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Harker Journalism staff members and advisers pose for a photo in front of the Media Arts Center. 42 staff members attended the convention and participated in over 30 speaker sessions. (Provided by Kristy Blackburn)

Harker journalism participates in JEA NorCal Media Day

by Vika Gautham, Katerina Matta, and Jeremy Peng October 14, 2023

PALO ALTO, Calif. - 42 Harker journalism students, Director of Journalism Whitney Huang and Talon Yearbook Adviser Kevin Oliver attended the annual Journalism Education Association (JEA) NorCal Media Day...

Members of the HOH team present during JEA NorCal media day. The Humans of Harker program began in 2015.

Humans of Harker bring ‘Humans of [Your School]’ to JEA NorCal convention

by Felix Chen, Co-News Editor October 14, 2023

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Director of Journalism Whitney Huang and Humans of Harker Editor-in-Chiefs Olivia Xu (12) and Katelyn Zhao (12) conducted a workshop titled “Humans of [Your School]” at the...

Kathleen Neumeyer, former adviser of the Harvard-Westlake Chronicle, introduces her book Advising the Chronicle: How I taught high school journalism students to run billion-dollar companies (and you can too). She presented the session, J-ism Is Training for Anything,” which emphasized how journalistic skills are applicable to a wide range of fields.

‘Training for Anything’: From Gaza to sports photography to video journalism

by Felix Chen, Katerina Matta, Aishani Singh, and Claire Yu October 14, 2023

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Harker Journalism staff members attended speaker sessions with experienced professionals and fellow high school students in the journalism field to learn how to improve their own journalistic...

TALON yearbook reporter Angelina Burrows (10) takes notes during one of the JEA NorCal Media Day sessions. 31 Harker journalists attended the event today at Palo Alto High School.

Upper school journalism staff attend JEA NorCal media day

by Tiffany Chang, Felix Chen, Aishani Singh, and Sally Zhu September 24, 2022

PALO ALTO, Calif. – 33 upper school Harker Journalism staff attended the JEA NorCal Media Day at Palo Alto High School on Saturday, an annual convention for high school journalism students and advisors.  The...

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