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2016 students

Stories created by the 2016 journalism workshop participants

  • What makes Jim's Local Market so super?

    2016 students
    July 22, 2016
    by Cam'ryn Rascoe
    On a recent Wednesday morning, Capt. Eric Randall of the Newport News Police Department walked into a supermarket. Instead of going to the produce section or the frozen food aisle, ...
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  • She Shall Overcome: Chrysler's Newest Addition Shines a light on Unsung Civil Rights Heroes

    2016 students
    July 22, 2016
    by Cam'ryn Rascoe
    On August 31, 1962, Fannie Lou Hamer went to her county courthouse to register to vote. After failing a literacy test reserved for black voters like countless others of her ...
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  • People don't just decide to hate their bodies, we teach them to.

    2016 students
    July 21, 2016
    by Rhiannon Smith
    A Playboy Playmate recently took a surreptitious photo of a woman in the locker room of a Californian gym with the caption “If I can’t unsee this you can’t either,” ...
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  • Let them tell the whole story

    2016 students
    July 21, 2016
    by Hope Weaver
    Its 2016 and women currently make up less than half of the population. In newsrooms.   Maria Carrillo, senior editor at the Houston Chronicle, strode into a meeting of newsroom ...
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  • The proposal of "free college" sparks debate

    2016 students
    July 21, 2016
    by Shelly Slocum
    Photo provided by Associated Press. In January of his senior year, Sean Wells opened the letter he received from his top college, the University of Virginia. Excited, he called his ...
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  • 4 secrets behind the success of “Pokémon Go”

    2016 students
    July 21, 2016
    by Kourtni
    People are walking around with intent expressions on their faces, talking to one another about Pokémon as if it were the year 1996 again. But why? Matthew Hartl, 35, of ...
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  • Civil Rights protesters: key to the Black Lives Matter movement lies in the past

    2016 students
    July 21, 2016
    by Logan Reardon
    Back in the 1950s and 1960s, the African American Civil Rights Movement was in full force. Local sit-ins, such as one in Hampton in a Woolworth’s on Feb. 11, 1960, ...
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  • Rhiannon's Photos: The deeper meaning behind what I see (for some anyways)

    2016 students
    July 21, 2016
    by Rhiannon Smith
        This photograph represents Leading Line technique in which the railing leads the eyes to the sky. Funny thing about this picture, I could not see the screen of ...
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  • Young, Scrappy and Hungry For Change: A New Exhibition at The Chrysler

    2016 students
    July 21, 2016
    by Hope Weaver
    The photograph is surrounded by others, all showcasing the same subject in different scenarios. According to the writing on the wall of the exhibit; fear, pain, exhaustion, anger, sadness, and ...
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  • Star Trek: Beyond: "Never Stop Science. Always Embrace The Future"

    2016 students
    July 21, 2016
    by Dominic Pistritto
    “Star Trek” has a mission: to seek and inspire millions, generations and generations after. The latest theatrical effort to do that, “Star Trek: Beyond,” hits theaters Friday. Willie C. Cordy ...
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  • @ericasmith: @LHRubama: "Whatever you do when you grow up, whatever you do make sure you have a passion for it." #vpjschool #goodadvice
    Jul 14, 2017
  • @Denisewrites: @EditorReece schooling #vpjschool about spotting fake news. If someone says the sky is blue, verify it. https://t.co/XBzk…
    Jul 13, 2017
  • @rose_stanphill: Day one at the Virginian Pilot Journalism Workshop! Pulitzer Prize winner Eric Ryes says to become an expert in what yo…
    Jul 13, 2017
  • @MAMcreate: Eric Eyre talked about how you need to have a passion in what you write, actually care in your work. #vpjschool
    Jul 13, 2017
  • @noahdaboul23: I learned today that it is okay to badger the mayor #vpjschool
    Jul 13, 2017

Latest posts

  • 6 students share advice, experiences about college

    2018 students
    July 31, 2018
  • How changing marijuana laws across the country are affecting the conversation in Virginia

    2018 students
    July 31, 2018
  • Homeless teens find shelter at The Crow's Nest

    2018 students
    July 31, 2018
  • Teens are getting more involved in politics, especially around gun control issue

    2018 students
    July 30, 2018
  • Chrysler Museum exhibitions continue to wow. But how do they all come together?

    2018 students
    July 30, 2018

Latest tweets

  • @ericasmith: @LHRubama: "Whatever you do when you grow up, whatever you do make sure you have a passion for it." #vpjschool #goodadvice
    Jul 14, 2017
  • @Denisewrites: @EditorReece schooling #vpjschool about spotting fake news. If someone says the sky is blue, verify it. https://t.co/XBzk…
    Jul 13, 2017
  • @rose_stanphill: Day one at the Virginian Pilot Journalism Workshop! Pulitzer Prize winner Eric Ryes says to become an expert in what yo…
    Jul 13, 2017
  • @MAMcreate: Eric Eyre talked about how you need to have a passion in what you write, actually care in your work. #vpjschool
    Jul 13, 2017
  • @noahdaboul23: I learned today that it is okay to badger the mayor #vpjschool
    Jul 13, 2017

Latest workshop posts

  • "The Rest of History" featured overlooked stories of history at Virginia Beach museum

    2019 students
    August 21, 2019
  • Local students share why taking a gap year was - and will be - the right choice for them

    2019 students
    August 20, 2019
  • Mystic Moon, a local haven for pagans

    2019 students
    August 19, 2019

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The Virginian-Pilot Journalism Workshop offers high school and college students a chance to learn about journalism from the pros, to meet others who share their interests in news, and to have fun.

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