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On this episode we're joined by Lola Claire. Lola is a student at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas and the editor in chief of Hilltop Views, the student newspaper there. Lola is also the chair of the Title IX Student Advisory Board at the school.
Lola is from southern Louisiana. She caught my attention because of something she's working on. Hilltop Views has a grant from the Solutions Journalism Network for its mental health reporting and she spoke about that at the College Media Association national convention.
Lola talked about how her love of writing led her to journalism, how her small student staff is able to accomplish a lot, what it's like to be an editor-in-chief, what the newspaper is doing with their solutions journalism initiative, and what it's like to do theatre reviews.
Work examples
Review of Macbeth
https://www.hilltopviewsonline.com/29916/life-and-arts-art/review-mary-moody-northen-theatres-production-of-macbeth-takes-the-crown/
Op-ed about Elon Musk
https://www.hilltopviewsonline.com/26293/viewpoints/opinion-elon-musks-vision-for-uncensored-speech-invites-bigotry-contention/
Example of solutions journalism
https://www.hilltopviewsonline.com/30961/viewpoints/solutions-opinion-new-yorks-solution-to-traffic-deserves-consideration-in-texas/
Lola's salutes: The Austin Chronicle and Hilltop Views adviser Curt Yowell.
Thank you as always for listening. Please send us feedback to [email protected]
Visit our website: thejournalismsalute.org
Mark’s website (MarkSimonmedia.com)
Tweet us at @journalismpod and Bluesky at @marksimon.bsky.social
Subscribe to our newsletter– journalismsalute.substack.com
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On this episode we're joined by Lola Claire. Lola is a student at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas and the editor in chief of Hilltop Views, the student newspaper there. Lola is also the chair of the Title IX Student Advisory Board at the school.
Lola is from southern Louisiana. She caught my attention because of something she's working on. Hilltop Views has a grant from the Solutions Journalism Network for its mental health reporting and she spoke about that at the College Media Association national convention.
Lola talked about how her love of writing led her to journalism, how her small student staff is able to accomplish a lot, what it's like to be an editor-in-chief, what the newspaper is doing with their solutions journalism initiative, and what it's like to do theatre reviews.
Work examples
Review of Macbeth
https://www.hilltopviewsonline.com/29916/life-and-arts-art/review-mary-moody-northen-theatres-production-of-macbeth-takes-the-crown/
Op-ed about Elon Musk
https://www.hilltopviewsonline.com/26293/viewpoints/opinion-elon-musks-vision-for-uncensored-speech-invites-bigotry-contention/
Example of solutions journalism
https://www.hilltopviewsonline.com/30961/viewpoints/solutions-opinion-new-yorks-solution-to-traffic-deserves-consideration-in-texas/
Lola's salutes: The Austin Chronicle and Hilltop Views adviser Curt Yowell.
Thank you as always for listening. Please send us feedback to [email protected]
Visit our website: thejournalismsalute.org
Mark’s website (MarkSimonmedia.com)
Tweet us at @journalismpod and Bluesky at @marksimon.bsky.social
Subscribe to our newsletter– journalismsalute.substack.com

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