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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

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...

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...

The Pearl Post adviser Adriana Chavira speaks to student journalists at the Journalism Education Association (JEA) NorCal Media Day at Palo Alto High School today. “There’s a section of the Ed Code 48907 that protects advisers from retaliation,” Chavira said. “That was added about 15 years ago. The Ed Code 48907 was actually added back in the late 70s, and [it’s] the first such law for student journalists in the country. Were lucky we have this: it’s giving you First Amendment protections.”

‘This is so much bigger than just our publication’

by Isha Moorjani and Olivia Xu September 24, 2022

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Hundreds of students rise to their feet in applause, all facing the three journalists on stage. The speakers, from the journalism staff of Daniel Pearl Magnet School in Los Angeles,...

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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