VIDEO: Decision Day 2023
About the Contributors
Aoife Gish, Staff Writer
Senior Jesuit High School student Aoife Gish is filled with curiosity, excitement and care for others in her community. Aoife is on the Jesuit women’s soccer team and participates in track & field at Jesuit. She also is in her second year in student government. Apart from her involvement at Jesuit, Aoife is passionate about journalism. She enjoys editing videos, writing articles and is curious by nature, making her an enthusiastic interviewer. Aoife attended a selective writing workshop in seventh grade at Portland State University where she learned about varying writing techniques to improve her work. Being around sports her whole life, Aoife is intrigued to delve into the Jesuit sports scene as well as hearing from the Student Body surrounding current events at Jesuit. Aoife hopes to provide meaningful content so that the Jesuit community can ignite curiosity surrounding their school and find security knowing that Jesuit News is real news.
Jack Eckhart, Staff Writer & Videography
Jack Eckhart is currently a Senior attending Jesuit High School, and an experienced digital content creator. In his free time Jack enjoys visiting local record stores, thrifting, and traveling the world with his family. Along with these hobbies Jack has also helped lead the Social Justice Union at Jesuit for the past two years, and is very interested in issues pertaining to social justice. He has edited amateur home videos for years, and began editing in his broadcast journalism class during junior year. During his time in broadcast journalism he joined JCTV, the student run broadcasting network, where he provided color commentary for an array of sports at Jesuit High School, along with producing digital content to display during sports broadcasts. While also working on JCTV Jack found a passion for scripting, filming, and editing. This passion culminated in a five minute documentary he created about the bustling Portland hip hop scene. This year he hopes to continue providing color commentary on JCTV broadcasts, while also producing a narrative that highlights the diverse student body that attends Jesuit. By the end of his time at Jesuit Media Jack hopes to expand his field of expertise into publishing formal written articles, and starting a podcast.
