"Staff attended NSPA for the first time in three years. Follow us along as we explore the ~Disney World of the Midwest~ (St. Louis) from Nov. 9 - Nov. 12."

I didn't know what to expect with my first NSPA conference, especially with it being in St. Louis, where I hadn't been in many years. So in an attempt to channel my inner Emma Chamberlain, I felt that a lighthearted vlog would be the best way to document the joy of NSPA. To this day, I periodically rewatch this vlog to not only relish in the many hours that was editing it, but also just to remember how much fun that weekend was. This was the first real video I ever made, and it certainly will not be my last, because thats the point of broadcast and video-production: to keep the memories close for longer. 

This is actually one of my favorite videos on the internet. If you're only going to watch one of these videos, I implore you watch this one.

"On March 25, the Volume 40 staff embarked on a comprehensive pizza tour of Newton Centre. We took photos of Sweet Tomatoes, Bill's, Jinny's and Town Pizza pies to accompany an Opinions pizza review article — look out for it in our upcoming issue!"

We weren't kidding, we genuinely forgot to get photos for the article we were doing. But thats ok! When I first heard about it, I was really nervous because this was my first issue as an EIC, we were coming really close to the publishing deadline, and we didn't have a substantial enough photography team to get these photos in.

Luckily, though, while embarked on my daily scroll of brain rot, I came across a video labelled, "Boston Burger Crawl". 'Hm, thats a catchy name,' I first thought. Crawl. What else can you crawl around Boston? Newton? Pizza? PIZZA CRAWL. And we can get photos? You know what, lets make it a group outing to bond with the new staff. And while we're at it, WHY NOT make a video??

And so we did.

"Editors-in-Chief Bella and Emma embark on a secret, yet noble quest to fulfill their it-girl dreams. 

spoiler: they emerge triumphant."

I've always loved watching vlogs and seeing the mundane things people do in a day. And I know that I'm not alone, because there are probably millions of "Day in the Life" videos floating around the internet from the past decade. As I grew up, I always romanticized my days in true screenager fashion: as a vlog. 

Along with that, Emma (Zhang, my Co-EIC) and I were trying to find a way to make content, rather than just stick to the somewhat-tedious cycle of editing articles and re-laying pages for section editors. We wanted to create — something we didn't really get a chance to do anymore. 

I thought of the gym vlog as a way to make more entertaining content for the Roar Instagram, and I'd say it was quite successful. No one in our school had ever made a video like this before within the school's reach. This was our way to define our personalities in a way that wasn't condensed to 600-700 words. 

*If you watch the video, that is not an accurate representation of my bench press abilities. I promise...