The Vox Box

Tue., Jan. 20, 2009

More musings from Rael…

"Interested in public service? Study Obama's inaugural address. Listento it on Youtube. Read a transcript on LexusNexus. Ignore your political preferences and your biases and just listen to how he addresses uncertainly and foreshadows pending policies in his own voice and with what I believe is a refreshing honesty."

Rael, incidentally, works for the state department. Her title: "Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Office of Afghanistan, Iraq and Jordan Support." Impressed? Well, I am...

Posted Jan. 20, 2009, 9:37 a.m.

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.