Budding journalists from Highfields are making the most of their time in lockdown by launching a podcast discussing news and current affairs.
The school’s ever-expanding team of reporters will be exploring a range of topics, starting with how they’ve coped with life in lockdown amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Highfields’ Young Journalists project began back in 2016 with the launch of termly newspaper, The H. More than 30 students have showcased their journalistic talents as part of the editorial team, creating engaging features and opinion pieces covering a broad range of social and political topics.
In 2017, the journalistic ambitions of the team saw the successful launch of the school's very own news channel, HTV, producing a weekly episode featuring news and sports stories from across the school.
Members of the team are now regrouping to host a series of podcasts. Students will meet at the start of each week via Microsoft Teams to discuss and plan their podcast sessions before they are recorded and edited by English teacher, Miss T Banks, and uploaded to the school's YouTube Channel.
Each series will contain five 30-45 minute podcasts that will be published fortnightly.
For the first episode, our talented team welcomed Head of Sixth Form, Mr S Pycroft, and MFL teacher, Mrs A Darby, to discuss how they've found life in lockdown so far.
All podcasts will be available through our new Media Hub, along with all editions of the school’s newspaper, The H.
