Hey there! My name is Lauren and I’m starting my sophomore year of high school at The Paideia School. I was born and raised in Atlanta and know most of the city like the back of my hand. This past school year, I was a staff writer and part-time copy editor for my school’s newspaper. I wrote a couple of brief school sports articles at the beginning of the year, but then I found my calling in the opinion/editorial page of the paper.
Opinion articles are my favorites to read and to write because almost no one has the exact same views on everything. While I might read an article and disagree with the opinion that is being made, I think that it is important to see a variety of different views because no opinion is wrong. This past school year, I would find myself publishing articles to my school newspaper and then abruptly having a reader come up to me and tell me how much they disagree with me. Although sometimes a little rude, I like to leave the space open for everyone to share their opinions because I think that journalism is a great form of expression whether it comes from the New York Times or from Twitter.
I would describe myself as a budding true crime connoisseur as I am a frequent listener to true crime podcasts on Spotify. Unsolved murders are my favorite type of murders because I love being left with the question of “whodunnit?”. True crime is one of my more recent (as of a few months ago) interests and I am very excited to continue to immerse myself into the mystery of murder.
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