Salma Schalhamer (11), the social coordinator for journalism, is passionate about her role and position in the program.

“My favorite memory was deadline nights,” she said. “They’re pretty fun. I would say you get a lot closer with everybody on deadline nights because you’re just working on different stuff.” 

While growing a close bond with her journalism community, Schalhamer has had the opportunity to meet new people outside the class. 

“My favorite event was one of the stories I did, which was Blanca. I had to take pictures of her for all the dress-like looks, and she dressed up as The Lorax.” Schalhamer said. 

Since she knew Blanca’s host sister, they were able to become close friends and have more in-depth conversations. 

 “I knew her host sister, so we kind of talked about that, and what life was like in Spain, so it was really cool to see how different it is. And she had to study a lot because it’s different,”  Schalhamer said. 

Journalism has become one of Salma’s favorite things about school. “It’s really fun,” she said.