A Student’s Perspective on High School Journalism in California

By: Jackson Brook | PBS

Having survived my senior year at Palo Alto High School, I think I can safely say that thus far in my education, the most useful thing I have done to develop my intellectual vitality has been joining my high school magazine, Verde. Although most high schools focus solely on a yearbook or a newspaper, Paly (as my California-based school is called by both students and teachers alike) has indulged its journalism programs: We have not one but five news publications of different varieties.