Features
Not to be biased, but this is my favorite section. Features allows me to be boundlessly curious, combine writing with multimedia and learn more about my community and the issues happening within it. Read on below at some of my favorite features.
Complexities behind lack of food stipends
Best of SNO Winner
This feature story both highlights the concerns financial aid students had regarding food allowance on campus and the complexities of Archer's budgeting system. Aside from interviewing students on financial aid and the head of school, I also interviewed students from other private and public schools to investigate the value of nutrition from multiple perspectives. I mixed in broadcasting, infographics and design to truly spotlight the multiple angles of Archer's lack of food stipends.
Another dimension of diversity
Best of SNO Winner
For my Big Story assignment, I picked a topic related physical disability as its personal to me and doesn't get nearly as much coverage as mental health, especially on The Oracle. I wanted to explain the intricacies of the Individualized Education Program and how it is affecting the system of parents, teachers and medical services alike in this day and age. Thus, the article incorporates both elementary and middle perspectives of the IEP system.
Photo Credit:
Allie Yang
Long commutes to campus
Best of SNO Winner
Transportation is highly important on my school campus, as many students don't live close enough walk each morning. Knowing several students who have more than an hour and a half round-trip journeys each day, this feature emphasized the struggle students and teachers alike have getting to campus. I also surveyed teachers to investigate their unique situations regarding parking on campus and the lack of parking spaces. Finally, I included a video showcasing a students' traveling to school one morning.
Upcoming: Spotlighting Jewish Student Union
Currently, I am working on a feature to spotlight the work our school's Jewish Student Union has done to help the community process the events in Gaza, learn about the attack Oct.7, the war and antisemitism today and how they worked with Red Cross to raise money for individuals in both Israel and Gaza.
