Journalism

An example of somethings I have done:

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News story:

New Indiana legislation bill gives student journalists leeway

    Since the Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier Supreme Court case, student journalism has been quite limited. Regular journalist get the opportunity to partake in the First Amendment’s’ right to free press, which guarantees all media the same rights of being able to print whatever they want without the fear of punishment. Although, the Supreme Court justices all agreed in 1988 that student journalists, in schools and such, shall not be permitted to publish certain stories that are seen as too mature for their audience.

    This has come to the attention of Indiana House Representatives Edward Clere and Edward Delaney. They have proposed a bill that provides freedom of press and speech to all students from elementary to high school. If the bill does pass, schools cannot deny student journalists the right to publish a story.

     Dustin Calhoun (12) claims journalists here are able to print a majority of what they want. “It will help make high school newspapers more popular,” Calhoun says. “Students know what students want to read.” Calhoun says that there is a lot of censorship in other schools.

   On the other hand, Jacob Johanningsmeier, New Tech Principle, says that his opinion in the Booster is limited. Johanningsmeier says “The Booster reflects the school” in both a positive and negative way. The stories are a “student driven,” he claims. When asked of his opinion on the bill, Johanningsmeier replied with “Because it is a class anything you do, you must be extremely careful” because it reflects the school.

 

Feature story:

Bring on the veggies!

     The life of a vegetarian and vegan is not that different to that of one who chooses to eat meat. The main difference is just the meat and animal part. Vegetarians choose to not eat any meat, while vegans choose to swear off all meats and animal products.

     Jennifer Sterk, a math teacher at High Schools That Work, says that one main difference is you are “more conscious of what you eat, where things come from and how things are made.”

     Vegetarians are more focused on not eating meats. They eat things like tofu and meat substitutes.

     According to Nicole Gallagher (11), the hardest thing about being a vegetarian is when “restaurants don’t have the right options” and “getting enough protein, too.”

     Mikaela Glass (9), a former vegetarian, had to quit that diet due to her low iron count.

     “Eating it bothered me,” said Glass, “That I was eating an animal.” Most vegans and vegetarians get their protein from meat-substituted foods. Glass said she ate mostly peanut butter to gain protein.

     Many vegetarians are against eating animals for food. Sterk says the reason she became a vegetarian was because she “doesn’t like animals to be hurt or killed.”

     There are quite a few positive factors to eating as a vegetarian. According to Sterk, you are “saving the animals and the planet.” She also says that the “mass agriculture of animals is a major contributor to global warming.” It’s a healthier alternative when your food is all fruits and vegetables.