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Coppell Student Media

The official student news site of Coppell High School

Coppell Student Media

The official student news site of Coppell High School

Coppell Student Media

Scholastic Journalism Week is a yearly celebration of student reporting, held from Feb. 21-25 with the theme of amplifying voices. In the spirit of #SJW, The Sidekick adviser Chase Wofford thinks that true adrenaline rush in the D115 newsroom comes from the urgency of reporting and deadlines.

#SJW2022: Adrenaline rush of deadlines encompasses spirit of top scholastic journalists

Chase Wofford, The Sidekick adviser February 24, 2022

Deadlines make a newsroom. And news makes a newspaper. Put them together and you get quite the adrenaline rush. When a Coppell football player scores a touchdown under the Buddy Echols Field lights,...

Magical experiences, awards at 2015 fall JEA/NSPA convention

Magical experiences, awards at 2015 fall JEA/NSPA convention

November 20, 2015

Rachel Buigas-Lopez Editor-in-Chief @rachelbuigas ORLANDO, Fla. - The sunshine state greeted The Sidekick and KCBY staffs with 80 degree weather, a cookie from the DoubleTree hotel and a bright blue...

Eleven members of Coppell High School’s KCBY-TV and Round-Up yearbook programs departed today for Washington D.C. for the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention, which runs through Sunday. The student journalists plan to sightsee while in the nation’s capital, including a trip to Newseum (pictured here from a 2009 trip by Coppell Student Media). The Sidekick file photo

Coppell media contingent heads to nation’s capital for premier journalism convention

November 6, 2014

By Pranathi Chitta staff writer @prannydacheetah This morning, 11 members KCBY-TV and Round-Up yearbook members departed for Washington D.C. to attend the Journalism Education Association/National...

Senior Hamin Kim (left) and 2013 Coppell High School graduate Erica Rohde (right) show off their honorable mention certificates for Multimedia Feature Story of the Year. Photo by Elizabeth Sims.

Kim, Rohde receive honorable mention for Multimedia Feature Story of the Year

November 17, 2013

By Elizabeth Sims Enterprise Editor BOSTON- After three days filled with convention-going, sight seeing and bonding, the 2013 JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention was capped off...

Student journalists sport costumes at the annual JEA/NSPA convention dance on Nov. 16. Photo by Kristen Shepard.

No tea at this Boston party: Journalists put down notepads for convention dance

November 16, 2013

By Kristen Shepard Editor in Chief BOSTON - A cow, Miley Cyrus, Santa Claus and Iron Man made an appearance at the Sheraton Boston Hotel on Friday for the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism...

Love of journalism brings together special couple

Love of journalism brings together special couple

April 29, 2013

By Nikki Dabney Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - Rob and Kristi Rathbun are the dynamic duo of journalism. When students and advisors attend their session “Take it from the top: headlines and ledes”...

San Antonio's Historic Menger hotel is home to over a century of rich history, and some believe the Menger is also home to ghostly spirits. Photo by Kristen Shepard.

Ghosts, journalists haunt sacred ground at Menger Hotel

November 16, 2012

By Kristen Shepard Staff Writer SAN ANTONIO - At the historic Menger Hotel, it is Halloween all year long. Though guests will not always be in costumes, and you may get a confused look if you say...

Editor-in-chief Michelle Pitcher listens as a spokesperson from Jostens speak about a new program that allows communities to share photos at the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention on April 12. Photo by Brian Hwu.

The Sidekick staff ends first day of journalism convention

April 12, 2012

By Addy Buigas-Lopez Business Manager SEATTLE - Twelve Sidekick staff members, along with their adviser Chase Wofford and KCBY adviser Irma Kennedy, took off Wednesday night for the Journalism...

Journalist’s experience inspires students

April 15, 2011

Key note speaker Laura Ling shares about her experience being held captive in North Korea and the importance of journalism in the world. Photo by Aditi Shrikant. Crossing the border into hostile...

National High School Journalism Convention introduces Student Film Festival

April 15, 2011

Mary Whitfill Features Editor ANAHEIM, Calif. - When darkness falls on Saturday night, students attending the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention will gather for the first convention-hosted...

Visit to Newseum inspires student journalists

November 18, 2009

  It's a museum. About news. Thus, the Newseum. And as nerdy as it sounds, the collective consensus when The Sidekick editors visited this past weekend for the JEA/NSPA Fall 2009 journalism convention...

What The Sidekick learned in Washington, D.C.

November 18, 2009

  If you've been keeping up with your favorite high school newspaper, you know that The Sidekick editors -- 11 total, with adviser Chase Wofford and KCBY teacher Irma Kennedy in tow -- traveled...

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