The new journalism class is a creative, engaging, and informative opportunity to get out and converse with others while telling their stories.
In this class, students can expect a wide variety of topics to be discussed while under one umbrella term – journalism. From journalism’s history to its future, how to cover stories, and even the different types of journalism, there are many topics taught. Some types practiced in-class include sports journalism, digital journalism, feature writing, reviews, and even photojournalism.
Students can also expect to be offered scholastic trips. This year, part of the team attended Northern California Media Day, an event hosted by Palo Alto High School, along with the journalism team from Inspire High School. The media day included teacher and student led sessions where the attendees listened to lessons on all things student journalism. When asked about his experience, Roman Nystrom, a student journalist who attended, stated, “As a prospective journalist, I found Northern California Media day to be an exhilarating and enlightening experience. Not only did I have the superb chance to learn from masters in the craft, but I also had the opportunity to fraternize with other student journalists.”
As well as going to see speakers, speakers also come to the campus to share with the class. Earlier this year, the students welcomed Jason Halley, a photojournalist from Chico State. During his presentation, he went over the role of a photojournalist, how to expand your abilities as one, and the ethics of photojournalism. When speaking about how people may see photojournalists as nosy and in other’s business at inappropriate times, Halley said, “The worst thing to be done in devastation is to ignore it.”
The enrolled can also expect to write stories, of course. These stories include telling how the game went last Tuesday, to interviewing students and teachers on a range of topics, to writing reviews on local establishments.