Journalism: a senior elective and future career?

by: Amanda De Jesus and Jenna Colon

Wethersfield High School has many electives for juniors and seniors, one of them for seniors is Journalism.

Journalism, which is taught by Mr. John Martin, involves writing for newspapers, magazines, and online. We interviewed him on the basics of his Journalism class.

¨They're going to learn everything I know about journalism,¨ Martin said. “In this course, students will learn how to write for the web, design the web, and write in different styles for many different readers. They will even learn how to write a multitude of articles from short pieces to long forms.”

¨If a student hates writing, I hope that this might be the first class where they actually enjoy it.¨

Martin enjoys hearing about what his students write about because it varies from some things he knows nothing about, and can learn about, to things he loves too.

¨I want to give every student the opportunity to try this class and then decide if they want to do this sort of job or not,¨ says Martin when asked about the effect this class has on students and his role towards that. He went on to say that even if they don´t want to succeed in journalism he still loves that feedback, but also when they do want to continue with their journalism career.

This course can really help students discover more about themselves. Whether it's that they absolutely love writing articles about topics they love or that it's not for them and they don't want to do anything in that field. We highly encourage you to try it out and see how you like it, who knows you might find your future career!