My grandmother's Fourth of July carne asada quickly turned into a two-hour bus ride to an IHOP parking lot prom. A welcoming hello from the event’s organizers, LGBTQ+ youth advocates Alexander Waite and Kellen Joseph, made for a night full of amazing prom-style...
Grace Lee is a journalist who focuses on podcasting as a medium to allow people to share their stories authentically. Lee, a rising senior at Buena Park High School, is the editor-in-chief of her school paper Paw Prints, a Student Advisory Board Member at HS Insider...
Kate De La Torre hopes their journalism can be a beacon of truth in her community of Southeast Los Angeles. To her, a passion for reporting the facts is what it means to be a student journalist. “I hope to achieve some sort of career within journalism where I’m...
Maria Alegria hopes her journalism amplifies the voices of people in her hometown of Santa Ana. Since she joined her school newspaper as a sophomore at Middle College High School, Alegria looks to inform her community about news and student life. “I just want to give...
At nine years old, Gerardo Hernandez was introduced to the world of politics. Since then, driven by an unrelenting desire to help his community, Hernandez has doubled down on his political aspirations. As he begins his college journey at Humboldt State University this...
From serving as one of Mt. SAC Early College Academy’s first-ever journalism students to the editor-in-chief of its paper The Academy Chronicle, rising senior Payton Zarceno is an empowered youth making an impact on her community in West Covina. Zarceno joined her...
Moving to a new area exposes you to perspectives that you wouldn’t have otherwise been exposed to. You might become more reassured in your own viewpoints or could be challenged to learn about others. For Diego Camacho, a rising senior at Collegiate Charter High...
L.A. Times journalist Doug Smith discussed his family’s legacy at the newspaper and talked writing tips with High School Insider summer interns Thursday. From his dimly lit office room, beside his robustly decorated bookcase and video-game invested grandson, Smith...
From a young age, Karly Ortiz looked to writing as a creative medium to express her thoughts. When she discovered journalism at the start of her freshman year of high school, she found another form of conveying her thoughts to the world: writing editorials. When Ortiz...
