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Team bonding
Team bonding is crucial to me and it should be to any staff of journalists. A staff that works well needs to be bonded, a bond that pushes each staff to do better for each other. A bonded team understands, that there is no I in ODYSSEY, everything you do affects someone else, so you have to bond your staff.
Dinner with Editorial Board
Left: In this video is a clip of me filming and the ODYSSEY Media Group Editorial Board at a local restaurant. These dinners come after we go to a leadership seminar, after spending a few hours doing work, it is vital we have some room for fun together as a group, too. Sometimes, we help each other vent about stressors, and sometimes, we just laugh and chat. As I have gotten to know my fellow editors better, I have grown to enjoy these team-bonding dinners even more. P.S.l the editors who have driven me to the dinner s Thank you to alince I don't have a license.
Tiktok with the staff
Right: Here is a TikTok I made with a couple of fellow staff members during a end of the cycle celebration. We did our own twist on this trend that fit the ODYSSEY much more. Tape Ball is a game we play when things get stressful, which we all love to play. In the making of the video we were laughing and talking because some people didn't know how to do the hand movements right. This video just brings back good memories, and it brought me and few staff members closer.
NSPA picnic with friends
Above: In this picture, are me (back middle), Niles Flath (right), Sam Caspary (front middle), and Margo McDaniel (left). We took this picture during a picnic we had between sessions at the National Scholastic Press Association, in 2023. During this picnic we talked about our sessions, what we learned, and what could have been better. This was really nice because we got to just unload on our day so far along with hanging out together.
SIPA ride back with Thrasher
Above: This image is me posing with one of my Viewpoints staffers, Ma'Kiyah Thrasher. We took this photo on the drive back from the 2024 Southern Interscholastic Press Association conference. This conference is always a big team bonding moment, from the moment we get on the mildew infested bus to the ride home our staff always comes back closer. During this trip me and Ma'Kiyah were able to talk in a way that I had't yet experienced with her. She opened up a bit and I am so happy we got closer.
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