Q&A
Notable stories covered by student journalists
2:43:14
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Council member Rita Joseph asks the students about specific stories they've covered that stood out to them. One student shares her experience writing about the impact of phone pouches in schools.
- Katelynn Seetaram discusses her article on the impact of Yondr pouches on students
- The story revealed that many students were willing to give up their phones and saw improvements in their academic performance
Rita Joseph
2:43:14
Any stories you guys covered stood out with you, stuck stuck with you?
2:43:18
I know you talked post 2024 elections.
2:43:22
Any stories that stuck with you that you wrote?
Katelynn Seetaram
2:43:27
So I wrote about the impact of yonder pouches on students in the school.
2:43:32
And for a lot of people, I was surprised when a lot of people were willing to let go of their phones and willing to let go of, you know, that little box that we always carry with a lot of information and a lot of things like that.
2:43:43
So I think that was really important to me because there's always the narrative that we're always addicted to our phones, but a lot of people were like, no.
2:43:50
I improved with my without my phone.
2:43:53
I became a better scholar.
2:43:54
And I think that always really stuck with me that, you know, we're willing to stop
Despina Zaharakis
2:43:57
when we want to.
