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09 August 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Sparty Winner – Feature Coverage

Christine Lim from Pioneer HS:
Defying the Change
Despite trend toward online journalism, some stay rooted in print tradition
With her long, gangly legs sprawled over her temporary desk in a dorm room she shares with her roommate, Katie Schnurr is hard at work concentrating on creating a fresh, catchy lead for her story that’s due tomorrow morning. [...]

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05 August 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Photojournalists Worry About Future Careers

By Kathryn Watts, Seaholm High School
Ever since she was old enough to pick up a camera, 17-year-old Lindsay Boeckl said she has dreamed of photographing for National Geographic. An avid fan of the publication, she set her sights on becoming a photojournalist, with the goal of majoring in photography and minoring in journalism during college.
Now, [...]

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05 August 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Editor in chief unsure about taking paper to the web

By Natalie Melnick, Ferndale High School
Rokeyta Roberson nervously stares off in the distance and wonders about the future of her school’s newspaper, The Rising Phoenix. The editor in chief at Renaissance High School in Detroit said she knows her newspaper needs a change in order to gain more readers, but she doesn’t know how to [...]

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04 August 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Morelli shares weight loss message with MIPA students

By Maggie Malaney, Findlay (OH) High School
After losing 207 pounds on the seventh season of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser,” Mike Morelli shared his message of obesity prevention with high school journalism students at Michigan State University on Monday night.
“It’s up to (children) to stop our parents from going to the fast-food place, to get (parents) [...]

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