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Grizzly Gazette to NYC: A follow-up

You may remember my plea a few months ago to help raise money for journalism students at my former high school who needed to get to NYC to accept an award for their online news site, The Grizzly Gazette. Although … Continue reading

Another appeal to help send high schoolers to NYC

Last week I blogged about high school journalists at my alma mater who won an award eight days ago and now have only a week to raise enough funds to get to New York City in time to accept it. … Continue reading

Help a bunch of bright-eyed high school journalists get to NYC

UPDATE: You can now donate to The Grizzly Gazette at gazettetonyc.info. I grew up in a modest town. Porterville, California. Population roughly 40,000. Mostly farmers. It’s a place that smells of cow manure. It’s the “armpit” of California, being the … Continue reading

CSPA Online Crown Awards 2011 Finalists. Congratulations to the Grizzly Gazette — the online-only high school newspaper at Granite Hills High School — for placing as a crown finalist in the 2011 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Online Crowd Awards. I’m proud to see my Title 1 high school listed amongst affluent high schools like Palo Alto High School and Berkeley High School. Keep  rockin’, my small-town pride and joy. Thank you for carrying on the legacy years after I’m gone.

Grizzly Gazetters: Don't give up hope

The National Scholastic Press Assocation (high school version of ACP) announced its annual online pacemaker finalists, and for the first time since before I was editor in chief there, the Grizzly Gazette did not place. I’m not going to say … Continue reading

High school + no CMS = learning experience?

The online newspaper at my old high school has a nationally award-winning site, although you probably can’t tell from their newest design. Although they update daily, a surprising (and headache-causing) fact is that they don’t use a content management system. … Continue reading