The Titan Spectator

The Titan Spectator is a student run physical and digital newspaper first published in December 2014, the Titan Spectator based at in Salem, Oregon.
The Titan Spectator publishes a bimonthly issue during the Salem-Keizer School District school year, but stories are added daily to its website presence.
History
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The Titan Spectator was founded by Casey Chaffin in September of 2015 as a club without funding at West Salem High School.
Issue 1 Volume 1, was published using a google site in December of 2015. Without funding students resorted to using digital tools.
In 2017 the Titan Spectator launched their Instagram account which is now their largest social platform to date and their main tool of student body engagement.
In 2019 after years of becoming a class students were informed that the Titan Spectator was being cut from the schools 2019-2020 budget. Students took to a very public fight with the school board, principal and superintendent.
In 2020 the Titan Spectator became the first public high school newspaper to become verified on Facebook and Instagram. This was apart of the paper joining the Facebook Media program as a result for their statewide coverage of the 2020 United States elections.
Since 2020 Alec Palm has been editor-in-chief.
In 2021 the Titan Spectator was once again in news headlines after Editor in Chief Alec Palm refused to be spotlighted by the Salem-Keizer School District School Board after they declined to feature fellow Editor in Chief for a damaging article about their campaign financial history.
Awards
2016:
The Spectator and its staffers received the following honors from the North West Scholastic Press Association:
*Best in Category
Editorial: Casey Chaffin
Human Interest Feature: Casey Chaffin
Human Interest Feature: Hailey Duggirala
Editorial Cartoon: Reina Paez
Photo Story: RoneeAnn Schmitt
*Superior
Editorial: All-Staff
*Excellent
Single Issue (print): All-Staff
*Honorable Mention
Straight News: Casey Chaffin
Photo Story: Casey Chaffin
Personality Profile: Hailey Duggirala
Inside Page Layout: Carson Weidman

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