McCallum High School's Award-Winning Journalism Department
Austin, TX
Joined April 2013
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A sky without stars: Light pollution grows in Austin, rendering it almost impossible to see stars at night. Story by staff reporter Elizabeth Nation. macshieldonline.com/67191/ne…
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Baseball is upon us. Our @statesman Face off the field is @McCallumHS slugger @MaxSatterwhite statesman.com/story/sports/h… #UIL #centexpreps
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Our own @MaxSatterwhite (‘26) is one of three OF listed among the twelve players in @ASJSportsATX’s 2025 All-Austin Metro Baseball Super Team. Way to go Max! Go Knights!! ⚔️⚾️💪
Meet the 2025 Austin Sports Journal’s preseason All-Austin Metro Baseball Super Team austinsportsjournal.com/2025…
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Lunch and Learn was amazing as one of our Black History Events here @McCallumHS
Took 13 years to get this. Very happy with this team. But i can finally say im an MLS champion. Thank you to everyone that believed in me. 🫶🏽🫶🏽@LAGalaxy
Congrats a third time to @McCallumHS junior Julia Copas for winning Advanced Best of Show in the @ATPI Fall Photo Contest. Her photo was judged the best image of all the advanced first place winners in the entire contest.
Congrats—again—to @McCallumHS junior Julia Copas!
First Honorable Mention
Advanced Portfolio
Julia Copas
McCallum HS
Austin, TX
Instructor: Dave Winter
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Congrats a third time to @McCallumHS sophomore Tegan Hahn!
3rd Place
K-8/Beginning Student Life
Tegan Hahn
McCallum HS
Austin, TX
Instructor: Dave Winter
#atpifc24
Congrats to @McCallumHS junior Julia Copas!
1st Place
Advanced Sports Reaction
Julia Copas
McCallum HS
Austin, TX
Instructor: Dave Winter
#atpifc24
Congrats to @McCallumHS senior Lillian Gray!
Congrats to @McCallumHS sophomore Tegan Hahn!
Honorable Mention
K-8/Beginning Photo Story
Tegan Hahn
McCallum HS
Austin, TX
Instructor: Dave Winter
#atpifc24
Congrats—again—to @McCallumHS sophomore Tegan Hahn!
1st Place
K-8/Beginning Photo Story
Tegan Hahn
McCallum HS
Austin, TX
Instructor: Dave Winter
#atpifc24
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A team losing a game is not a "disaster."
Home runs are homers, not "dingers," "jacks" or "bombs."
A player scored 10 straight points, not 10 "unanswered" points.
If a football team scores two touchdowns and the opponent doesn't come back, say it "never trailed" rather than "never looked back."
In short, avoid hackneyed words and phrases, redundancies and exaggerations.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
AP using the word "disaster" for a sports loss:
apnews.com/article/soccer…
AP using the phrase "unanswered points":
apnews.com/article/orange…
"McGwire got there first and finished with 70 dingers."
apnews.com/article/mlb-ho…
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The K abbreviation is acceptable in headline and statistical references to kilometers, such as a 10K race; in baseball for strikeouts: pitcher records 12 K's; and monetary amounts in thousands: Employee earns $80K. It is acceptable in sports stories: She won her first 5K.
