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The situation
… became
freedom of the
press rather
than writing a
negative review
of a school play.
What I learned
was never to
give up, and that
is something I
have used my
whole life. —
REUNITED TRIO 1982
executive board members
Christine Zrinsky, Kristin
Jass-Armstrong and Val
Anthony Schreiner resume
their leader roles as EchoXtra
2015 committee chair, event
emcee and ad sponsor
respectively. In their
professional roles, they
respectively raise millions of
philanthropic dollars for the
zoo, create diverse cultural
opportunities for a
community and promote
innovative educational
opportunities for the nation.
Photo by Ray Cubberley
Katherine Bryant, 1969, political analyst and
almost into the danger zone but in a
relatively safe environment. — Dan Tani,
writer, Nashville, Tennessee
1979, former NASA astronaut, senior director,
By Howard Spanogle
Because of the Echo experience, we
bring civic and intellectual curiosity to
all of our endeavors. We bring the tools
of inquiry and research to our tasks. We
are relentless thinkers, and some of us
are known as relentless editors. We are
interpreters and translators of the truth,
and we seek to discover and reveal it
in context and with integrity. — Debbie
Dance, 1974, county attorney, Cobb County,
Georgia.
There was an expectation that we were
going to be original thinkers.. It was not
only about having a good idea but also
about reproducing it and making it real
for the readers. — Ryan McManus, 1990,
global director of strategy consulting, New
Orbital ATK, Dulles, Virginia
Journalism teaches students how to
write, how to think, how to tell stories
and how to be responsible about the
facts. I remember so clearly Mr. Spanogle
defending me and the lesson that came
from the responsibility of having free
speech and also the responsibility to
protect it. He taught us how to write, how
to be logical and how to present a case.
We learned to think, how to ask questions,
how to get answers. We learned how to
ask what was going on in a situation and
to figure things out. I think more than
anything else we all learned responsibility.
We learned the skills, a worldview and
ethic. That all came out of this little
paper that we had. — Jeff Jarvis, 1970,
LLP, Chicago
professor, City University of New York; started
Entertainment Weekly.
Jass Armstrong, 1982, executive director,
Saugatuck Center for the Arts, Michigan.
There is something important for us about
asking the hard questions to people in
power.
To listen carefully to what is said, how it
is said, why they are saying it and what is
being left unsaid.
The skills that we have in editing should
make us more acutely aware of how
things are manipulated, abused or
misrepresented. It should force us to say,
“The truth you see can never be refuted.”
— Greg Jao, 1986, vice president and director
of campus engagement, InterVarsity Christian
Fellowship/USA.
consultant/researcher, Columbia, South
Carolina.
Doyle, 1984, tax partner, Latham & Watkins
Publishing a newspaper is the best
real-world opportunity. It forces you as a
student to take everything you’ve got and
hurl it all at the job. Publishing is far more
than the writing. It involves teamwork,
leadership, bravery, analysis. You have to
get it right and then do it all over again.
In high school, you are doing it on a scale
that you can handle and that can impact
you for the rest of your life. — Kristin
York.
The most important thing that I learned
was to question authority. To me that
was a real eye opener. I felt empowered
to be able to do that. I felt being on the
news