Editor’s note: though we are typically a news outlet, we got haunted by a ghost this Halloween season. They made us publish the following fiction—or is this just a reported piece? Spooky. Story by Samarah Bentley, sophomore at Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orleans Carina had a Halloween party to set up. But first and… Read More »October’s Guard
Story by Chris Taylor, junior at SJBP STEM Magnet High School Program. Five years ago, the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) football program was dissolved. Many staff were let go of their duties and players were forced to transfer to different…
Story by Lana Lawson, Sophomore at International High School. On November 16 in Louis Armstrong Park, there was a little something for everyone—whether you came for food or just to sit and listen to music. That Saturday was the Treme…
Story and photos by Derek Dunbar, senior at St. Augustine High School and Chris Taylor, junior at St. John the Baptist STEM Magnet High School. There were only 53 seconds standing between the Saints and a victory over perhaps their…
Story by Evelynn Coffie, senior at Lusher High School. Audubon Zoo guests stood in front of the nature-themed entrance as they waited to be greeted by cheerful cashiers sweating beneath the mid-afternoon sun. Meanwhile, pink flamingos circled their pen, and…
Story and photos by Chris Taylor, junior at St. John the Baptist STEM Magnet High School and Wyatt Vaughn, freshman at Nicholls State University. It was about halfway through the third quarter when Arkansas fans finally had enough and started…
Celebration in the Oaks has been a tradition that visitors have brought their children to for 33 years. The tradition started in New Orleans in 1987, however, since City Park first opened Celebration in the Oaks, many changes have occurred…
Story and photos by Wyatt Vaughn, freshman at Nicholls State University and Chris Taylor, junior at St. John the Baptist STEM Magnet High School. At one point in the fourth quarter between the Atlanta Falcons and the New Orleans Saints,…
We here at JRNOLA are extremely pleased to announce that Isabella Brown was published today (11/1/19) in Teen Vogue. The following is that article, verbatim. On May 15, protesters gathered at the Louisiana state capitol. They were clad in white…
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