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web news stories
News, as given in the name, is supposed to be new. That idea is often constrained by our quarterly magazine, but can flourish on the website. In this section, is my biggest story yet, “Parking lot problems,” as well as other timely and interesting news pieces I have written for our website.
Feature: Parking problems
Left: This image and button are linked to a feature story I wrote for my online publication on my school's student parking lot. While it isn't quite published yet, I chose this story because it had become such a big issue for everyone in the school and affected students daily. Throughout the reporting process, I uncovered that my school was selling more parking passes than spaces, a hunch I confirmed. I worked on and off this story for several months because it was very important to me. I wanted to cover every corner and experience for this story, from staff and admin to parents and students. Overall, I am immensely proud of this story and how it came out. This story represents four years of my journalistic career that culminated in this piece.
Flag football Senior Night
Left: Here is a link to a story I wrote on my school's flag football team, Senior Night. Digital stories allow such a timely publication, so preview or event coverage stories can get published easily. Our readers deserve timely news they can count on, and this requires mobile news, which means websites and social media. This story was written to preview the Senior Night that was a few days away. Due to some poor planning, it only got posted the day of, which was frustrating. However, it taught me the importance of starting on projects early and giving more time to these types of stories.
Classic cuisine: Q&A with The Grill Owner
Left: Here is a link to a Q&A I did with the owner of a local Athens business called The Grill. Because of The Grill's longevity in Athens, I thought the story would be told better with a timeline via Knightlab. It was difficult at first because The Grill, through the decades, didn't have readily available information. But like a good journalist, I dug deep and uncovered more information and images I could use. This project pushed me a lot, and I am very proud of the final project.
Flying 5k
Left: Here is a link to a story I did on Clarke Middle School's annual 5K. The race itself was on the 28th of September, so it was important to me to get it published beforehand. I wanted to write this story because we don't report on parent-teacher involvement in schools often. During this story, I had to do a lot of email correspondence and calls with my stakeholders to accomplish the story. It helped me build new connections with the PTA at CMS and taught me a lot about the importance of keeping organized throughout a story.
Breaking news: CCSD principals
Left: Here is a button to a breaking news story I did on two principals at different schools in my district. I wanted to share this here because it shows a much more timely story that had to be "cranked" so it got up on time. At first, I wasn't sure what to do because I hadn't done much breaking news before this so I was nervous. While working on it, I ended up finding a little excitement from the urgency of the story. I even made a timeline to detail their positions over the year as a form of multimedia.
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