The Roosevelt News
The News encourages Roosevelt Students to think critically about their lives and struggles. The paper has served its community since the 1920s and won a National Pacemaker Award in 2005. Print editions are published six times per school year, by a staff of around 30 student journalists. One of the issues is dedicated entirely to graphics-based stories, and another focuses on the current senior class at Roosevelt.
In addition to the high school’s internal affairs, The News often focuses on how students navigate the greater Roosevelt neighborhood. In 2010 and 2011, Drake Sisley and Hugh Sisley, both Seattle landlords, filed defamation suits against SPS over an article published in The Roosevelt News titled “Sisley Slums Cause Controversy: Developers and neighborhood clash over land use”. Both lawsuits failed after neither was able to prove that the article’s claims about the management of their Roosevelt properties were libelous or defamatory.
The Lincoln Log
The Log is an upstart newspaper, working hard to establish its brand. Publication began in 2022, three years after Lincoln High School reopened for the first time since 1981. Alongside its in-class staff, The Log runs a weekly journalism club which gives other students the opportunity to guest write articles. The paper is still struggling with a limited budget and a shifting journalism class, but has been able to keep up an 8 issues per year pace for 2023-24.
The Lincoln Log carries on the legacy of The Totem, Lincoln’s original student paper. The Lincoln Totem began in 1908 and was printing new issues weekly by 1918. The paper had received 7 All-American ratings by the National Scholastic Press Association when it was shuttered along with Lincoln High School in 1981.
Lincoln High School also has Lynxfeed, a smaller online publication that publishes less serious articles and quizzes such as “I Asked An AI About Lincoln And Here’s What It Said” and “Which SPS Software Are You Most In Love With?”
Lakeside: Tatler
Tatler has come a long way since its founding in 1934, when Lakeside was still an all-white boys school. Like many school papers, it has gone through multiple design phases and formats over the years, adapting to fit the needs of its community. In its current form, Tatler is published in monthly issues, with longer articles and more in-depth reporting.
Tatler’s staff of 39 students meets only once a week, and does much of its journalism work outside of class. As well as the newspaper, Tatler has recently moved into new territory, creating the Chatler and This Lakeside Life podcasts, and experimenting with video content. They have also worked hard to maintain a good relationship with staff and the Lakeside administration, which has been an issue in the past.
Also under the Tatler umbrella is Imago, an arts and literary magazine which comes out in seasonal issues. Imago has a student staff of 8 that works in partnership with Tatler and the Lakeside student community to showcase and foster student arts.
