Coppell Student Media

Stability outweighs passion regarding future careers

September 6, 2013

By Tolu Salako Editorial Page Editor I like finding derivatives, not learning about the different parts of the cell. I like finding the area under the curve and not the different structures of viruses. I...

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”...

The Sidekick

January 31, 2013

The Sidekick is the official student newspaper for Coppell High School. Its purpose is to inform, entertain and provide an educational resource for its readers. This newspaper is a public forum for student...

News media defaults to scare mongering in exchange for ratings

January 25, 2013

By Ben Cowlishaw Staff Writer Scaremongering is no longer just up to lobbyists and interest groups in Washington; today’s mainstream media has defaulted to alarmist tactics in exchange for ratings. It...

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...

Field of journalism on the rise

April 19, 2012

By Dyer Whitt Staff Writer As senior year inches closer and closer to the end, I have shifted much anxiety and stress from choosing which college I want to attend, to the selection of my major. Deciding...

Journalists removed from endangered species list

April 18, 2012

By Michelle Pitcher Editor-in-Chief Our Web Master Wren Culp infamously claimed at last year's JEA/NSPA High School Journalism convention that newspapers will be dead in 50 years. While Mr. Culp...

Writing about writing again

January 30, 2012

By Mary Whitfill Features Editor I love the media. #unpopularopinion. I think the media is the only industry that works more than it does not. I think it is the most fulfilling profession...

Seniors of The Sidekick continue on in journalism field

May 18, 2011

Mary Whitfill Features Editor As the newspaper wraps up another year of deadlines, ink and breaking news, seniors of The Sidekick look tentatively ahead at what promises to be a bright future. Be...

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...

Editorial: Journalism alive and well

September 22, 2010

“Journalism is dead.” Ever since the conception of the Internet, the sentiment has been building upon itself: why have print newspapers when everything is on the Web? Why bother continuing with...

Flushing my career down the toilet

May 6, 2010

Ellen Cameron Staff Writer My career as a high school journalist is being flushed down the toilet. Like, literally, my work from this year, that I worked hard to procrastinate on, was flushed down...