News
Book bans: story package
By Sophia Considine, Valerie Burke, Marandah Mangra-Dutcher and Stella Shipman
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Iowa City high school students openly oppose the recent banning of 68 books
By Sophia Considine and Valerie Burke
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The director of the University of Iowa's writing center recommended me as a reliable candidate to write and design the 2024 Out of Iowa newsletter. This was my first professional writing project, and I worked alongside Elana Walters to write various articles highlighting the English department's thriving community of writers, readers, teachers, and scholars. I had the pleasure of interviewing 31 people across the English department throughout the process as well as designing graphics on Canva.
I would like to thank Daniel Khalastchi for his recommendation, Loren Glass and Tara Atkinson for their guidance and communication, and Elana Walters for being a wonderful and reliable coworker.
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Because I'm not very involved with sports, this was my first sport story. It was different to write because the research was more extensive since I don't know much about it.
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Because of the pandemic, finding good news stories relating to the school or community was difficult. Luckily, I found out that restaurants were opening for in-person dining again. This story earned me an honorable mention when my staff submitted for awards.
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The news of our school being filmed and broadcast on Fox News was incredible for the school, so I was proud to cover it.
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The announcement of Teacher of the Year was sudden and our publication wanted to beat the local news stations in reporting on it. I volunteered to take on the story and finished it within four hours. It taught me patience and how to work quickly and efficiently.
