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Over the years, the Echo’s nameplate has changed as new editors determine how they want to run the newspaper. The editors bring in new designs that the staff must follow that year.
This year, I designed the 2009-2010 nameplate in an attempt to modernize the Echo. It was my pleasure to find that many students and a previous adviser of [...]
Handle with care—a label relevant not only to fragile knick-knacks, but journalistic stories as well.
It is understood that as reporters, we must make our voices heard and display certain facts for all to see. When our words may cause destruction to the life of another, however, where do we draw the line?
Don’t get me wrong, [...]
Ethics. If you have ever taken journalism class you should know what those are. Over the years journalists have pushed these "Codes of Practice" to the limits. Libel, slander, prior review, and bias are a few terms that should be very familiar to all journalists. It is important to know your boundaries as a reporter [...]
I was an 8th grade student when I sat down and looked at this packet filled with courses I could take my next year in high school. The mandatory academic courses obviously filled up my schedule layout first. I had limited elective space to choose from. However, it didn’t take long before I had journalism [...]
Pardon the dramatic title, but the last two weeks have felt like a battle.
Yesterday, the Prep News, my school’s student newspaper, printed on tabloid-seized newsprint for the first time since the 1960s. The Prep News, has a long tradition of covering everything. Since we are weekly, we get every little detail into news articles, features, and sports updates and offer a strong opinion section each week. But our 8.5″ x 11″ printer paper had our newspaper looking like a newsletter. As of this week, style finally matched substance.
I can’t believe my senior year is here already. It seems like just the other day I was the little fish in the big pond. Now I’m finally on top of the food chain. After leaving HSJI, I knew that this year was going to be great. I had learned so many new things during [...]
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