On Saturday, September 28th, 16 editors from San Leandro High School’s publication team traveled across the bay towards Palo Alto High School to attend the annual Norcal Media Day Conference for the first time in four years. The publication advisor, Mr. Tyson Nichols, recounts his experience of the event with much enthusiasm.
“It was a pleasure to meet many other advisors and explore groups related to our program and how to improve it,” Nichols said.
The Norcal Media Day conference is an annual event hosted by JEANC, the Journalism Education Association of Northern California. Students and Advisers attend four sets of sessions in relation to journalism and yearbook publication. There were many different kinds of sessions at the conference, and San Leandro’s senior sports editor, Julia Li, was excited to choose from the many different workshops.
“The students led the event with such enthusiasm that it truly felt like we were all experiencing freedom to explore what we wanted,” Li said.
The many editors were able to attend many of the workshops that covered topics like publication team management, chronological yearbook coverage, photography skills, and advertising. Many editors took away a lot of useful information on how to put together a successful publication, and returned to San Leandro excited to grow our San Leandro Publication. The Editor-in-Chief of San Leandro’s yearbook team, Ava McCalip, expresses her enthusiasm about the future of San Leandro’s publications.
The experience was a great opportunity for the team of editors to bond and meet other editors from the Bay Area. They took essential tips on how to improve our publications work, not only working but making time to create a work environment for everyone. Despite the overwhelming feeling of tiredness, the publication team left with a newfound motivation and excitement for the upcoming prints of the 2024-2025 school year.
“I was able to learn a lot from the Editor-In-Chief’s of other schools, and I am excited to create a fun and organized work environment with an accountability system to push our productivity as a team,” McCalip said.
