6/19/2023 0 Comments Before I Forget by Burton Rascoe![]() ![]() ![]() She reiterates that Southern had a big role in her trajectory “because I knew I wanted to be a journalist.” She loved history and writing, thinking she could “write tomorrow’s history today.” And over time, she learned that she could ask probing questions. Foster), the rest, as they say, is history. She also sought other opportunities to write and became a published journalist for the teen section of the Durham Herald-Sun.Īfter graduating from Southern in 2003 (shoutout to her English and journalism instructor Ms. ![]() ![]() She made lifelong friends, spent lunchtime in the newsroom, and thoroughly enjoyed covering the news as a newspaper staffer. As a junior and senior, it was her favorite class. Her interest in journalism began at Carrington Middle School, and she nurtured it while in high school after being told about newspaper class. Being viewed as a fair, objective reporter is the biggest compliment she says she can receive as a journalist. Rascoe says she’ll never forget receiving a letter of appreciation–that she thinks she still has today–from a state official for her fair coverage of a dignitary’s visit to the school. “It had a really big impact on me,” she said. When Ayesha Rascoe settles onto her throne as host of National Public Radio’s global newsmagazine NPR Weekend Edition Sunday on March 27, one of the jewels in her career crown will represent her years as editor-in-chief of *Southern High School’s newspaper. Southern School of Energy and SustainabilityĪyesha Rascoe: DPS Alumna Bringing Joy in a World of Darkness. ![]()
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