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Life Advice from Professional Journalists

Shreya Soni, Student Writer March 8, 2022

What is the job of the journalist? To uncover the truth? To write attention-grabbing stories? To be ethical evaluators of newsworthy information? A journalist’s job is all these and more. The job of...

Life-Changing Experience

Robbie Pliszka, Student Writer March 8, 2022

Most people have interesting and entertaining stories to tell. Some tell stories that make thousands of people laugh. Nobody has as intriguing or touching stories as Shane Fitzegerald does. Upon his recent...

The Newsroom at 1am

How to be a Successful News Reporter

Lizzie Padva, Student Writer March 8, 2022

The news is something that is constantly changing and escalating. A piece of information could change in five minutes or five months depending on the topic. News reporters are the people responsible for...

A Powerful Profession

Justin McCormick, Student Writer March 8, 2022

Journalism is truly one of the most profound occupations in the world today. Its topics can range from the most mundane to the exceedingly important. Its scale can be large or very small. However, the...

Shane Fitzgerald

Journalism: An Underappreciated Profession

Chris Maguire, Student Writer March 8, 2022

Journalism as a profession has a few myths surrounding it that often lead to a negative perception from those who are currently or have considered going into the field in the future. These myths are easily...

Hearing the Silent

Hearing the Silent

Landon Herbst, Student Writer March 8, 2022

Journalism, a word more familiarly associated with articles and reports, when ironically it’s more so to do with the actual word itself, journaling. Journaling allows people to have comfort in putting...

Justice for Journalism

Riley Hepler, Student Writer March 8, 2022

Growing up I always pictured a journalist as someone who sat at a desk all day writing stories and articles about, what I considered, boring grown-up topics. However, journalism has influenced all different...

Phil Gianficaro

A Passion For Journalism

Victoria Sabath March 8, 2022

In the different fields of work you can go into, journalism has much to offer. You can write about anything you want and you get the opportunity to meet all sorts of people. Depending on what you write...

The Hard Part of Journalism

Lilly Huckerby, Student Writer March 8, 2022

When real-life journalists visited Pennridge High School, they all had words of wisdom to the future generations of journalists. Although journalism has changed from printing presses to electronic news...

Not Just a Desk Job

Gianna Derro, Student Writer March 8, 2022

Many people may categorize journalists as nerdy, book smart, people that sit behind their desks, typing or writing away. People fail to realize how impactful this job is on the writer. It is an emotional,...

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Life as a Blue Hen

Zarin Zaman, Student Writer March 8, 2022

Located in Newark, Delaware, The University of Delaware is home to over 150 majors and minors and over 250 graduate programs. UD is the largest university in the state of Delaware and has various areas...

Messiah University

Messiah University

Elisa Wilson, Student Writer March 8, 2022

Woven into the hills of Lancaster is the shining gem that is Messiah University. Surrounded by fields and farmland, the modern college makes a statement and welcomes those from urban, rural, or suburban...

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