This was a journalism project for my college’s Introduction to Journalism class. I had to write a story on the school’s Fine Arts production, a formal event that takes place twice a semester where the college invites performers to play incredible music and students put on astounding dramas and operas. Pensacola Christian College freshmen faced their first Fine Arts last week, receiving many mixed opinions and emotions from upper classmen before the night of the performance. “I knew it was going to be better than a normal symphony, and I really like symphonies, but that was about it,” said Christy Piper, freshman. Like Piper, most freshmen at PCC had little knowledge about the campus formal event known as Fine Arts. Freshmen could glean facts from the chapel announcements, such as Fine Arts was a musical performance, that it featured the Harmonious Strings of San Paulo, and that the conductor was known for “getting the audience involved,” as attested by Rachel Moses during one chapel announcement.
Continuing the Winning Streak (Burke Connection)
I wrote this article for the local paper, the Burke Connection, after our high school took first place in the national competition at Bob Jones University. The article was printed on page 14: Connection Archives Continuing the winning streak Fairfax Baptist Temple Academy choral group claims first in the nation by Jenneth Dyck, senior at Fairfax Baptist Temple Academy April 17 marked the date for the Fairfax Baptist Temple Academy (FBTA) girls’ choral group as they placed first in the American Association of Christian Schools (AACS) national competition for the second year in a row at Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina.
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How Healthie is the Selfie? (Op-Ed)
I wrote this Op-Ed piece on a whim when I learned about a potential cash prize for best entry–exclusively for teenagers. I worked on the paper on and off for about a week before submitting it just before the deadline. I didn’t really expect much to come of it, but that Saturday I woke up to check the announcements, and to my utter surprise, I found that I had tied for second place. I read and reread the gushing comments from the judge, all day feeling like the most accomplished person in the world. This was the first piece I ever won a cash prize ($50) for in a writing competition. Here’s the original article on my Write the World account: How Healthie is the Selfie? And here are the judge’s comments about my piece: Write the World Blog *Scroll…scroll…scroll* The Instagram feed is long again after a day of my social introversion. Not surprisingly, the feed is composed of the same generic content: selfies, food, throwbacks, selfies, Starbucks, transformation pictures, selfies, sunsets, hospital pictures, pets, weekday crushes—and did I mention selfies? This international, social networking phenomenon has deluged the internet as quickly as a flash flood. The question is: how healthy is the … Read More
Advancing to the National Stage (Burke Connection)
I wrote this article for the local paper, the Burke Connection, just after my high school placed first in the national competition at Bob Jones University. This was the first time my writing had ever been published outside of the school newspaper. The article was also posted on the Burke Connection website: Connection Newspapers. Advancing to the national stage Fairfax Baptist Temple Academy places in national competition By Jenneth Dyck, Sophomore at Fairfax Baptist Temple Academy The past couple months have been an eventful time for Virginia Christian schools as they worked hard to prepare for the regional and state Old Dominion Association of Church Schools (ODACS) and the national American Association of Christian Schools (AACS) competitions of 2013. Twenty-eight students from Fairfax Baptist Temple Academy were able to participate in these competitions all the way to the national level.
Deadlines force an unexpected meeting
Our school had a monthly newspaper the journalism class would produce as a promotion for the academy. Although to take the class you had to be at least a freshman, that didn’t stop me from writing articles for fun and practice. One of my earliest stories was a feature on a new focus of science fair: multiple students from the school accidentally met up at the local library on the weekend while doing their science research. The article was one that jumpstarted my love for journalism and investigating original sides of stories others might overlook. The story can be found on page six of the original web paper: October 2010 Newspaper (Note: last names were taken out in the web version). Deadlines force an unexpected meeting Students cross paths at Pohick Library by Jenneth Dyck, 8th grade Apparently the library is the place to be on a Saturday afternoon. On Oct. 16, at Pohick Library, students accidentally converged together at the exact same time, all with the same quest: to research books for the science fair bibliography page.