Monday, April 12, 2010

“IN THE ’ZINE ZONE - The Keene Sentinel” plus 2 more

“IN THE ’ZINE ZONE - The Keene Sentinel” plus 2 more

IN THE ’ZINE ZONE - The Keene Sentinel

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:29 AM PDT

Ceara Comeau clapped her hands and wiggled her fingers.

The latest edition of the Teen 'Zine was hot off the press.

After a few minutes checking it out, she was back to work, getting ready for the next deadline.

The life of a teen reporter is non-stop action, even if the stories are about dress codes and the book reviews are directed at the "Twilight" set.

"Writing is my passion," Ceara, a 17-year-old Acworth resident, said. "I believe there's news out there, and I've always loved mysteries, so I want to uncover the truth."

Ceara and the other members of the magazine's staff spend about two hours each week together in the Keene Public Library.

They develop ideas for stories, read drafts aloud to edit together, and choose photos to print with the stories.

Copies of the four-page 'zine are available at the Keene Public Library, or through one of its staff members.

The first printing is a batch of about 10 color copies for the staff to keep, and 200 in black-and-white to distribute at the library or at their schools.

The group — which ranges from two to four local high school students and a student from Keene State College's journalism program to advise them — meets weekly at the library and prints one four-page publication every month.

Recent issues included coverage of dress code violations at Fall Mountain Regional High School, a Mardi Gras party in Bellows Falls hosted by a local radio station, an announcement of a local photography contest, high-school themed horoscopes and book and movie reviews.

Ceara, a junior at Fall Mountain, is the head reporter of the group, and recruits friends for submissions of poetry and story ideas.

Not all of the teens who work on the publication bask in the spotlight as happily as Ceara does.

Chief photographer 18-year-old Kyle Christensen of Keene has no grand reason for being on the staff, he said; taking photos isn't the driving passion of his life, the way Ceara describes writing.

He's part of the group "for the photography practice," he said.

But he attends the weekly meetings, turns in his assignments and helps brainstorm story ideas, which is what matters to Alessandra Curcio, the group's adviser.

Curcio is a senior at Keene State College, about to graduate with a degree in journalism.

She hopes to pursue a career in television, but for now, she helps the group learn to write compelling text.

To help fill the 'zine's pages, she's working to set up an article exchange with a school newspaper in Connecticut, so each paper can double its content.

"Finding motivated people" who will continually attend the meetings has been her biggest challenge, she said.

What the group lacks in numbers, Ceara makes up for in enthusiasm. She's spent hours already working on a history of the library for next month, bringing Christensen with her down through the basement and up into towers and attics.

After the group looked over this month's edition, they went right back to work, editing Ceara's latest draft.


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