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Impact of school journalism programs on students' educational experience

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Council member Rita Joseph asks students about the impact of their school journalism programs on their educational experience and personal growth. Two students share their perspectives on how journalism has influenced their development.

Isabella Mason discusses how student journalism allows her to explore social justice and advocacy
Liza Greenberg explains how working on the school newspaper taught her to consider multiple perspectives on issues

Rita Joseph

2:41:10

So being involved in your journalism program at your school impacted your educational experience, personal growth.

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Can you share any specific skills you've gained?

Isabella Mason

2:41:25

So I'm already passionate about social justice and advocacy, but I really feel like my student newspaper gives me the outlet to explore those options.

2:41:34

I would have never had the opportunity to write about my experience working the 2024 presidential election polls and, I guess, to give awareness to the communities that don't that don't receive that kind of visibility, like the disabled, the elderly, and those whose first language isn't English.

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Student journalism in my school newspaper has been an integral part of who I am and my education, and is it it has inspired me to continue my passion for advocacy in college in in my future career.

Rita Joseph

2:42:00

Anyone else?

2:42:01

She's the spokesperson.

Liza Greenberg

2:42:06

I think, for me, specifically, being able to work on my school newspaper has taught me that, like, every single issue doesn't just have two sides, but, you know, so many more than that, and it's important to explore all of the different perspectives that people have.

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I'll just give one example, which is, I was writing an article on the, like, reinstatement of midyear exams after they had, been, you know, postponed due to COVID, and it was my first time meeting the principal.

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I got to interview the principal, get her take on why these exams were being implemented again.

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I talked to students who are talking about the stress they were experiencing.

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I talked to teachers who are figuring out how they were going to adequately prepare their, you know, students for these exams.

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And it kind of shows you, like, the whole ecosystem in a school and all the different stakeholders there are and how, you know, we find solutions and we explore policies that affect multiple different people in many different ways, and now I think I can apply that thinking to the different, you know, problems in my life or things in my life that I encounter.

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