I woke up at five in the morning with the need to go back to bed, but instead, I decided to stay up for an hour and read what was happening in my community.
I lied. I’d never do that, but today I realized how much journalism is the glue in a community. Newspapers aren’t something you see very often, but inside of Hempstead High School, there is a newspaper club. One of the speakers who came today told us about how newspaper outlets were dying and how some communities don’t have news outlets.
That reminded me of News 12, which tells us literally everything going on inside Hempstead. It reminded me of how lucky I am; having an opportunity like that is necessary to feel some weird connection with your community.
All of that to say the speakers that came in today have actually affected my perspective on journalism.
The first speaker had told us about her life and how she was practically born into the media literacy side of the world. She told us that she had went through several historical moments that needed a journalist, which opened my mind alot.
Imagine if there were no journalists during 9/11, or during wars ongoing today, or so many other historical events. People wouldn’t know ANYTHING.
But either way, my second day was nice. The food was rather average, nothing life-changing. Its nice to have a selection. I don’t have any thoughts besides that, the food wasn’t really something to note.
The fries were really good, but then again you can’t really mess up fries. Same with the pasta.
Other then the food, I’m forever grateful I get to be here and have this opportunity as its extremely fun to meet these new people and meet these journalists.
— Yennifer Soriano, Hempstead High School