YH-R Unleashing Students’ Work Throughout Newspaper

September 30, 2008 by Adriana Janovich  
Filed under 10 Year Anniversary

By SARAH JENKINS
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
(Unleashed is) the equivalent of a teen who wants to be a doctor getting to work at a hospital for a couple of years. It’s hands-on. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. And for teens who want to make a difference, it’s an opportunity worth taking. …
With the compilation of opportunities, of course, comes [...]

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A Look Back, a Look Forward

September 30, 2008 by Adriana Janovich  
Filed under 10 Year Anniversary

By ALYSSA PATRICK
EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL
It was 1998 when a somewhat unconventional idea began to grow in the newsroom at the Yakima Herald-Republic.
Together, an education reporter and a copy editor approached the big desk of Sarah Jenkins, the newspaper’s top editor, to discuss its origin: low readership among young adults.
To fix this problem, the pair wanted [...]

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Who’s Been Reading this Teen Section? Surprisingly, Adults

September 30, 2008 by Adriana Janovich  
Filed under 10 Year Anniversary

By ALYSSA PATRICK
EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL
During the past 10 years, Unleashed has picked up an unexpected audience: grown-ups.
Turns out everyone from parents and teachers to other community members and leaders seems to like to see what teens have to say.
While this wasn’t the intended effect of Unleashed, it was a nice surprise. In fact, it even [...]

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A Confidence-Booster and a Catalyst for Change

September 30, 2008 by Adriana Janovich  
Filed under 10 Year Anniversary

By ALYSSA PATRICK
EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL
Three years and four months ago, my name appeared for the first time on the inside back page of the sports section of this newspaper.
There it was, proudly sitting atop my first published piece. I was in the eighth grade still, not even a high schooler yet. Not driving, not going [...]

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Manna from Heaven for a Sports-Averse Teenager

September 30, 2008 by Adriana Janovich  
Filed under 10 Year Anniversary

By ALEX FRANK
FOR UNLEASHED
Narrowing it down to a single, earthshaking turning point isn’t easy.
There was my first at-bat in Little League, when I was beaned in the back by a 45 mph fastball courtesy of my best friend. I got on base and, eventually, attempted to score a run that, unbeknownst to me as [...]

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The Best Training Ground for Tackling Difficult Stories

September 30, 2008 by Adriana Janovich  
Filed under 10 Year Anniversary

By ELOÍSA RUANO GONZÁLEZ
ORLANDO SENTINEL
I’ve always feared vultures.
Perhaps it’s because of an old family superstition that the carnivorous bird brings death. Albert Hitchcock’s movie “The Birds” may also have been responsible for this bizarre phobia.
Last spring, though, I found myself standing under hundreds of vultures that were ravaging a small town in central Florida. My [...]

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A Launch Pad for the Valley’s Young Talent

September 30, 2008 by Adriana Janovich  
Filed under 10 Year Anniversary

By DREW TOOP
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
I’ve only been off the team for, oh, how long has it been? A year and some months, I believe. My experiences on Unleashed, I think, have influenced me greatly.
However, I’ve already said as much in these pages, so I won’t write too long.
I remember my first Unleashed meeting, probably looking [...]

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An Outlet for Teenage Subversiveness

September 30, 2008 by Adriana Janovich  
Filed under 10 Year Anniversary

By WALTER SCHLECT
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Two and a half years ago, for reasons I no longer remember, I became curious to see if there was ever a Communist Party in Yakima.
My curiosity was not so large that I went to the headquarters of this newspaper, which I wrote for at the time, to search the archives, [...]

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“The Chuck” Meets “The Oliva”

September 25, 2008 by Adriana Janovich  
Filed under Other Stuff

Chuck Klosterman has read Unleashed!
(Or at least one Unleashed story — an award-winning Unleashed story.)
To learn more, click on Olivia’s Music Blog at the right-hand side of this page.
— Olivia Hernandez, a 2008 Davis High School graduate and four-year Unleashed veteran, is a freshman at Seattle University.

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Grateful for Unleashed

September 25, 2008 by Adriana Janovich  
Filed under Other Stuff

Unleashed got a letter to the editor!
To the editor — Recently I picked up my son’s yearbook. In looking at the activities he listed by his senior picture I noted “Unleashed” among others. I smiled and reflected on his years as an Unleashed reporter. The Yakima Herald-Republic is to be commended for this [...]

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