boys, who graduated last year, had several pictures in them outside of class in the hallways, work in small groups that become the book that the NSPA judge noted as being very good. (I have my books really close throughout the semester — I can’t do with them right now. I judged each year so the kids can get recognition.) really pride myself on creating a dynamic and engaging classroom, and This year, some kids are in school, and some are working from home by tech that is not my class right now. It’s a lot of direct instruction and waiting for means, so I’m by myself in my “cubbyhole” in the church parish office. responses from little black squares. Kids are lying down and just look so So here’s the photo. Don’t fall out laughing. All the gray hairs are from my miserable in general, and I feel for them. high school football players. I’m the “Old Dinosaur Adviser” of Jostens in I am finding it increasingly hard to be positive. One ray of sunshine: We New Orleans. recently were able to relaunch our school newspaper website, the Holly Spirit, with an entire volunteer/extracurricular staff working remotely. Pretty proud of that. If we didn’t have the kids we have, I would truly be a wreck.
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ECONOMIC OVERVIEW One of the poorest countries in Latin America and the Yearbook Photography Editor Caribbean, having David Byeon captures highly unequal incomes what he can for and chronically yearbook content. malnourished children, Administrators beset by political allowed a few insecurity, and lacking students to be on skilled workers and campus for homework infrastructure; depends time. These are all on remittances for students of teachers nearly one-tenth of who were working on GDP campus while the rest of the school was off- campus doing their schoolwork. Photo by Jackie Davis
POPULATION 17.2 million (July 2020 New to journalism, Guatemalan school est.)
ETHNICITY presses on through shelter-in-place orders 56% mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish) BY JACKIE DAVIS, ADVISER The resources help us know what the students 42% Maya New this year at Christian Academy of need to learn, practice and produce. They also 2% Xinca (indigenous, Guatemala, on the west side of Guatemala City, offer opportunities for conventions, contests, non-Maya) our journalism course is a two-semester high scholarships and getting published. LANGUAGE school (grades 9-12) elective credit toward a The learning targets are for students to 70% Spanish (official) requirement for graduation. This course, for become dynamic communicators in writing, 30% Maya languages which students have to apply, is designed for photography and design with a heightened RELIGION students interested in media, communications, ability to interview, analyze and share informa- Roman Catholic, journalism, photography, graphic design and tion with others in a variety of media. Also, Protestant, indigenous similar areas. students should understand what makes news Maya Student media in Guatemala is similar to and learn to make ethically sound decisions CLIMATE student media everywhere in that some of the in writing, photography and design. It is most tropical; hot, humid students want to learn a new skill or increase important for students to work cooperatively in lowlands; cooler in skills they already have, and a few of the with other members of the staff to create highlands students take the class just because it fulfills an quality publications. It is a bonus when the NATURAL RESOURCES elective to graduate. students become knowledgeable in all aspects petroleum, nickel, rare Resources shared from the journalism com- of publication production, both electronically woods, fish, chicle, munity (primarily from Journalism Education and in print. hydropower Association) have made it possible to have a We have about 35 teachers from the United SOURCE: CIA World Factbook student media program that not only fulfills States, Guatemala, Korea and Canada at the standards but also has depth to the curriculum. school. The average core class size is nine
42 | COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association SPRING 2021 ( elementary) and 15 (secondary), so it is wonderful to see our class of 20 high school students come together to produce the news- paper, yearbook and internal community web- site, with additional efforts in the school’s social media, marketing and branding. Our class consists of 12 boys and eight girls, 55% Asian, 30% Hispanic and 15% Caucasian. Because of With the world suffering a pandemic, fewer government students are enrolled this year, which lowers restrictions since March 2020, the any possible budget for this elective. Christian school started and Academy of Guatemala is tuition-based, but remained off-campus many students qualify for a discount, so the for the first semester. It was only in recent elective classes have meager budgets. weeks that students Our student-run newspaper is digital and were allowed to come being produced monthly while we are still to campus for one- on-one help from off-campus. It is difficult to collaborate off- teachers and a few campus. Our school, dual accredited by the fellow students. Photo Association of Christian Schools International by Jackie Davis and Cognia, uses Google Classroom for its main documentation for the online classes Complying with safety protocols, sophomore while our newspaper team is using Trello for David Byeon, year- teamwork flow. book photography The yearbook staff is using Entourage editor, photographs two students at lunch Yearbooks to produce the yearbook online. between lessons. It has been a great tool for our beginner pro- Byeon takes all the ducers with the ability for flexibility for our photos he can when a few students come to advanced layout design editor, Rebeka Suh. campus on Mondays Further, it’s the perfect economic solution and Thursdays for for our school to be able to work together homework help or special projects. Photo remotely. Some members of our community by Jackie Davis were surprised that we were still producing the yearbook when there are no team sports or Western Hemisphere. As a result, our stories in-person activities, but the staff members said will more likely be relatable to our readers. We they feel it’s more important this year than ever are able to cover a broader range of topics. to document our community, our strength and Our goal is to enlighten the community this year’s events — even if they’re “sheltering- about the events happening both inside and in-place” and video meetings — through our outside of the school, and inside and outside students’ lens. of the country. Our class is already unique in its goals and mission, but what makes the class favorable is FROM NEWSPAPER MANAGING EDITOR the adaptability to each student. As the teacher JONATHAN LOVEALL, SENIOR and adviser, I am responsible for encouraging Student media is almost unheard of in student learning and growth because the youth Guatemala, or at least I was never aware of have great potential to impact their world. it before I got involved with it at CAG. What our team is doing for journalism in Guatemala FROM EDITOR URIM SONG, JUNIOR is going to make a difference in what journal- In our melting pot of cultures, there are ism means to people in Guatemala. The first always new stories just presenting themselves thing that will happen will be other interna- to be written. This is more explicitly visible in tional schools joining us in our goal to make our school, which includes people from every- student media more common in a place like where — from the Eastern Hemisphere to the Guatemala. n
SPRING 2021 COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association | 43 COVID-19 and the scholastic media 83,192,664 GLOBAL CASES SOURCE: Johns Hopkins University of Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center Jan. 21, 2020 FIRST U.S. CASE REPORTED 19,663,976 U.S. CASES BY RACE Hispanic/Latino | 21.9% American Indian / Alaska Native | 1.3% Asian | 3.3% Black | 12.8% Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander | 0.4% White | 54.8% Multiple / Other | 5.5% BY GENDER PHOTO BY SYDNEY KOLKER Female | 52.2% DEBRA KLEVENS, CJE | PARKWAY WEST HIGH SCHOOL breakout rooms. In the newspaper class, I paired Male | 47.8% (Ballwin, Missouri) | [email protected] Level 1 students with editors so they always had In August, the week before school started, we a buddy to turn to. Level 2-4 students were in a were informed that we needed to take all of our breakout room together. In the yearbook class, I courses and turn them into Schoology classrooms. grouped students by page assignments. If students 341,199 Luckily I had spent my summer doing so. Our were working on the people pages, I put them all U.S. DEATHS classes were taught virtually from August through in a room together so they would have someone AS OF: Dec. 31, 2020 Nov. 3. We had 55 minutes to teach three sections to talk to if I was in one of the 10 breakout rooms of our course. We went from an 18-week semester answering questions. to a 10-week quarter. I learned from my own high school freshman During the first quarter, my students’ school how isolated she felt while learning from home. day was from 10 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. I set aside So, for students who were not in-person, if I WEAR A MASK STAY 6 FEET APART AVOID CROWDS office hours with every student in my class so we didn’t get to personally talk to them during class, could spend 20 minutes as more of a get-to-know- I reached out to them via email that day to say, you session. I worked on relationship building. “Hey, sorry I didn’t get to talk to you today. I The next step I took was getting everyone’s wanted to see how I can support your learning 12,409,050 birthday and half-birthday. At the start of and what you need from me to be successful.” I the hour during a typical year, this is how we went on to tell them that they were valuable to U.S. VACCINES DISTRIBUTED celebrate our staff. During in-person, we had our program and that I wanted them to feel as a hat, sash or lei that students wore on their much a part of the program as in-person students. birthdays. Now I have a background that says, “Do After Thanksgiving break, we returned to the 2,794,588 you know what today is?” On a student’s day to virtual model of learning. Because we built a celebrate, I posted that as my background and we foundation starting day one, students’ dedication U.S. VACCINES INITIATED sang as a class to that individual. If a student’s has not changed. One of the things I am most AS OF: Dec. 30, 2020 birthday falls during a quarter they do not have proud of is that this community of learners SOURCE: United States Centers me, I have scheduled an email to be delivered the has chosen to keep their cameras on and to be for Disease Control and Prevention morning of their birthday. I want them to know together regardless of what they are working on. I still care about them, even when we are not The engagement level in the second quarter has together. been the highest I have seen in eight months. My We went hybrid Nov. 4-17, with students both students want to be here, and they understand the in-person and virtual. I began class with daily power they have to tell our 2020-2021 story. announcements and then moved students to This is my Zoom reality.
44 | COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association SPRING 2021 VAL KIBLER, MJE | HARRISONBURG HIGH SCHOOL (Virginia) | [email protected] We have been totally virtual to this point. Classes are only one hour each on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Wednesdays are for meetings and catchup. It is so hard to build relationships when you’re often just looking at a video icon and not a face. Some kids are flourishing in this environment. I love that there are no behavior issues. I hate that we can’t really have the fun we had in the pub room in the past. We moved to Canvas for the first time ever, and that was stressful. We’ve added a lot of gadgets like Pear Deck, Nearpod and Kami, which are helpful interactive tools. It’s been interesting to find teachers who love this platform better, but the majority are not fans. Hardest thing? Taking photos. Neatest thing? Stories are more about people — really ABOUT people and their lives.
MITCH ZIEGLER, CJE | REDONDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL (Redondo Beach, California) | LINDA DRAKE, MJE | CHASE COUNTY JR.-SR. HIGH SCHOOL (Cottonwood Falls, Kansas) [email protected] | [email protected] The pandemic is an opportunity for newspaper and a challenge for yearbook. It took a Most students have eight to 10 kids in their seminars. They maintain social distance or world pandemic for my students to fully embrace online and social media journalism. wear masks if they are working together. After 11 weeks, a student came down with The real problem before was that we produced 24 pages every two weeks. Without COVID-19. At that time, we went to Yellow Phase. We could still meet face to face but a print edition, my newspaper students have fully embraced online journalism. with more precautions, such as students not changing classrooms. By doing this, our Publications and digital photography work well online. I have worked hard to connect students still have access to a strong internet system here at school, and our parents do with my students this semester because I knew students were missing human not have to worry about child care. If the number of cases increases, we will move to connections. I make a point to utilize breakout rooms with students just to talk. I believe Red Phase. Students and teachers are assigned areas around the community. A teacher this has helped, although one ninth-grader, who seemed fully engaged in my class, died could have elementary, junior high and high school students all in the same group. by suicide in early November. Each site, either on campus or off, will have internet access provided by the district.
SPRING 2021 COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association | 45 KELLY HUDDLESTON, MJE | FRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY (Nashville) | [email protected] We returned to in-person school in August and have been going (relatively) strong since. Ours is a private, college prep school in Nashville, grades PK-12 with about 1,000 people on campus each day. Families were given the choice to do online or in-person learning and can switch from one to the other. Most of the kids are still in person, though. We require masks, and all classes are set up for proper social distancing with desks at least six feet apart. Being a small school, we have the space to do that. We know we are very, very fortunate. My yearbook staff is only seven girls strong, and they are absolute rock stars. We’ve met every deadline so far, and everyone has been safe and healthy. What we’re doing as a school community is working and has allowed us the privilege to work together, in person mostly.
KRISTEN HUNTER FLORES | RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL (Bakersfield, California) | [email protected] My school district is doing distance learning. I work from my classroom since I have a college student and a kindergartner as well. My kindergartner is lucky and goes to her former preschool, which is open for school-age kids in our community. I use two screens in my classroom. I find it beneficial because I can share my screen with the students so they can see and I can still see them and the chat. Most of my students do not turn on their cameras because they say their internet is not good. I thank the ones who do keep it on all the time. Some days I feel like I am teaching to myself with no response. I am lucky to have my journalism students, including the editors I had last year, who talk and lead. They brighten my day in this type of environment. I feel like this is not working because most of my seniors have given up hope. They’ve lost motivation and are not completing work and not learning. I have learned patience and understanding. Some of my students are going through harder times now than before, and I have had to take a step back and learn patience and give them the extra time that they may need on an assignment even though I want to get it graded and be done with that. I hope my district will allow students back on campus for the fourth quarter.
46 | COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association SPRING 2021 Stacy Short looks out at her face-to-face class as her virtual learners view through the lens of the camera. Photos by Nicholas West
STACY SHORT | ARGYLE HIGH SCHOOL (Texas) | [email protected] Global pandemic. Virtual learning. Fear. like disinfecting, then do it again. Virtual learners have a Most teachers never imagined waking up one morning hard time keeping up due to ambient noise. Everyone is from a much-needed respite during spring break to an frustrated. email from a school official telling them, “We are all going Virtual learning has its perks though. Students at home virtual.” Most did not even know what that meant or what have a few more breaks in the day, can wear comfy clothing it might look like as normal days slowly increased to 16 and can literally pick almost any location from which to hours plus. Digital communications increased from fewer learn (some even travel the country with their families in than 10 daily to over 100. Technology issues and glitches, RVs). From a teacher standpoint, the face-to-face students students’ noncompliance and constant worry compound the actually seem thankful for being in the classroom. Every issues. And the hours and days cycle into almost a year. day, every class period, at least one student says thank This new normal means that teachers report to their you. It’s such a small act of kindness that goes so far in room, teach from behind a shield wearing a face shield and every good way. mask, and simultaneously teach to a computer that houses And then there is the stress, the feeling of isolation, the the virtual learners, which grow in volume each day. And, communication (some too much and some too little), the when we teachers get COVID-19, we teach virtually from unknowing, the fear. As students disappear from classes, home with a substitute in the classroom. as teachers disappear, or emails are sent about another In the beginning, the learning curve, even for someone case of COVID-19, or another quarantine, it emulates all relatively adept at technology, seemed overwhelming. the craziness of dystopia and disease that people fear. For Navigating endless new or changed platforms for learning, some, noncompliance is simply a way to gain power, which then teaching this new information to students just to falsely helps some to cope with this new reality. start the learning process takes tons of patience, empathy It is human nature to fear the unknown. As humans, and understanding. Keeping students (and teachers) we all handle this fear differently. There is no answer optimistic and engaged is just another task that seems right now, even with the vaccine looming on the horizon. insurmountable. Teachers will keep on teaching, students will continue Social distancing and masking have become staples. learning, and the world will continue to change. We are all Constant reminders — “mask up,” “cover your nose,” simply trying to survive this new world of change and fear, “no hugs” — continue to be part of these challenges. and we live for the simple thank-you that each student Masks and shields make it hard to hear, so we repeat, brings.
WARREN KENT III | MONA SHORES HIGH SCHOOL (Norton Shores, Michigan) | [email protected] Our students were in a 10-week “cohort” situation, with half of the school coming on Mondays and Thursdays and the other half coming on Tuesdays and Fridays. However, on Nov. 15, the governor’s executive order halted in-person learning. So for the week of Thanksgiving and the following week, which was scheduled for exams, students were virtual with the same cohorts. As we began the second trimester, we were virtual until the holiday break and at least two weeks after the holiday break. Our November paper was already at the printer when in-person schooling was halted, so I have 1,000 copies of the school paper, The Sailors’ Log, in my classroom. Now, we are putting the final touches on the December issue in my classroom as I am allowed to use academic support rationale to have 10 students in my classroom working on the paper, which will probably be PDF only. I also advise the yearbook, and we are a chronological book (one week per spread), so we have made the spreads two-week increments while we are on virtual learning.
Warren Kent III works with Managing Editor Emily Kuznar. Photo by Bailey Graham
SPRING 2021 COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association | 47 LOUISA AVERY, MJE | THE AMERICAN SCHOOL IN LONDON | [email protected] The Standard newspaper staff at The American The editors have also had to do all layout from School in London has been fortunate enough to have home because all after-school activities have been class in person. However, between quarantines and banned. They hold evening check-in Zoom meetings self-isolations, most classes have at least one student during layout week to see how the pages are on Zoom. Everyone in the building wears masks, and progressing. Another change we had to make was the school schedule has been modified to promote the way we distribute the print edition. Instead social distancing. of leaving newspapers in high-traffic areas around Additionally, the publications lab has been school for people to pick up, students have to wear rearranged. All of our beanbags and comfy chairs gloves and hand copies directly to people. were removed. The oval table we used for editorial The editorial board has made a conscious effort board meetings is gone. Computers have been spaced to focus on putting the staff members first, and the apart, and partitions separate those that face each publication second. Although well-being has been other. We also haven’t been able to meet as a full our primary focus, the students appreciate the sense staff because students are spread across three class of normalcy that comes from continuing to publish periods, and we aren’t allowed to have that many regularly. people in a room at the same time.
CHERIE BURGETT, CJE | STALEY HIGH SCHOOL (Kansas City, Missouri) | [email protected] While we are making it work, this is not sustainable long-term. Our district is hybrid. The students who have chosen face-to-face learning attend two days a week on a block schedule and attend my class one day a week if they are able to attend at all. While my magazine class is typically a hard-working, loud (in a good way) and rambunctious group, I don’t feel like this setup is working for them. Having two to five students in class and the rest at home means the ones at home are generally tuned out. When they aren’t in the building, they rarely reply when we need them. We just finally finished our first issue, when typically we’d be starting our third issue. I have had one managing editor recently step up, but the skill deficit for the entire staff is significant. Yearbook is going better, but the editors are working themselves to the bone. They do a lot of the work themselves at home. They tried to have Wednesday workdays at their houses because nobody has class on Wednesday, and the other students didn’t attend. As for my intro classes, teachers can only give two assignments a week. The class is usually rigorous. At this point we have only accomplished what we would normally have completed by about October. I do see a light at the end of this tunnel, and I’m not worried about them falling behind, but I am worried they may not be developing that same passion for this program and building memories as students have in years past. They have missed out on summer camps, traveling to Orlando, staff bonding bonfires, dinners, the pumpkin patch, secret Santa and our staff wedding. I look forward to making some better memories with them second semester. 48 | COMMUNICATION: JOURNALISM EDUCATION TODAY | a publication of the Journalism Education Association SPRING 2021 PHOTO BY TOWNSHEND HURT PHOTO BY MATTHEW KELLY
NICOLE BREWINGTON SMITH | ROCKHURST HIGH SCHOOL (Kansas City, Missouri) | [email protected] I am fortunate enough I have learned how to read to teach the majority of my eyebrows well. students face-to-face this My school is a regional all- year. I am happy to be back boys Jesuit high school. To in the classroom — the same meet the needs of our various classroom I had prior to COVID- families, we have some virtual 19. Teaching in the same learners who view classes via space gives me a sense of streaming computers. Teaching normalcy. We have new policies on-ground and virtual students and procedures. Our desks are simultaneously is challenging. spaced 6 feet apart. We have directional arrows Finding lessons that work well in two modalities throughout the building along with updated can be difficult. cleaning protocols, and, of course, students wear I am so proud of my newspaper staff. We have masks in class. I had some trouble adjusting to not missed a deadline while adjusting to working teaching while wearing a mask and connecting on a block schedule. This experience has caused with masked students. I miss seeing their faces. my staff to bond in a special manner.
DAVID ALAN FOSTER, associate professor | KENT STATE UNIVERSITY (Kent, Ohio) | [email protected] The fall semester provided me with a wealth of opportunities for new approaches in teaching. I found myself quickly converting my office into a mini production studio for higher-quality sound and video. I have 200 students in my basic photography class, so I focused on recording lectures and using small group breakout sessions to review work and answer questions. I miss the university lecture hall packed with students, and I know they miss being on campus. However, one of the greatest parts of teaching is that each semester is a fresh start and a chance to improve the student experience.
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Andover High School (Kansas) journalism teacher Cary Conover works with students in his 21st-Century Journalism class. Andover students have been attending school via a hybrid model, alternating days based on last names. Photo by Avayah Black
CARY CONOVER | ANDOVER HIGH SCHOOL (Kansas) | [email protected] Our district (USD 385 Andover Public Schools in Andover, while we’re all struggling to do the best we can, it’s been a Kansas) voted to go hybrid for middle and high schools. neat experience getting the benefit of a much larger space. We’ve been at it all year and have gotten pretty used to the I often find myself engaging in discussions with other routine by now. I was initially overwhelmed and had lots teachers about how slow things have been to “click” with of anxiety, but I don’t get too stressed now that we’ve all students. A lot of them struggle to follow even the most learned to manage our expectations. Students attend based basic instructions, and getting work submitted can be on their last name (A-K on Monday/Thursday and L-Z on really difficult. It’s taken me an entire semester to just Tuesday/Friday with Wednesdays all virtual), so the moment get students familiar with the very basics of Photoshop. my students get into my classroom, they dive right in and Normally they are up and running and pretty self-sufficient get to work. The biggest challenge is keeping the kids at by October. home challenged and engaged. The majority of my classes All things considered, they’re doing really good work, and are photojournalism, so we have leaned a lot on you can tell that hybrid is at least pushing them forward photopea.com to get through some of our imaging tutorials. and keeping them on their toes. While a lot of teachers I would say I’m at about 60% of the content that I would would feel safer being all remote (and I am one of them), normally cover in a regular year. I do take a lot of pride in coming to work every day and Adding to all the insanity of this school year is the fact being a positive force in helping the students get through that we opened a new $80 million building this fall. So this.
KYLE CARTER, CJE | RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL (Essex, Missouri) | [email protected] Rebel Editor Devin Duffie edits a yearbook page with adviser Kyle Carter before a worknight Dec. 8. Inside his classroom, Carter has a makeshift photography studio that can be converted back to his normal room in about 10 minutes. “His classroom is my Fortress of Solitude,” Duffie said. “It’s the room where it happens, the magic of yearbook, our learning about business and life. It’s where our awards are, where we gather for celebrations, where we work. Other than my own bedroom at home, it’s where I spend the majority of my time and the place that I am most comfortable.”
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EDITORIAL STAFF Bradley Wilson, MJE [email protected] Editor JOURNALISM Beth Butler Copy Editor EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ADVISORY BOARD BOARD OFFICERS Ellen Austin, MJE, director of journalism, The Harker School (San Jose, California) Sarah Nichols, MJE President Amy DeVault, MJE, assistant professor, Wichita State University (Kansas) Valerie Kibler, MJE STRUGGLING WITH THE UNKNOWN Vice President Tyler Dukes, public affairs reporter, Showing two faces, senior Daylin Tolgo represents the act of trying to mask one’s feelings. | Senior Madison WRAL (Raleigh, North Carolina) Duboise allows her mouth to be covered to show how people feel when their freedom of speech is limited. Visit jea.org for a complete Kyle Ellis, senior product manager, | Landon Reyer, 10, sits for his portrait. | Looking through broken glass, senior Madison Duboise shows how list of board members and other American City Business Journals people can see themselves as broken. Photos by Katlyn Dickey, Sparkman High School (Harvest, Alabama) officials. (Charlotte, North Carolina) Mark Grabowski, associate professor STAFF of communications, Adelphi University Kelly Glasscock, CJE (New York City) SPRING 2021 | VOLUME 54 | NUMBER 3 Executive Director Scott Winter, associate professor, Bethel Lindsay Porter University (St. Paul, Minnesota) Assistant Director Pam Boller COLOPHON Office and Advertising Manager Communication: Journalism Education . Today is produced on Apple Macintosh contributors Cindy Horchem, CJE computers using Adobe InDesign CC Business and Projects Coordinator 15.0.1, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. PDF files are submitted to the Kate Dubiel printer via FTP and output using a 240 Web Developer LPI screen.
ARMKNECHT | CLEMENTS | DAVIS | ELLSON PREVIOUS EDITORS PRINTING 1982-1997 | Molly J. Clemons Modern Litho, Jefferson City, Missouri, 1980-1982 | Dorothy McPhillips prints Communication: Journalism Education Today on 70# gloss with TRAVIS ARMKNECHT, CJE, advises student media MICHAEL ELLSON graduated from Belmont 1976-1980 | Betty Stanley and 100# gloss cover with a coating. at Grand Center Arts Academy (St. Louis). The converged University, with a major in video production and a minor in Marjorie Wilson staff works on two award-winning publications: Expression entrepreneurship and English. He holds a master’s degree in 1974-1976 | Dorothy McPhillips yearbook and GCAAtoday.com. He founded the program in education, specializing in instructional practice. He leads the 1967-1974 | Virginia Woodring COLOR 2013 with a small group of sophomores, creating the school’s digital media and broadcasting program at Christ Presbyterian This issue was printed using first yearbook. He is also co-president and treasurer of Academy (Nashville, Tennessee). Under his direction, the the four-color process. journalismSTL, a local adviser organization. travis.armknecht@ program has garnered numerous awards from the Tennessee MANUSCRIPTS n C25, M25, Y58, K1 gmail.com High School Press Association and the National Academy Send all queries and all manuscripts, n C0, M78, Y71, K0 of Television Arts & Sciences. Ellson’s credits include special art or photographs to be considered for n C0, M42, Y88, K0 JOSH CLEMENTS teaches at San Marcos High School events videography and co-producer for the “SIFE” DVD publication to n C5, M25, Y89, K0 (California) and has 15 years of yearbook experience. Since service project, which placed third in the Los Angeles World Bradley Wilson, editor n C74, M3, Y40, K0 2007, he has taught electives and breakout sessions at Chris Cup Competition in 2010. The project helped foreigners living [email protected] n C73, M35, Y34, K3 Joy’s annual Camp Yearbook in Palm Springs, California. For in the United States to adjust to American society. the past three years he presented at the Jostens National [email protected] Summer Conference in San Diego, California. He was the PEER REVIEW FONTS Academic papers on relevant topics Berkeley keynote speaker at the Jostens Washington regional summer workshop in Portland, Oregon. He was also a presenter at OTHER CONTRIBUTORS will undergo blind peer review. All Brandon Printed authors will receive comments from no Californian the spring 2019 JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism • Avayah Black, Andover High School (Kansas); Cary Conover, adviser fewer than three qualified reviewers Gotham XNarrow Convention in Anaheim, California. During this time, Clements has developed a central core belief: “The yearbook world is • Rami Daud, Kent State University (Ohio) electronically within 30 days. Inola Handlettered very small, and we all seem to know each other. It is up to • Katlyn Dickey, Sparkman High School (Harvest, Alabama); Officina Sans teacher-leaders to present information in an informative, Erin Coggins, adviser ADVERTISING Vitesse innovative and engaging way so that all who attend the • Bailey Graham, Mona Shores High School (Norton Shores, For details on advertising, contact presentations are inspired to do great things for their schools.” Michigan); Warren Kent III, adviser Lindsay Porter ACRONYMS [email protected] • Katelyn Heller, Lucy Proaps and Victoria Stewart, San Journalism Education Association CJE | Certified Journalism Educator Marcos High School (California); Josh Clements, adviser 105 Kedzie Hall JACKIE DAVIS received her commercial art degree 828 Mid-Campus Drive S • Townshend Hurt and Matthew Kelly, Rockhurst High School MJE | Master Journalism Educator from Vincennes University and her visual communications Manhattan, KS 66506-1505 (Kansas City, Missouri); Nicole Brewington Smith, adviser CSPA | Columbia Scholastic Press degree from Purdue University. She worked for 12 years in Phone: 785-532-5532 , Parkway West High School (Ballwin, Association marketing and corporate branding. The next 10 years, she • Sydney Kolker FAX: 785-532-5563 Missouri); Debra Klevens, adviser DJNF | Dow Jones News Fund worked in communication, public relations and social media. In [email protected] 2019, she made a commitment as a volunteer with a Christian • Todd McKechnie, Munster High School (Indiana); Sarah- NSPA | National Scholastic Press school for marketing, communications and recruitment needs Anne Lanman, adviser Association then started teaching and advising newspaper, yearbook and • Nicholas West, Argyle High School (Texas); Stacy Short, social media. [email protected] adviser
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