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Minute News: September 2024

Minute News: September 2024

Eileen Roh October 14, 2024

Transcript: Here’s September 2024 under 1 minute. Nationally, the Category 4 hurricane, Hurricane Helene damaged much of the Southeast regions of the US, especially around Miami and Fort Lauderdale,...

Kamala Harris’ ‘brat’ campaign is a stroke of modern genius

Kamala Harris’ ‘brat’ campaign is a stroke of modern genius

Evelyn Foster September 13, 2024

I can’t open Instagram without encountering something political anymore. Ever since June 27’s presidential debate, I (and the rest of the American population) have known it would be a thoroughly riotous...

Social media popularizes reading among young adults 

Social media popularizes reading among young adults 

Riva Jain April 24, 2024

During quarantine, freshman Rethika Sathyamathan, said she encountered an increasing number of social media posts related to books in her TikTok feed. This surge in posts about books on various social...

Banning TikTok will cause drawbacks in economy, disrupt small business success

Avery Carlisle March 28, 2024

On March 13, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill seeking to force the Chinese company that owns TikTok, ByteDance, to let go of the popular app due to security concerns with foreign-owned apps....

WHJE member and senior Ava Beckman prepares radio equipment for her radio shows. Beckman hosts the “She’s History” and “The Book Was Better” talk shows for WHJE. “She’s History” is about womens’ news and sharing stories about influential women of the past and present. “The Book Was Better” connects students with local authors and librarians as well as spreading the love of reading.

Students, teachers reflect on the digital evolution of high school journalism, communications

Evelyn Foster February 1, 2024

This school’s radio system, 91.3 WHJE, has a frequently updated website and relatively popular Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube platforms - but it hasn’t always been this way. Even though the...

Time spent together should be cherished, spent offline

Time spent together should be cherished, spent offline

Jasmine Zhang January 25, 2024

When my friends and I would hang out during family get-togethers, the first thing we’d do—without fail—was pull out the "Monopoly" board. Then we’d indulge in several hours of yelling and screaming...

As TikTok increasingly allows small artists to go viral over small sound clips, musicians should work to make sure the entire song is up to par

As TikTok increasingly allows small artists to go viral over small sound clips, musicians should work to make sure the entire song is up to par

Katie Maurer December 15, 2023

TikTok, as one of the fastest growing social media platforms, has been increasingly used by less notable musicians to promote their music. Undoubtedly, the app has blown up some very talented artists,...

Banning TikTok isn’t a good idea

Banning TikTok isn’t a good idea

Chenyao Liu April 24, 2023

In our current era of hyper partisanship, the Democrats and Republicans have united over a simple objective: banning TikTok.  On March 7, senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and John Thune (R-SD) proposed...

TikTok needs to be regulated, but a ban is not the solution

TikTok needs to be regulated, but a ban is not the solution

Isaac Hsu April 24, 2023

Recently, legislators have debated placing a ban on TikTok, and on one side, it would benefit the psychology of A LOT of people, both kids and adults.  But that's not what the ban on the TikTok bill is....

Q&A with DECA officers on viral TikTok

Isaac Hsu March 21, 2023

James Gilbert, DECA vice president and senior What inspired you to make this TikTok? "Mainly, we’d like to give credit to Westfield, since they made one that got around 100,000 likes and it...

AI like ChatGPT comes with benefits, drawbacks

AI like ChatGPT comes with benefits, drawbacks

Jenny Li March 7, 2023

ChatGPT, a natural language processing tool driven by AI technology, launched on Nov. 30, 2022. This technology allows you to have human-like conversations and much more with a chatbot, leading to...

Senior Eric Yang scrolls through tik tok during his SSRT. He said that social media can lead to less personal friendships.

Students recognize social media’s impact on communication, social aggression

Chenyao Liu January 24, 2023

Senior Eric Yang spends a lot of time on TikTok. However, though he said he enjoys being on social media, he also believes it can be harmful.  “I believe (social media is) a very inevitable thing...

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