Far from Crown Point, 29 representatives of the Crown Town Media converged staff members flew to Philadelphia for the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention. The convention drew almost 4,000 students from all 50 states with participants from eight countries around the globe.
Industry experts work together to offer over 400 different sessions and competitions for students to learn more about journalism and improve aspects of their schools’ media programs. The students on the converged media staffs of Crown Point High School are excited to compete in the convention’s Best of Show after being named a Division III Hoosier Star Winner by the Indiana High School Press Association in January.
“It is such a cool opportunity that we get to do things like this. Conventions offer the chance to both learn from other schools and have our work critiqued so we can continue to better those around us and ourselves,” Excalibur Yearbook Co-Editor-in-Chief, Aadil Khan said.
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The converged Crown Town Media staff members met at the trade show before breaking off for their choice of 28 different sessions being offered each hour.
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Crown Town Media adviser Chris Gloff coaches Brandon Boling and Ashley Johnson before they step up to the microphone to engage with keynote speaker Matthew O. Henderson about his experiences with documentary filmmaking and its responsibility to truth-telling.
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CTM students toured Independence Hall.
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CTM students visited the Liberty Bell.
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Lake Central and Crown Point publications staffers teamed up at the Dinner Mystery Experience inside the DoubleTree by Hilton.
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Straight-faced journalists sat in the same room where history took place.
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Public Relations Manager Samantha Uren balances her duties with fun in the Benjamin Franklin courtyard.
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Excalibur staffers Abby Vester and Duaa Khan pose with Carmen, one of the dinner mystery actors who posed as a journalism adviser.
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Photographer Aiden Matthews reenacted “the first murder” in slow motion before taking his place at the “scene of the crime.”
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Excalibur Yearbook Co-Editor-in-Chief Aadil Khan was one of the student leaders chosen as a “suspect” at the mystery dinner. His Tyra Banks codename was sus.
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Photo Editor Elyse Anderson participates in the dance while uncovering clues.
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Inklings staffer Alexandra Landgrave interviews other “suspects.”
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Excalibur Production Manager Adyson Graegin shares her codename and back story with other mystery participants.
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Inklings editor Iris Estrada talks with “Charlie,” the actor who posed as a waiter, but who was actually sneaking poison into other actors’ glasses.
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Excalibur Yearbook Advanced Coverage Editor Alyssa Torres and Advanced Photo Editor Izzy Valenzuela plan for their critique with yearbook expert Mike Simons at the Varsity Yearbook booth.
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Former CPHS Inklings Editor Josh Hedges was quoted on the back of this year’s program. “It really brings people from all different backgrounds together to share and learn new ideas and techniques that I feel are valuable in a future in journalism,” Hedges said.
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