When news happens on the campus of North High, chances are Aileen Yoon and Lindsay Yamada will be there to cover it.
With
two years of experience, the seniors are in charge of overseeing
production of the school's student newspaper, the North Wind.
For years, the paper has provided students at the Torrance
high school with the latest campus news and provided them an
opportunity to showcase their work and achievements.
And despite cuts to funding and enrollment, students in
Julie Shankle's journalism class continue to put out the paper four
times a year.
Like any news staff, they're responsible for meeting
deadlines and developing stories. Students also take photos, design
pages and proofread their classmates' work.
"It's all student-led," said Yoon, the paper's editor in
chief, who juggles her journalism assignments with a regular class
schedule. "It takes a blend of commitment and balance," to put the
paper together each quarter, she said.
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