Pacing itself: KCBY collects another top honor
Fiona Koshy, Editorial Page Editor
November 21, 2017
DALLAS - After winning its first NSPA Broadcast Pacemaker in 2015, KCBY won its second on Saturday. The last day of the 2017 JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention at the Hyatt Regency in Dallas proved to be a success with KCBY-TV taking home the Pacemaker along with mult...
On the Spot: From students to speakers; “Pittsburg Six” take on Dallas convention as journalism celebrities
Amelia Vanyo, Editor-In-Chief
November 17, 2017
DALLAS - It all started with junior Maddie Baden noticing a couple discrepancies in her newly hired principal’s story. It all ended with a trip to the White House correspondents dinner and the retirement of Destry Brown. The whirlwind trip of the “Pittsburg Six,” of...
On the Spot: Journalists looking to go big at national journalism convention (with video)
November 17, 2017
DALLAS - Nearly 5,000 high school journalists and advisers bustled around the Hyatt Regency lobby at the first day of the 2017 JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention today. For the 29 Coppell Student Media members in attendance, this scene was the introduction to a week...
Sidekick staff, time to follow my lede
April 18, 2015
By Sloane Samberson Staff Writer DENVER - This year, The Sidekick staff has strived to improve our publication by enforcing these three goals: Better ledes Better headlines More emotional photos After arriving at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel yesterday evening for the JEA/NSPA Spring ...
Bringing heart to your stories fosters better writing, character
April 16, 2015
By Alex Nicoll Editor-in-Chief @NicollMac DENVER - Humanity. On the first night of the 2015 Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association Spring National High School Journalism Convention in Denver, thousands of eager high school students filed into the Plaza Bal...
Carter’s beat lifts spirits of Bostonians from historic square
November 14, 2013
By Christina Burke Managing Editor “We gotta rock it, don’t stop it, rock it don’t stop it.” BOSTON - Rising from the depths of the subway system, a sweet sound greets the ears of the Bostonian traveler. A tourist might mistake this noise for three men on a drum set, but the locals know...
Just one of the guys: NFL writer inspires young journalists
November 17, 2012
By John Loop Sports Writer SAN ANTONIO - Charean Williams knows what it is like to be one of a few females employed in a male-dominated work force. But Williams, a veteran NFL beat writer for 19 years, assures it does not make her job any less enjoyable. On Friday, she addressed high school...
The Sidekick staff reaches new heights in Seattle
April 12, 2012
By Michelle Pitcher Editor-in-Chief SEATTLE, Wash. - I honestly don’t know what I was thinking when I handed my $20 bill to the man at the kiosk. I don’t know what I was thinking when I got on the elevator to ride 519 feet up to the observation desk. But when I stepped out to see the view from...
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 North Korea is not something anyone would expect a sane person to do. Then again, Laura Ling is not a sane person: she’s a journalis...
Ling inspires with story of experiences
April 15, 2011
Kelly Stewart Staff Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. - On Saturday at the JEA/NSPA Nation High School Journalism Convention in Anaheim, well-known reporter Lisa Ling gave an enlightening speech on her life and how she came to be a journalist. “I thought [the speech] was really interesting,” centerspread editor Lauren Ussery said. “I mean, I se...
Sidekick editors to depart for D.C.
November 10, 2009
By Loren Hughes Staff Writer This Thursday morning, Nov. 12, the Sidekick editors will be leaving for Washington D.C. in order to attend the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention at Marriott Wardman Park. All of the section editors and the two Editor-in-Chiefs will be going on th...
