Double Trouble: Annaliese Dunn and Juno Brill

As you may have noticed, the Cardinal Times normally has one byline with two names every issue. ‘Juno and Annaliese’ rarely write stories on their own; instead they combine efforts on almost every story they report.

Annaliese Dunn and Juno Brill began writing together this year, but Dunn started her junior year, then persuaded Brill, her friend,  to join, producing the investigative team we know today. Dunn  joined the Times because “I didn’t know it was a thing before and I thought well maybe I want to work for NPR [in the future].” On the other hand, Brill  joined because “Annaliese told me to…”

The team says they write together because they have chemistry and that if one gets stuck, the other writes so that the story is never on pause.

The duo has written many great stories this year like special education, dress code, and the sex abuse scandal, in which readers got an inside look at the juvenile detention system.

Next year, the pair will split as Dunn heads to Colorado School of Mines and Brill to Kingston University in London. Neither plans to continue Journalism in college, but both enjoyed their time on staff.

Dunn said she learned a lot from reporting, especially about the difference she can make as a student. “Every time you go somewhere for an interview and they take you seriously it’s really surprising, they talk to you like an adult.”

Ryan Richter, who readers  know better as “Detective Ardy” is putting down his magnifying glass and heading into his gap year before attending The Evergreen State College in Olympia.

Richter joined the newspaper this year after previously doing yearbook at Northwest Academy his freshman and sophomore year.

“Last year I was pretty preoccupied with wanting to make my own ‘zine where I would be a spy for Lincoln, going around exposing the truth about mystery stuff. I joined journalism this year to make that more of a reality. Expose the truth,” he says.

Richter joined the Mass Communications 3-4 class without taking the preliminary 1-2 course.

“I don’t know how I got in and no one asked,” said Richter. As far as developing into the now-opinionated active voice in class, he was not as confident in the beginning

“I just sat in the corner so no one noticed that I had no idea what I was doing. Don’t tell Mr.Killen,” the newspaper adviser.

Since then, Richter has written many popular stories along with his Detective Ardy column like a story on the leader of Lincoln’s Disney club and the anti-feminist sentiment on Disney Princesses. He also did a photo gallery featuring 10 Lincoln students and their backpacks to display expressions of individuality.

Reading the Cardinal Times last year, Richter felt the paper was “bland” and thought that it could be more relatable and appealing. His reporting has introduced a certain spunk to the paper, coming from a more rebellious, even spy-like, unveiling of things.

Richter said he wrote under the name Ardy instead of Ryan, because “it was my way of being in journalism and following through on my detective aspirations.”He has considered being a “real live” detective, because “mysteries are pretty sick.”

As far as what he took away from the class, he said “[It] inspired me to write in college”, potentially at Evergreen’s paper, the Cooper Point Journal.

To up and coming students whether pursuing private investigation or a more journalistic  type of detecting, he says “don’t follow the herd, write your own words.”

Newfound skills: Sammy Gold

Gold joined the Cardinal Times his sophomore year, “back when Bailey taught,” he laughed.

He joined because the class seemed intriguing to him and he ended up staying on staff. He says that his favorite part of being on staff was seeing the paper develop over the years.

“My freshman year The Cardinal Times only put out 4 issues with double the staff,” said Gold. He said that since he joined his sophomore year the staff has tripled in size.

Gold said that his favorite article he’s written was the Japanese Internment special report about Lincoln students who were interned in camps during World War II, but you’re more likely to see his artwork in the paper than an article.

When he first joined, Gold worked as a reporter, but now is the graphic designer for The Cardinal Times. In fact he found his interest in graphic design through the class and plans to continue it in college.

In addition, Gold is a 5 seat for the Rose City Rowing Club varsity boat, also something he’s been doing for most of high school. Next year he will begin attending Boston University, studying graphic design fields like advertising.

Some of the design projects Gold has done have been the walkout map in September, the dress-code diagram, posters for school plays like “Durang Durang,” and he says “I may have designed the senior shirt.”

Gold says his biggest takeaway from the class was discovering his love for graphic design which he further pursued in other courses.

He recommends the class for other students saying to keep in mind that “even if you don’t like writing there are stills ways for you to be a part of The Cardinal Times.”