In February, I covered the opening of The Off Beat, a youth-centered music venue and educational space in North Portland. This story was published in the March issue of the Hollywood Star News (page 14).
As a musician myself, I brought a unique perspective to the process of interviewing a state-champion vocalist and actor at Grant High School. By touching on her contributions to multiple performing arts program in the school, I aimed to highlight some of the best of what Grant has to offer.
Public health has always interested me, and only more so since the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, I got the opportunity to learn and report at the same time as I worked with an immunology expert to cover the national avian influenza epidemic.
As a sophomore, I was inspired to write a comprehensive article about Grant High School’s Advanced Placement program, which led me to conduct 13 interviews over two weeks (and attempt to fit all the information into two magazine pages.)
Writing a story about a local farmers market in Portland’s Hollywood neighborhood challenged my interviewing skills, as I talked to long-standing vendors and employees on location to uncover the history of the market.
In 2023, I wrote a 2500 word research paper on our first national park: Yellowstone. The paper furthered my research skills through analysis of primary and secondary sources and gave me a nuanced perspective on United States history. I took the paper to the Oregon History Day Competition, where I was one of two people in my category selected to represent Oregon at the National History Day Competition in Washington D.C. The rewarding process of researching, drafting and editing my paper — and the fun I had while competing with it — were a preview of the experience I would have on Grant Magazine.
This story allowed me to do all of my favorite things as a journalist: participate in real conversations, observe relationships and reach people emotionally.
My first large-scale collaborative article challenged me to ask nuanced and insightful questions as we tackled the difficult topic of the 2024 Presidential Election. This story was awarded with an Excellent Rating at the JEA/NSPA Spring 2025 National Conference.
Eleanor Price 