About Us
Mission Statement
The Huron Emery is a platform dedicated to history-making at Huron High School. We collaborate and rely on self-discipline to make the school closer and more informed and entertained. We aim to improve ourselves as writers, thinkers and communicators serving communities to which we belong, and we strive to maintain the highest degree of journalistic integrity.
Contact Information
Location: 2727 Fuller Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, room 4203
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @thehuronemery
Instagram: @thehuronemery
Facebook: @theemerynews
*Note: we do not provide the individual contacts of our staff, please contact our publication’s email for any inquiries
Memberships and Awards
SNO Distinguished Site: 2024
The Emery is a member of:
The Michigan Interscholastic Press Association
Gold Ranking: Website 2023
Gold Ranking: Website 2022
The Journalism Education Association
The National Scholastic Press Association
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Silver Crown Hybrid 2024
Silver Crown Hybrid 2023
Gold Crown Hybrid 2021
2024-25 Leadership
Adviser: Sara-Beth Badalamente, CJE
Website Editors-in-chief: Emily Hu: [email protected], Ishaan Kamat: [email protected], Kasia Phan: [email protected]
Print Editors-in-chief: Satvika Ramanathan: [email protected], Maya Fu: [email protected]
Social Media Editors-in-chief: Julya Mae Jones: [email protected], Kiki Choi: [email protected]
Chief Content Editor: Anjali Nadarajah: [email protected]
Managing Editor: Ashley Kim: [email protected]
Design Editors: Anna Lee: [email protected]
Graphic Editor: Jules Heskia: [email protected]
Copy Editor: Isha Savi: [email protected]
News Editor: Nadia Peterson: [email protected]
Sports Editors: Rowan Grenier: [email protected]
Broadcast Editor: Hemanth Tavane: [email protected]
Arts and Entertainment Editor: Grace Henley: [email protected]
Feature Editor: Ella Yip: [email protected]
Content Policy
News: The News section contains all pieces regarding school, local, state, national and international news. Pieces in the news section should be factual, objective, and formal in tone.
Opinion: The Opinion section contains all opinion-based pieces regarding topics other than entertainment. Pieces in the opinion section should be well-researched and include logical arguments. They may vary in formality, but a formal tone is preferred, and should avoid petulance. The staff editorial and any recurring columns, excluding sports columns, will be included in the opinion section.
Arts + Entertainment: The Arts + Entertainment section contains all pieces regarding music, literature, radio, film, television, video games and other entertainment media. Reviews are included in this section. Pieces in the entertainment section can be factual or opinion-based. Pieces in this section may vary in tone.
Sports: The Sports section contains all pieces regarding school, local, state, national and international sports. This includes new coverage, sports opinion and sports-related feature pieces. Pieces in this section may vary in tone.
Opinion/Editorial Policy
All opinion pieces published by The Huron Emery reflect only the views of their authors, not those of the adviser, editor-in-chief, editorial board or other staff members. While opinions will not be censored, published work will be edited and fact-checked to the best of the staff’s ability. One staff editorial is published per issue, usually pertaining to an event or theme covered in that issue. It is published without a byline.
Death Policy
In the unfortunate event of a student death, obituaries or any related coverage is at the discretion of the staff and adviser. If the story is determined to be newsworthy, The Huron Emery will obtain factual information surrounding accidental deaths as appropriate. If the cause of death is suicide, specific details will not be mentioned. Any coverage will avoid romanticism or embellishment.
Guest Writing Policy
The Huron Emery welcomes student input from the entire school and seeks to highlight student expression. Thus, we publish works regardless of whether a student is formally in the “Writing for Publications, Newspaper” class. Any pieces written by students in “Journalism,” “Advanced Journalism” or “Writing for Publications, Yearbook” will be printed with the student’s name and “Guest Writer” in the byline. Any Huron High School student may submit work for publication, conditional on newsworthiness and standards the staff’s own content is held to. Guest submissions will follow this procedure:
- The staff becomes aware of a piece or potential piece by a guest writer.
- An editor will sit down with the guest writer. They will be the primary editor for this piece (assigned to the case, if you will). This editor will discuss the story’s medium (multimedia online, in print), angles, perspectives, intent and goals with the guest writer, noting journalistic standards and styles.
- The piece will be read by a section editor, Editor-in-Chief, adviser and copy editor like any other piece in the publication cycle.
- The piece may be slated for publication.
Ethics
While The Huron Emery strives to uphold freedom of speech, we adhere to a strict ethical policy. Material that is libelous, not fact-checked or not presented factually is not protected expression and will not be tolerated. Such material is subject, at any time, to removal from publication by the editors or adviser. All staff members of The Huron Emery shall pledge to neither do nor appear to do the following:
- commit plagiarism in any way
- include fabricated information in any piece
- include subjective content in any non-opinion piece
- cover a topic with which they are personally involved for a non-opinion piece, creating a conflict of interest
- cheat in any way on any category of newspaper assignment
If any content misprints are noted, please inform a staff member straightaway. The staff will decide, based on the context surrounding the misprint and egregiousness of the error, whether to print a correction in the following issue, write a formal signed apology or otherwise.
Anonymity Policy
As a rule of thumb, anonymously bylined pieces will not be published, and quotes by anonymous sources will not be included. Anonymous sources will be considered if the source’s livelihood is potentially endangered by printing their name. Any content attributed to an anonymous source must be fact-checked. Once printed, The Huron Emery will stand by keeping such sources anonymous and protecting their identities as necessary.
Censorship
The Huron Emery isn’t prior reviewed.
Retroactive Takedown Policy
In the event that a story’s removal is requested, context will be considered first and foremost. If a factual error has been printed, necessary corrections or changes will be made. Stories (whether print PDFs or online stories) will only be taken down as a last resort.
Comments Policy
Comments on the Huron Emery website and social medias will not be censored unless spreading libel or trolling. If you have any questions on why a comment was censored please contact our publication or the Website Editor-in-chief Emily Hu at [email protected]
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor can be submitted to EIC: Emily Hu at [email protected].
On Friday, the Huron Football team travelled to Pioneer High School to take on the Pioneers. It was very close throughout the game but with a minute left, Huron’s special teams unit recovered a fumble sealing the cross town rivalry win for the Rats. The final score was 28-26.
Huron Women's Varsity Field Hockey takes on Edsel Ford High School at 4:30pm in the River Bank Stadium for their first round of districts. Tonight at 7pm Men's Varsity Football plays city rivals Pioneer High School at Holloway Stadium.
After holding the Hornets 0-0 in the first half the Rats fell to Saline 3-0 in the soccer district final match ending their season.
