Soft Blue T-Shirts, Part 1

Soft Blue T-Shirts, Part 1

I own three blue RayGun t-shirts with the ‘Support New Voices’ tag on the back of each shirt.  One reads, on the front, ‘America Needs Student Journalists.’ I bought this one for myself.  The graphic on the front of both of the others says, ‘America Needs Journalism...
Soft Blue T-Shirts, Part 2

Soft Blue T-Shirts, Part 2

Read Part 1 Since we clicked send on the yearbook and I unplugged the string lights in my classroom, I’ve been following the updates on Pennsylvania’s New Voices legislation. It has taken a few stops and starts, but the phrase on the back of my blue t-shirts, ‘Support...
GUEST POST: After the Fireworks

GUEST POST: After the Fireworks

Teamwork is everything for student publications when it comes to building a student-driven culture. Kai Lincke Cross-posted at Haven Yearbook When I left the media lab on graduation day, I thought I was done with the yearbook. Though I knew that the underclassman...
Deadlines and Renewal

Deadlines and Renewal

After 27 months as a pandemic-era high school teacher, and 27 months COVID-free, I finally tested positive for the virus on the weekend before finals and two weeks before our final yearbook deadline. I’d done most things right over the last two years. Learned to teach...
Tattooed fingers and focus adjustments

Tattooed fingers and focus adjustments

How I overcame imposter syndrome and discovered a new culture Also shared on the ASB Blog Three weeks ago, I stowed my SD cards and drove away from the summer workshop at the Academy of Scholastic Broadcasting, and I haven’t been able to look at my hands the same way...