James Ansin / Peace Sullivan High School Journalism and New Media Workshop
19 teens learn how to do news High school journalists spent three weeks this July on the University of Miami campus reporting and writing on the impact the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti had on the Haitian-American community in South Florida. They met Haitians who had to leave Haiti because their
07.23.2010| Featured | Roberto Portal, Miami Killian Senior High
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Catastrophes often scar and stress those who cover news Palm Beach Post photographer Lannis Waters saw a father weeping at the college the man’s daughter once attended. The girl had perished just hours earlier beneath its walls during the massive Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti. The grieving bec
07.23.2010| Featured, Journalism | Christina Lynn Joyner, John I. Leonard High School
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New World graduate has a unique palette Asser Saint-Val’s art is as unique as his painting materials. Take sugar. Most people use it to sweeten tea or coffee. Saint-Val spreads sugar granules on his canvases to sweeten his artful creations with texture. That is just the beginning. S
07.23.2010| Featured | Edgar Cortes, Miami Central High
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Haitian students adapt to schools, culture in America On Jan. 12, David Baron was visiting a school in Port-au-Prince when student Steeve Simbert asked him for help revising an essay. In a split second, they found themselves holding each other as the earth shook. Today, the student and tea
07.23.2010| Featured, Teens | Alexandra Rivera, Boca Raton Community High
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Six months after the earthquake, Haiti is on long road to recovery Giving up hope on Haiti is just not an option for many in South Florida, even six months after a massive earthquake that killed nearly 300,000 people there. Although 700 miles separate Port-au-Prince, Haiti from South Florida,
07.23.2010| Featured | Amanda DiLella, Felix Varela Senior High
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