News Briefs
The simplest form of journalistic writing, these stories serve as a way to inform on things happening in my school’s community and preview upcoming events. As a freshman, these stories helped me master the basics journalistic writing and have continued to help me grow as an interviewer and writer. As Digital Editor-in-Chief, I see the importance of these in providing comprehensive coverage of our school community.
Reintroducing Introduction to Women's Literature
This was an interesting story for me to write, particularly because of the somewhat lengthy interview I had with my main stakeholder, the teacher who was bringing the Intro Women's Lit class back to my school after it had been gone for a year. While I had a word count limit, I felt that I was able to take it in an interesting direction, following both the non-traditional subject matter and format of the class compared to others at my school.
Event preview: AP/Dual Enrollment Night
This was an event preview I did for an upcoming informational meeting about dual enrollment and Advanced Placement classes at my school. I’d had a really good interview with the dual enrollment counselor and had gotten information beyond the basics of the event but the importance of dual enrollment. I also interviewed the AP Seminar teacher, a new class at my school this year, for a perspective on what she hoped parents would talk out of the event.
Young Georgia Authors competition returns
This was a news brief I wrote about a writing competition taking place at my school. My interview with one of the judges was especially informative and I felt I was able to add another layer to the story because of that. I also had a good interview with a competing student and bringing in her voice on what inspired her to write her submission on immigration added some humanism to the piece.
Informing to support
On the surface, this is a simple event preview for a community event at my school. But the challenge of the “event” being not one but two back-to-back, meant I had to be strategic in how I structured this story. The fact that the first event, a Title I meeting, was shorter meant I let myself spend less time on it and more on the Parent University, an informational session for parents on all things high school, which was ultimately the more relevant topic to students.
