And… ACTION! – The Vertical

By Maria Ribot (Managing Layout Editor)

The Vertical and WIRED are collaborating to make the switch of the century. Both crews will swap to see what it’s like to fulfill each other’s roles and responsibilities. In these next couple of weeks, the WIRED crew will be in the journalism room, learning how to pitch, plan, write, layout, and publish news stories. Currently, the WIRED crew is beginning to write their pitched and approved stories, which will appear on the March 2019 issue of The Vertical, which came out in March.

The Nease Wired news broadcast show and The Vertical, the school newspaper, collaborated to switch places and experience what it’s like to be in each other’s place and appreciate the contributions that video and print journalism have in communications. Much of February for WIRED member consisted of producing stories, editing, and laying out in the computers while The Vertical staff members worked with WIRED to produce their very own package.

Both WIRED and The Vertical were eager to make this switch for the purpose of experiencing a type of journalism that they are not used to. As the thought process and conceptualization of both stories and packages progressed, both teams realized how rigorous is the work to produce and publish either forms of journalism. This switch helped bring awareness to mainly print journalism, as it is becoming less popular among high school students.