A half dozen stories by Oaktown Teen Times writers have gone national.
The stories were picked up for the national edition of http://www.my.hsj.org/, a Web site run by the American Society of New Editors that hosts nearly 3,000 school newspapers.
"Based on their quality and appeal to a broad teen readership. ... these selections [were chosen and] represent stories that were the most interesting or moving of the week," according to ASNE officials in charge of the teen journalism site.
Oakland stories chosen for the national edition were: "From zoo critters to cool fashion: Senior Projects break ground, develop talents," by Ellissia Hill, MetWest High; "Principal returns to school after 10-day suspension," by Isabel Rodriguez-Vega and Eugene W. Lau, Skyline High "Oakland Tech grad Rickey Henderson selected for baseball hall of fame," by Hiroyuki Ito, Oakland Tech "Oakland teens shocked by police killings," by Gabrielle Carbaloc, Karina Gonzalez, Brisa Padilla and Dolores Quintara, Unity High School, "'Watchmen' works and not just for comic fans," by Bradley Izaguirre, Unity High School and "BART shooting reveals community mistrust of cops," by Javier Panzar, Skyline High School.
