MEET THE 18 ASPIRING REPORTERS WHO CREATED THIS NEWSPAPER, PAGES 22-31 t THEOREGON STATE UNIVERSITYPRIDE and THE OREGONIAN/OREGONLIVE JUNE 2016 What’s next? ABOVE How will small farms adjust to Oregon’s upcoming minimum wage increase? PAGE 16 LEFT Experts study the evolution of style to predict trends PAGE 14 RIGHT Oregon State University’s robotics team takes the next step in technology PAGE 12 Check out more at oregonlive.com/teens The Class of 2016: Meet this year’s reporters and editors and hear what diversity means to them. “Diversity is people with different abilities, flaws and backgrounds coexisting harmoniously.” • Reporter Jovani Camarena Page 2 / June 2016 Page 3 / June 2016 Introducing The Pride staff of 2016 Alex Diaz Allison Echeverria Dylan Palmer Izzy Escobar Isabel Angeles Lim Jovani Camarena Elizabeth Radcliffe Hanin Najjar Julian Wyatt Sonide Bocage Sarah Milshtein Kyleah Puyear The 18 students and nine editors at the High ABOVE | Oregon State Journalism Coordinator School Journalism Institute filed daily blog posts Steven Sandberg interviews reporters Hanin Najjar about their experiences reporting and writing and Dylan Palmer during a live radio broadcast during the weeklong program at Oregon State with KBVR-FM Corvallis. Listen to the interview at University. Excerpts are below: From oregonlive.com/teens. BELOW | A dog show, including this corgi, distracted Aside from personal connections, being surrounded reporters on the way back to the newsroom. by writers provides me with the biggest variety of the blog Photos by BEN BRINK AND JOVANI CAMARENA views and writing styles I have ever encountered. Read more at oregonlive.com/teens With this large pool of diversity, I can learn as much from my peers as I do my editors. I’ve learned that not It was an absolutely incredible experience to get everybody needs a journalism class to be a writer, or to conduct an actual interview, and it was even more Maya Fiallos Kyler Kaykeo Melanie Gonzalez Toli Tate Amelia Underhill Annie Vong needs the experience of working on a newspaper to I’ve never seen a newsroom with so many people coming from so many backgrounds. I want to be part inconceivable to be able to share this experience with a have a love and understanding for reporting. With the legitimate journalist ... I’ll carry this experience with me diversity of writers all working towards the same goal of a community that is diverse and accepting, and I’m for years to come, as I continue my journey toward a as me, I have learned that it only takes one thing in glad I found that here at the institute. career in journalism. common to bring people together. No matter if you were the best writer in the world High School Journalism We would also like to thank the or knew nothing about journalism, this program — Reporter Amelia Underhill, Silverton High School ach summer, The Oregonian/OregonLive partners — Reporter Kyleah Puyear, St. Helens High School with Oregon State University to host the High School Institute is a following people who served as editors, allowed students to improve in writing and to meet collaboration between photographers, designers, presenters and strangers with the same passion as I do. Journalism Institute. My introduction to journalism was as a high school Just watching these incredible young adults interact The seven-day program provides real-life training The Oregonian/ resident assistants at the institute: — Reporter Annie Vong, Parkrose High School E junior, where one of the first class assignments was with each other and tackle project after project in to young journalists with experiences and backgrounds OregonLive and Oregon to randomly pair up, interview our partner and then a week’s time has been so inspiring and awesome. underrepresented in mainstream media. Newsrooms need voices State University. It Jake Arnold Cathy Noah A few weeks ago, during finals, I started wondering write a profile story. Consider my case of déjà vu, then, Hearing them tell stories about their lives and the like theirs to remain relevant and to reflect the increasingly diverse would not be possible Everton Bailey Jr. Dillon Pilorget if the writing I was doing was important. when the first task for the students at the High School daily struggles they take in stride gives me reassurance communities in which we all live. without the generous Samantha Bakall George Rede I always wrote in journals because it made me feel Journalism Institute was to do the exact same thing. about the next generation. If these kids are leading the Many students who attend the program have linguistic or support of: Shawn Barkdull Nora Simon better. I was able to record all my thoughts about So hello from the other side. I’ll admit it’s a bit odd way, we’ll be in just hands. cultural backgrounds different from those that predominate • Oregonian Media Group Aleck Blanger Emily E. Smith school and personal life without really worrying about to be here 12 years later, guiding aspiring journalists Oregon’s secondary school system. Some live in low-income President Steve Moss Ben Brink Hunter Stewart what other people would think. — Editor Samantha Bakall, The Oregonian/OregonLive through how to report and write stories. But it’s also households, and some are in line to become the first person in their and Vice President and Eder Campuzano Wesley Uno But I never really realized the impact of writing completely invigorating to watch their skills blossom family to attend college. The program also reaches students with Editor Mark Katches Lorena Colcer Koji Wieber on other people until I came to the High School As an editor here would say, it’s about stepping over a few days. Journalism Institute. disabilities or those without access to a high school newspaper or • Oregon State University Kjerstin Gabrielson Stephanie Yao Long outside of the comfort zone and into a lizard suit. journalism program. Orange Media Network Molly Harbarger — Editor Gina Mizell, The Oregonian/OregonLive — Reporter Sarah Milshtein, Westview High School You step into your scales and claws and zip yourself This year’s class of 18 talented students — from 10 high and Precollege Programs Anthony Heatherly in. Now, whenever you’re faced with something that schools, seven cities and two states — spent a week in June as • (Medford) Mail Tribune Tony Hernandez I’m reminded this week, too, that journalism is a would normally scare you or make you nervous, there’s working journalists. They reported, wrote and rewrote dozens of Editor Bob Hunter Samantha Matsumoto daring act. no need to be. It’s like a persona. We’ve asked them to think critically and dive into stories with help from professional mentors. • Pro Photo Supply, Gina Mizell Soon after I learned about it, I was forced to put on topics that are unfamiliar to them. To talk to strangers, The stories they produced are tied to a simple but powerful Portland Melissa Navas my lizard suit and face one of my biggest fears: talking theme: “What’s next?” They asked big questions about current • Nikon Elliot Njus develop rapport with their sources and glean the information that will shape their stories. To be open to strangers. It’s not a cure-all — I still got scared when issues and explored the impact of important trends. Their work I would interview people. Whenever I would approach offers a glimpse into the future — one these students will be part to correction and critique. And to do all of this on deadline. someone, I would be scared they would reject me, of writing. but everyone was actually very accommodating and Donations in support of High School Journalism Institute The good news is these students are daring. I’ve In addition to the stories in this newspaper, read more from this friendly. With my lizard suit, I’m not afraid to face my year’s students at oregonlive.com/teens. can be made to the OSU Foundation, witnessed them push themselves, and even in this fears, and I know this is something I can carry with me — Molly Young, The Oregonian/OregonLive 850 S.W. 35th St., Corvallis, OR 97333, 541-737-4218 short time I’ve seen it pay off. They’re learning so and Steven Sandberg, Oregon State University or online at osufoundation.org. much and so quickly. in all my endeavors. — Editor Emily E. Smith, The Oregonian/OregonLive — Reporter Isabel Angeles Lim, Parkrose High School “Diversity gives a new perspective to the world.” • Reporter Annie Vong “Understanding being different makes us original, and being original is such a gold.” • Reporter Amelia Underhill Page 4 / June 2016 / Commentary Page 5 / June 2016 The truth of Openness on white privilege, disability not an Off deadline by the numbers invitation to judge TOP | Julian Wyatt (left) takes a photo on the campus of Oregon State University while Sonide Bocage poses for another frame. Photo by MAYA FIALLOS By ELIZABETH RADCLIFFE By SARAH MILSHTEIN MIDDLE | Dylan Palmer keeps one eye on the photographer during a portrait session. Photo by ALLISON ECHEVERRIA Contrary to what you might hear people like Bill O’Reilly of Fox Walking into chemistry class earlier this year, I saw we had a substitute BOTTOM LEFT | Allison Echeverria rests during a News say, white privilege is not “the big lie that is keeping some African- teacher. photography workshop in the Orange Media Network newsroom. Photo by DYLAN PALMER Americans from reaching their full potential.” In fact, white privilege is The break in routine meant I had to explain, for probably the 50th time in my school career, why the teacher needed to wear the voice amplifier I had BOTTOM RIGHT | Editor Samantha Bakall watches reporters real and harmful, and it is vital that around my neck.