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The Vox Box archive for July 10, 2008

THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2008

To spank or not to spank...

Jesse Tinsley/SRMelissa Farrell, 21, sits with her daughter, Laila, age 21 months, and talks to the media in Coeur d'Alene City Park Wednesday afternoon in the wake of a citation for injury to a child after bystanders told police she treated Laila roughly during the…

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In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.