Representation

At a school in Bullitt County, you won't find much diversity. This makes it all the more important to amplify those voices that aren't always heard. Whether it's your race, your identity, or maybe a disability that makes you stand out from your peers, you should speak up, and be seen. Journalists now more than ever have to recognize it is our job to shed light on these topics that aren't always so easy to talk about. 

In this article, I wanted to bring attention the the fact that we are certainly not a diverse school, but we have ways to celebrate our differences regardless. I assumed an infographic could put it in easy-to-digest format, to communicate the lack of diversity in our town.

In Charged Media, we make advocacy posts with informational captions to celebrate days or months to recognize cultural differences. The MLK post I made won "Best Advocacy Campaign" from the IMC Connect! Awards.

One of my favorite subjects to take a stance on was gender norms and gender identity. Some viewed it as controversial, but with this article I took an angle that was informational but more importantly, featured students from the school who openly defy the norms. I wanted to show that breaking the norm is something hard to do in high school, but I couldn't just say it myself, I wanted to hear from those who first-hand identify other than their birth-assigned gender, or those who dress outside the norms of their gender.