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OCTOBER 2016 NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL JACKSON, MI ISSUE 1
QUICK READ
In Memoriam:
The Moxie
Mountie
dedicates this
issue to Bailey
Gier of Class
of 2017. Giers
legacy lives on
in the
community.

Priceless Gift:
Northwest Community can
donate new or gently used toys
and new hygeine products to
Jacksons Priceless
Gift Toy Store.
Donations can be
dropped off by
the office.

Give Hope:
A meeting for the Give Hope
disater relief trip will be on
Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. in Miss Marnie
Hades Room 106. To participate
in the trip you must

Photo by Audri Chenoweth

me a high schooler
or older and at-
tend the month-
ly meetings.

INSIDE
Shaw records a vlog using Miss Marnie Hades braodcast room. His video features a big announcement for his fans.

Channeling new passions

Senior Ben Shaw discovers interest in vlogging
Photo by Audri Chenoweth
Amya Case, Journalist should make a YouTube channel, but into the numbers. Seeing how many
Senior Ben Shaw has been mak- no one really does it, so, I thought I views I have, or when you say, Oh I
ing YouTube videos since his fresh- should give it a try, said Shaw. could have done better on that. You
man year but he has recently decid- Justin Escalona, an 18 year old film- can kind of get down on yourself,
The choirs works hard to
ed to change the content. maker from Chicago, is a big inspi- said Shaw.
prepare for fall concert on
Bennjamight, Shaws channel, has ration to Shaw. Shaws friends are always there for
Oct. 25.
two vlogs uploaded to it. One vlog is Shaw and Escalona have a similar support. Senior Luke Wilson is one Page 5
about the time that he spent at band theme for their channel with vlogs of Shaws close friends who watches
camp in early August and the other and a similar editing style. the channel.
is an introduction video to his chan- When I see someone do some- It's [Shaw's channel] a work in
nel. thing super cool progress, but it's something he is re-
Photo by Audri Chenoweth

Shaw started Everyone has that or hard to do it ally passionate about so I think it's
out his channel gives me ideas pretty cool, said Wilson.
as a freshman by idea, that they should for a new record- He describes Shaws videos as fun-
posting videos of make a YouTube chan- ing, said Shaw. ny and thinks the channel is cool.
him talking about He would like to His videos are pretty funny for
Pokmon. nel, but no one really make more vlogs just being vlogs, said Wilson. The Marching Mounties
I used to watch a does it, so, I thought I and eventually Shaws passion for filmmaking be- cheer on football team from
lot of YouTube and even do a Year in came a love of his. stands.
I said, Why not?
should give it a try. the life video for I kinda fell in love with filmmak-
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Let's just see how -Ben Shaw his channel. ing, said Shaw.
this goes, said Senior It takes Shaw He would like to take filmmaking
Shaw. about two hours to the next level and make it into a
In August Shaw deleted all his old to edit and put together his videos, career by working at a news publica-
Photo courtesy of Ciara Allen

videos and decided to redo his chan- and he is still learning how to prop- tion such as Hypebeast or Complex
nel. erly edit his videos. News.
Everyone has that idea, that they A hard thing for me is looking

Visit Shaws channel at Seniors Ciara Allen and

Caroline Smith take
www.youtube.com/user/bennjamight chance, join football team.
or subscribe @bennjamight Page 11