Olivia’s work answers readers’ questions

Olivia Janik waits for her fellow staff mates in the halls of the JEA/NSPA fall national convention in Washington D.C. She attends Lyons Township High School in Le Grange, Ill., as a co-editor on her newspaper staff.

“I just always loved writing, so I always thought I would love to do something as a writer like maybe be an author or try creative writing, but I took journalistic writing as a sophomore and it just kind of felt right,” said Janik.

Janik’s favorite part about journalistic writing is being able to answers people’s questions and concerns. Her story about the ALICE program recently introduced to her own school gave her that opportunity.

“It’s a new idea for school safety and putting the power back into the hands of students if an incident like that was ever to arise,” said Janik, “It was something that everyone was talking about and everyone had questions about.”