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The Pitch Online
Walter Johnson High School
6400 Rock Spring Drive
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301)-803-7100
[email protected]
Mrs. Borrelli: [email protected]
Founded in 2009, The Pitch Online is Walter Johnson High School’s digital newspaper. In order to keep up with new media trends, the originally print-only newspaper The Pitch went online while still producing its monthly, award-winning print newspaper. After a year of working with barely any web design help, the editors wanted the appearance of the site to match the high quality of its content. So, The Pitch Online partnered with School Newspapers Online, a Minnesota-based company focused on the web design of specifically online high school newspapers, and launched a completely new website for the 2010-2011 school year. The Pitch Online is now capable of having photo galleries, videos, audio, a sports ticker and other eye-catching graphics.
As we are still adapting to our new site and trying to attract readers, we would appreciate any reader input for The Pitch Online. Co-online Editors-in-Chief Katie Campbell, Nour Faragallah, and Jona Jancewicz are always open to your feedback, so please e-mail [email protected] with questions, comments, suggestions, or concerns.
2022-2023 Staff
Online Editors-in-Chief: Katie Campbell, Nour Faragallah, Jona Jancewicz
Print Editors-in-Chief: Robert Hsu, Luke Liden, Yuval Shachar
Managing Editors: Raquel Daley, Ila Gordon, Nicole Weaver, Zsuzsanna Juhasz
Podcast/Film Editor: Alison Razafimandimby, Sanir Byanjankar
News Editors: Abby Kee, Alexander Lewton, Seyun Park, Sourish Dey, Ely Snow
Feature Editors: Julia Ratner, Cecilia Saltzman, Grace Willis, Allison Xu, Bella Weintraub
Arts & Entertainment Editors: Liam Dorrien, Lizzie Kotlove, Liann Keren, Josh Hannel
Sports Editors: Elizabeth Finn, Dylan Schmidt, Joshua Singer, Andrew Plotnick, Audrey Ring, Jose Tovar
Opinion Editors: Rachael Wolfson, Baxter Roberts, Blake Bailey, Rhea Noumair
Layout Editors: Laura-Jane Mata, Sydney Fraiser
Social Media & Marketing Coordinators: Walker Prince, Jack Stashower, Isabella Suarez
Copy Editor: Mia Halper
Photography Editor: Ishaan Ramola, Sanir Byanjankar
Business Managers: Mia Magone, Rutajit Shetty
Illustrator: Rhea Noumair
Staff Writers: Luke DeZee, Noel Haptemariam, Alessandro Marra, Jalen Scott, Nick Opipari, Olivia Scharf, Jael Smith
Social News Gathering Ethics Code
Comment Policy
Readers are welcome to comment. We reserve the right to moderate, delete, or edit comment threads as we see fit. Comments are monitored and spam comments will be deleted. Attacks on other commenters or Pitch staff members will not be tolerated. The opinions presented on this website do not represent the opinions of the WJ student body as a whole.
Byline Policy
Any significant contributions by a Pitch staff member or editor will be credited in a byline or a tagline by the story. If multiple staff members contribute to a piece, their names will be notated by the story.
Correction Policy
Clarifications and corrections should be clear, concise and direct. They must be comprehensible to anyone who reads them, including readers who may have missed the story that is being corrected. Anyone reading the correction should be able to understand how and why the mistake has been corrected.
Awards (Print)
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Gold Medalist
2009, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Silver Medalist
2014, 2015, 2018
Columbia Scholastic
Bronze Medalist
2011
American Scholastic Press Association
First Place
2011
Columbia Scholastic Press Association Marylander Award
Newspaper Division C
2011
Columbia Scholastic Press Association Silver Crown
2016