High School newspapers: The Viking Voice and What the Feck?
If you’ve been following the blog, there have been a few previous posts with excerpts from “What The Feck?” For those who don’t know, this was an “underground” magazine that I wrote for, edited, and helped produce and print. It was a small staff and we used pen names. Fun times. The use of pen…
The article below was one of the first I had published after joining my high school newspaper, The Viking Voice, in Mount Horeb. When we reviewed albums, our staff wasn’t usually given much of a word count to work with. Generally we had about three paragraphs to work with. Reading the review so many years…
I was a journalism junkie growing up and a member of my high school newspaper (The Viking Voice in Mount Horeb). A few years ago I located all the issues our journalism class created during my Junior and Senior year. I then typed up the articles I wrote for the Voice, of course not knowing what I would…
It has been a while since I shared an article from my high school newspaper, the Viking Voice. When I think back to that time I find myself feeling grateful for being able to write in a number of different styles – investigative reporting, commentary, features, satire, and just plain madcap comedy. I was lucky…
Here’s another article written for my high school newspaper, the Viking Voice. Our staff took a poll about how students spent their free time and I was given the assignment to write an article about the results… The search for ways to spend one’s free time is never-ending, and MHHS students definitely have a diverse…
If you’ve been following the blog, there have been a few previous posts with excerpts from “What The Feck?” Here are a couple articles from my high school underground newspaper. The first is a rant about the American Music Awards, and the second asks some hard-hitting questions (ha!) about some 1970’s teen idols. Feckian Music…
The article below was published in the high school newspaper just before my 18th birthday, in October of my senior year. It was one of my favorite articles to write for the Viking Voice since I spent a lot of time on State Street. I had a great time interviewing the varied performers and telling…
I answered an ad during senior year of high school that changed my life ever so briefly. The owner/editor of the Verona Press was looking for feature article contributors, and I thought I’d take a chance that he would give a 18 year old kid a shot. At $10 per story, what did he…
If you missed the earlier explanation about the “underground” newspaper I helped write and edit in high school, more information can be found here. A second post was added in December – an editorial about holiday commercialism. The content that follows is from our fourth issue: How to Make a Lot of Free Money Quite…
Here’s another article written for my high school newspaper, the Viking Voice. This was published during my senior year. I was given the fun assignment of doing the movie review for that month’s issue! Three Amigos Satisfies Thirst for No-frills, Slapstick Comedy In the era of silent movies, an exciting array of cowboy heroes rode…
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