Anjali Kakarla
Writer, Reporter, Editor-in-Chief
News
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Awards:
- Columbia Scholastic Press Association: 1st place Gold Circle Award, Digital Media Story
- National Scholastic Press Association: 4th place Award, News Photo; Digital Story of the Year: Multimedia Story
Bans Off Our Bodies
Along with another journalist on staff at The Communicator, Serena O'Brien, I went to a protest organized by Planned Parenthood of Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan's Diag shortly after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Armed with a camera and a recording app on our phones, we covered the protestors, the anti-protesters, and the government officials speaking at the event.
Skyline Women's Golf Goes To States For The First Time In Program History
For this article, I traveled with the Skyline Women's Golf team to Bedford Valley, where the two-day State Championship tournament was held. While the players completed six hour rounds, I observed from the sidelines, taking notes, capturing pictures and getting interviews after each round.
A New Beginning for Veganism in AAPS
At our weekly Monday brainstorm sessions, I pitched a news article on the new vegan lunch options AAPS was implementing. As I interviewed vegan students and staff at our school it became more of a News Feature focusing on why the interviewees had decided to become vegan and how they felt about the new additions to the lunch menu at CHS.
CHS Jazz Blows Audience Away With Arctic Blast
When a newer journalist signed up to cover an annual piece we do on Community High School's jazz concert, my adviser Tracy Anderson asked me to go along with her to help her with photography, interviews and writing the article. Tenor saxophonist Lila Fetter explained how months of hard work had led up to the performance.
MJR Foundation Aims To Empower Student Athletes With CHAMPS Program
This story was a followup on an article I originally wrote freshman year ("Turning Pain Into Purpose"). I developed a relationship with Kristen Roberts the co-founder of the Miles Jeffrey Roberts Foundation after my first interview with her and this piece served as an update on what the foundation had accomplished in the past four years.