I'm not recommending that we send students into wildfires in order to improve their education. But the lessons learned by these student journalists will never be forgotten. "I was flipping between journalist mode and 'that's-my-home' mode," said one student journalist. "As it got closer to my house, the priorities started to shift. It was almost fluid." The article offers some good advice on how to support student journalists (advice, really, that could apply to almost any sort of field work done by students). "Their skill sets advanced a year and, in three intense weeks, they transitioned from student-reporters to journalists."
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