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Mehek Ahmed: A future in the White House press corps

Mehek Ahmed: A future in the White House press corps

By Michelle D’Alessandro
Huntington High School
Mehek Ahmed knows she wants to make a difference in the world and that journalism is a way to do it. Being in a school with kids from many mixed backgrounds generated a deep appreciation for those with differing views and cultures.
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Author Michelle D'AlessandroPosted on July 25, 2016July 30, 2016Categories Bios

Maya Brown: Making writing a reality

Maya Brown: Making writing a reality

By Ilona Kaydanov
Hauppauge High School
Maya Brown has always had a gift for writing and the ability to express herself and with the support of her family, has started following her aspirations.
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Author Ilona KaydanovPosted on July 25, 2016July 30, 2016Categories BiosTags TV journalism

Colin Capece: Sports fuel love of writing

Colin Capece: Sports fuel love of writing

By Brianne Ledda
Miller Place High School
Colin Capece, a rising junior at Chaminade High School, loves sports and spends much of his time playing hem on the field and writing about them in the newspaper office.
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Author Brianne LeddaPosted on July 25, 2016July 31, 2016Categories BiosTags Colin Capece, sports, Tarmac

Jonathon Cerini: Gratitude for journalism debut

Jonathon Cerini: Gratitude for journalism debut

By Emily Glennon
East Islip High School
Jonathon Cerini has used writing to break out of his shell since he was a child. However, this week at the Robert Greene Summer Institute was his first chance to try his hand at journalism.
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Author Emily GlennonPosted on July 25, 2016July 30, 2016Categories BiosTags Salesian High School

Michelle D’Alessandro: Broad interests include journalism

Michelle D’Alessandro: Broad interests include journalism

By Mehek Ahmed
Centereach High School
A rising senior at Huntington High School, Michelle D’Alessandro,16, has had a technical upbringing, but a captivated interest in the literary part of her education.
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Author Mehek AhmedPosted on July 25, 2016July 30, 2016Categories BiosTags Michelle D'Alessandro

Alex Gelabert: A young start in writing

Alex Gelabert: A young start in writing

By Sascha Rosin
Mattituck High School
It all started in the first grade for Alex Gelabert when he won a young writers’ outstanding poetry award at age seven. He’s had pen to paper ever since.
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Author Sascha RosinPosted on July 25, 2016July 30, 2016Categories Bios

Emily Glennon: An unlikely love of journalism

Emily Glennon: An unlikely love of journalism

By Jonathon Cerini
Salesian High School
Emily Glennon hated journalism when she first tried it. Now she not only loves it, but is editor in chief of her school paper.
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Author Jonathon CeriniPosted on July 25, 2016July 30, 2016Categories BiosTags East Islip High School, Emily Glennon

Hallie Harvey: Encouraged to keep writing

Hallie Harvey: Encouraged to keep writing

By Jamie Molnar
Southold Junior-Senior High School
For Newfield High School rising junior Hallie Harvey, writing is a way of life.
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Author Jamie MolnarPosted on July 25, 2016July 30, 2016Categories BiosTags Giuliana Rancic, Hallie Harvey, writing

James Hinshaw: A duty to inform spurs ambition

James Hinshaw: A duty to inform spurs ambition

By Casey McShea
Bayside High School
Many children watch action TV shows and aspire to be a superhero like Captain America or Black Widow. James Hinshaw, however, watched TV as a child and discovered his lifelong aspiration to be a journalist.
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Author Casey McSheaPosted on July 25, 2016July 30, 2016Categories BiosTags #greeneteam16, James Hinshaw

Ilona Kaydanov: A poet’s journey on journalist’s path

Ilona Kaydanov: A poet’s journey on journalist’s path

By Maya Brown
Freeport High School
A rising junior at Hauppauge High School, Ilona Kaydanov is a self-described bookworm with a passion for journalism and thrill for reading.
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Author Maya BrownPosted on July 25, 2016July 30, 2016Categories Bios

Brianne Ledda: Writing to make a difference

Brianne Ledda: Writing to make a difference

By Colin Capece
Southold Junior-Senior High School
Intrigued by investigative journalism for science, Brianne Ledda’s aspirations for journalism have a global reach.
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Author Colin CapecePosted on July 25, 2016July 30, 2016Categories BiosTags Brianne Ledda, K.R.O.B.

Peter Lupfer: A voice to be remembered

Peter Lupfer: A voice to be remembered

By Alicia Renda
Division Avenue High School
Schools force you to learn how to write, but not everybody enjoys it. Peter Lupfer is the exception – and has been since first grade.
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Author Alicia RendaPosted on July 25, 2016July 30, 2016Categories Bios

Casey McShea: School paper fuels love of writing

Casey McShea: School paper fuels love of writing

By James Hinshaw
Island Trees High School
Casey McShea’s interest in journalism started when she discovered her school newspaper, The Baysider, in her freshman year.
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Author James HinshawPosted on July 25, 2016July 30, 2016Categories BiosTags The Baysider

Jamie Molnar: An eye for stories

Jamie Molnar: An eye for stories

Hallie Harvey
Newfield High School
From a very young age, 17 year-old aspiring journalist Jamie Molnar has always had an affinity for writing.
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Author Hallie HarveyPosted on July 25, 2016July 30, 2016Categories BiosTags Jamie Molnar

Niki Nassiri: Journalism bridges two worlds

Niki Nassiri: Journalism bridges two worlds

Alexa Pendleton
Longwood High School
Niki Nassiri, a 16-year-old junior at Ward Melville High School, sees journalism as a way to examine the differences between where she was raised and where her roots are.
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Author Alexa PendletonPosted on July 25, 2016July 30, 2016Categories Bios

Alexa Pendleton: A focus on photos

Alexa Pendleton: A focus on photos

By Niki Nassiri
Ward Melville High School
With a love for films centered around journalism and a passion for Photography, movie magic is becoming a reality for Alexa Pendleton.
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Author Niki NassiriPosted on July 25, 2016July 30, 2016Categories Bios

Alicia Renda: Author of her destiny

Alicia Renda: Author of her destiny

By Peter Lupfer
Longwood High School
Alicia Renda has loved the English language since the first grade but over the years, the Levittown native’s passion has shifted from writing for fun to greater ambitions.
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Author Peter LupferPosted on July 25, 2016July 30, 2016Categories Bios1 Comment on Alicia Renda: Author of her destiny

Sascha Rosin: Have camera, will travel

Sascha Rosin: Have camera, will travel

By Alex Gelabert
Oyster Bay High School
A senior at Mattituck Junior/Senior High School with a record of academic excellence, Sascha Rosin is torn between seemingly incompatible career paths: marine biology and journalism.
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Author Alex GelabertPosted on July 25, 2016July 30, 2016Categories Bios

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