About

NorthmenNews.com is Oak Park High School’s online news source. It is a collaborative effort of the entire journalism department, including NorthmenNews and The Northmen’s Log staffers in College Journalism 2 Magazine Across Platforms, The Axe staff in College Journalism 2 Broadcast, Cambia staff in College Journalism 2 Yearbook, and N2 Sports staff in College Journalism 2 Sports Broadcast, as well as exceptional students from the Journalism 1, Journalism 1 Broadcast and Journalism 1 Photography classes.

Opinions expressed by “NorthmenNews” do not reflect the opinion of the student body, staff, or the North Kansas City School District endorsements of that opinion, product, or service.

Readers are encouraged to submit any thoughts or concerns in the form of a “letter to the editor” by e-mail to adviser [email protected], who will forward to the appropriate editor, or to classroom E134. “NorthmenNews” will not run letters that are libelous, obscene, or that may cause a verifiable disruption to the education process of Oak Park.

NorthmenNews.com is a member of the JEA, NSPA, STN, MIJA, JEMKC, and Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society for High School Journalists.

NorthmenNews.com launched Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, after several years of hard work on the part of journalism students in negotiations with the school district regarding policies and permissions, learning how to manage a site and producing materials for publication. Prior to NorthmenNews.com, the staff built and maintained TheBranch, a website first launched in 2005.