Experience the Woodside World on its website http://www.WoodsideWorld.com

The Woodside World is the multimedia news source of Woodside High school and its community. It is produced by the students in Woodside’s Digital Journalism class and described in their words below:

Digital Journalism students create the Woodside World online newspaper. Students are encouraged to follow their interests in the context of producing an interesting, quality paper that acts as a voice for Woodside High School students. Digital Journalists pride themselves on the wide-ranging skills and styles of themselves and their classmates.

The Woodside World staff strives to produce quality writing and reporting, to maintain www.woodsideworld.com, and to give a voice to the diverse student body at WHS.

– Sam Crocker, Class of 2011, Managing Editor

Here in Digital Journalism, we write for and create Woodside’s newspaper. Everything that we do is digital, meaning that we do not have a printed paper. The class is mostly student-run, with Mr. Cirincione acting as more of an advisor rather than a teacher. For each round of stories that we produce, we get to choose our own topics and make the decisions about how our story will look. The amount of freedom in this class is great and we get an idea of how a professional newspaper may be run.
Out of all the classes at Woodside, I believe that this one is the most realistic in the sense that we have more responsibilities, and it is more like a job rather than a class.
– Nicole Outman, Class of 2011, Managing Editor

Digital Journalism makes me feel empowered and informative. Contributing to the paper, gives me a sense of accomplishment. Knowing that what I have to write about is important not only to me, but to the public is another reason why I enjoy writing for the paper. It allows me to give a voice to those who don’t have one or can’t have one.
– Rebecca Laval, Class of 2012, Photo Editor

Digital Journalism is not a “traditional” class, instead the class is run by the students. We choose the agenda for the day and the best thing: no prompts. We choose what we find fascinating to write about. It’s a great experience, you can write what you want, talk to interesting people and refine you writing skills!
– CJ Jack, Class of 2012, Editor-in-Chief