Work from 2017-2020 on the Tribal Tribune
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Black Lives Matter urges city of Charleston to take further actions
Not all police officers are bad, senior Barinwa Wiwugh kept reminding herself as the three officers advanced to arrest and detain her at a Black Lives Matter protest May 31. Not all police officers are bad, she reminds herself as she ducks and tries to escape the sound of rubber bullets. Not all police officers are bad, she reminds herself picturing the video of George Floyd pinned down by a Minneapolis police officer. |
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Movies to watch while quarantined: “The Florida Project”
While you are sitting at home, choosing to watch a film in the efforts of transporting yourself to another world or another time, or where humans have powers, or maybe where life is easy and funny at most times, the film The Florida Project (2017) is not the one to watch. |
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Becoming a catalyst of change
It has been four years, four months, 27 days since the shooting at Mother Emanuel AME claimed nine lives from the community. Four years since racism took nine souls from Charleston. Four years, one church, an entire community. This event stands out in community members’ minds — mass gun violence grabbed this community by the wrist and dragged it through a horrifying image stained on this generation. Four years, limited gun legislation. |
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What makes us 'warriors'
The word 'warrior' has defined the students of Wando High School for 47 years, since the schools origin, creating in its own culture and traditions in the East Cooper community since then... This leaves Wando High School, its mascot and and the term "warrior" in a tricky place. |
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Appropriation or appreciation
"The Wando Warriors -- when I hear that I'm just kind of like," junior Kat VanMiddlesworth cringes again. "No, I don't feel like part of the Wando tribe. That's not really -- tribe is like blood connection... That is not what the word means. It's annoying because it is not used in the right context. It's actual context has a lot of meaning." |
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The rise of cannabidiol
Six drops on the tongue before school, six drops before bed. Almost instantly senior Skylar McGinnis feels calm, like a weight has been lifted off her shoulders. |
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New school, new team
The melodies of Tchaikovsky’s “Waltz of the Flowers” pulses through junior Braden Pritchard’s earbuds. Friday night, the floodlights open over the field, families and students trickle into the stands, the energy runs high. But Pritchard — eyes closed — hones in on the music. Pritchard gets into his zone, sitting alone in his locker, earbuds pressed in each ear — focused. Not on the fact that he is new to the team. Not on the fact that he was chosen out of many other qualified candidates to be the starting quarterback. Not on the fact that he had a lot of pressure to lead the drive. He changes the song to “No Cap” by Future and Young Thug. He walks to the first yard line, says his prayers. He repeats to himself: Keep everyone up. Be a leader. Take control of the game. Make plays. He steps on the field, and the game begins. |
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'Happening here, happening now'
It can start with just one message. A comment or direct message on Instagram. Facebook. Tinder. "You are so beautiful." "I would never treat you badly." "We would be so good together." Comments lead to direct messages. Direct messages lead to meeting in person. Meeting in person can lead to the start of a falsified relationship deeply scarred by sex trafficking. |
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Wearing out the world: saving the planet with fabric
The clothes that are worn everyday — purchased, worn down and thrown out — are some of the silent killers of the Earth and her inhabitants. Fabric is wearing out the world. *won Best of Sno online news package* |
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A girl's worst nightmare
No. The word 14 year old Abby said repeatedly before it happened. Raped. In the back of an older boy's car. *won first place feature story 2018 in the nation from NSPA* |
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Florida shootings spark shock
3:14 p.m. Sitting in geometry waiting for the final bell to ring and a text comes in from her mom. "It's on national news," her mom texted. "Happened in the freshman building." That was one of the many frantic texts freshman Ava Gallo would receive and send on Feb. 14. Valentine's Day. The day two of her close friends were killed in a mass shooting at her former high school, Marjory Stoneman Douglass in Parkland, Fla. |
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Marcus Amaker’s “Empath” is Moving and Profound
Exploring the path Marcus Amaker, Charleston’s first Poet Laureate, took to find love, fight for social justice and embrace Charleston and his ancestors in one palm-sized poetry book is a must-read. ... You can almost hear his voice performing his free-verse poetry as you read it. The breaks in lines and rhythm of the words add a special element than just reading the words straight on the page. |
Food Reporting
Food reporting has been a passion of mine since I joined the newspaper staff. I started by just writing reviews, then I broadened the scope of my reporting and learned from my connections with professional food reporters including Post and Courier's Hanna Raskin and The Washington Post's Maura Judkis. I hope to make food reporting a large part of my career because food reporting is more than just reviewing restaurants -- it can be how a lot of us view the world.
