My name is Sarah Buck. My actual name is Susan LaFon Buck but I really hated the name Susan. Susan is my grandmother’s name but Sarah is my other’s grandma’s name and what my parents almost named me. It’s confusing but my grandma’s names are: Sarah LaFon Lawrence and Susan Gail Buck so I’m named after a mix of both of them.
I was born in Newnan, Georgia on Oct. 30, 2009. I am an only child, but I have always had pets. We have three Jack Russels because they are my parents favorite breed and a rescue cat because we felt bad for him. I moved to Alpharetta in 2016 and I’ve lived there since then. I currently attend The Premo School. I’ve been going there for two years and I am now going into eighth grade.
I don’t really have any experience in journalism because my school is really small and we can’t start a program. When I was 7-10, I made multiple newspapers with my friends but they were not fact-checked, edited or good at all — so I wouldn’t count that as “journalism.”
We do do a lot of projects at school though and I did learn a lot about writing articles, bias and what to include when writing during our DACA unit. I have also written some about the news in Spanish for assignments. I have always liked writing, and I really enjoy creative writing and researching topics. I also have a big interest in true crime and I think it would be interesting to cover it, like in “Serial,” which is what sparked my interest in journalism. It’s one of my favorite podcasts and I feel like she does such a good job with not being biased. Because of the podcast I have always liked writing and I really wanted to try it out. Also, because of her podcast Adnan Syed was freed and I really hope I can make an impact like that.
Some interesting things about me are that I have been learning Spanish since I was 8 (with a tutor) and I am half fluent. I play bass and I write stories in my free time. I also listen to a lot of true crime podcasts.
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