Photo by and courtesy
of Jeff Beale, East Lyme (Conn.) High School
Journalism students
at East Lyme (Conn.) High School prepare the next edition of their
student newspaper, the Viking Saga.
N.E.
high school newspaper
picture appears less clouded
than elsewhere and industry’s
By Kristen
Bahler
Bulletin Staff
Were it not for the school
principal’s thick Boston accent thundering through the loudspeaker,
Mr. Gallagher’s Thursday afternoon journalism class would make
a pretty convincing newsroom.
The school day
is winding down, and students in Room 103 of Malden (Mass.) High School
are hurriedly preparing their newspaper, The Blue and Gold, for the
first issue of the year. Some are editing copy, some are discussing
advertising, and all are ignoring the principal’s announcements
about after-school SAT prep.
“I like to constantly remind them that this is real news,”
Ryan Gallagher, who is in his third year as adviser to The Blue and
Gold, said.
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