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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Quake victim deals with loss of dad through playing sports At 6’2, 297 pounds, Carl Pierre-Louis is practicing to become a “Blind Side’’ offensive left tackle at Felix Varela Senior High School in West Kendall. In just his first year in organized football, the 17-year-old junior is alr
07.23.2010| Teens | Brian Goins, Felix Varela Senior High
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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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