Why Journalism Matters

Ms. Kovel practiced both her teaching methods and explored tools that her students are required to use, such as photography techniques, interviewing skills, and video editing practice.

Ms. Kovel practiced both her teaching methods and explored tools that her students are required to use, such as photography techniques, interviewing skills, and video editing practice.

Ms. Kovel, Adviser

Teachers from across the nation met in Columbia, Missouri this summer for a two-week intensive journalism institute at the University of Missouri at Columbia through the ASNE Reynolds Journalism foundation. One of the major focuses of the program was answering the simple but overwhelmingly popular question, “Why teach high school journalism?” North Cobb’s own newspaper and journalism teacher, Ms. Kovel, starts off the video that gained several hundred views on YouTube.