TUPELO — Within Tupelo High School’s journalism program, students are calling the shots and winning state and national recognition.
THS multimedia reporting students, led by teacher and journalism advisor Shari Chumley, run and produce a series of publications that fall under the umbrella of Wave Media, including the online newspaper The THS Current; the print magazine, The Hi-Times; the THS yearbook; and more.
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