For the Newcity family, journalism has touched each generation of the three children in a different way. Allison, the oldest, took one year of Newsstreak. The word journalism brings these few words to Allison’s mind.

“Hard work and no sleep,” Allison said.

Colin, the middle child, also only took one year of Newsstreak during his sophomore year. Though it was a short period of time, he has taken away many lessons he still applies today.

“I learned how to be more responsible, getting work done, making a deadline, and making commitments and really sticking to them,” Colin said.

Aidan, the youngest, has been taking Newsstreak for four years, and is now a senior. She highly recommends others getting involved in a journalism class.

“You really meet a lot of different people not only within the class, but outside of it,” she said.

As Aidan, now a senior, has progressed from her first year of journalism, to her last, she has also taken away something important.

“I learned how to not be so shy and that a good teacher can really make a difference in your schooling,” Aidan said, currently a feature editor.

The value of taking a journalism course is undeniable, and Aidan and Colin even got to enjoy a class together one year. Aidan feels she has benefited a great deal by sharing this class together, and that much is evident on her face as she describes the class.

“Yeah it was fun to have my brother in my class because he was more experienced and taught me a lot. It was also fun because he could always make me laugh,” Aidan said.

Though Allison did not share a class with either of her siblings, she formed a close and intimate bond with her fellow classmates.

“The camaraderie that is built by kind of ‘living together’ is a big part of journalism. We really became kind of a little family,”Allison said.