Inside the newsroom
With being a member of the ENO staff, Greaves describes her favorite part about writing for the paper as that she has the ability to be creative with her publications.
“It helps me realize that there is so much going on,” Greaves said. “I feel like sometimes, you’re so hyper-focused on yourself that you forget that other people have lives too.”
On the graphic design side of the newspaper, Design Editor Emily Logan believes that through ENO, she is able to shine creatively.
“I enjoy being creative and also having a place for literally anybody to see my contributions,” Logan said. “It’s a great honor to be able to design the website for everyone to use to put their work on.”
Logan has been on the staff for two years.
“I think (ENO) lets people express themselves and use an outlet to make people know what’s important and know what other people care about,” Logan said. “It helps spread good information and creativity.”
Through the newspaper, Ali got the opportunity to compete with his graphic design work that he ended up winning with.
“Last year, I went out to compete for (the) Fall Fiesta convention, and I got ‘Superior’ in it which was pretty fun,” Ali said. “Not that many people competed, but I think it’s pretty cool for my first time competing.”
As she prepares to submit her photos to the 2025 ATPI Fall Contest, Social Media Director Victoria Byers explains that after she joined the newspaper, her creativity increased.
“It helps me be creative by expanding my creative outlet,” Byers said. “The reason I got into ENO was because I did poetry, and through that, I’ve learned how to do photography and how to write captions.”
To Logan, having the opportunity to share her work while contributing to the Prosper community in crucial ways is a huge reason for why she’s on the newspaper staff.
“When people think of graphic design, they think of like, an infographic or something, which you are going to do, or like a poster for a school assignment,” Logan said. “But you really just get to have fun and express yourself while spreading good information.”
Ali said he believes that the newspaper isn’t just a club, but rather an aspect of the school that bridges the community together.
“(Publishing with ENO and ENT) is important because a lot of people want to know about our community and what we do, and [by] basing this in a more local way, (they’re able) to find what our school is doing and what we’re doing,” Ali said. “I get to constantly focus on the magazine. I’m not really on deadline much because I get to constantly get progress on my stuff.”
ENO and ENT allows reporters to connect with their community.
“Being able to interact with people is really important to me,” Greaves said. “It helps me take a step back and look at what other people are going through and (the) experiences other people have.”
To the staff members of Prosper High School’s newspaper, one thing is clear: journalism is needed for the community and media as a whole.
“I think student journalism is important because there’s so many different cultures, traditions and people that are here,” Arikati said. “I feel like everyone has a unique story, but people are just too shy or scared to share their voice, so having students go out, talk to them and report, it brings a real authentic view to their story.”
This article was edited by Emily Logan, Trisha Panicker and other staff members.
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