Letter From The Editor

Letter From the Editor: May 2025

See you in the fall!

Emma Clare Barrasso, Founder & Editor-In-Chief

May 28, 2025

With 46 original pieces published this year, The Lion’s Den certainly made a splash in the social community for our first year as a website. I am extremely proud of all of our writers and editors and all of their hard work. There is evident passion within their articles, and an obvious respect for the craft of journalism.

Thank you and congratulations to our seniors: Guido Pedretti, Caroline Horton, Siobhan Qualtire, and Isabella Marler. We were so lucky to have you as a part of our team, and I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. It has been a privilege to observe your talent and love for writing, and I know you will all go on to do incredible things!

I can’t wait to continue our student reporting in the 2025-26 school year, but until then, have a wonderful summer, and thank you for reading!

P.S. Information regarding The Lion’s Den: The Anthology, our physical showcase, will be released soon through email and website notification.

About the Contributor

Emma Clare Barrasso, Founder & Editor-In-Chief

As an aspiring professional journalist, Emma Clare has a passion for storytelling. From worldwide news to pop culture and music, she finds inspiration in the world around her and intertwines it with each story. By running her own blog, For The Love of Music, publishing on TeenInk, dabbling in broadcasting, meeting with a Rolling Stone senior writer, and reading every article she can find, she’s quickly become devoted friends with the journalism world. Still, she wanted to bring her love of reporting to Laurel Springs and see other young writers like her have the opportunity to collaborate and create. The future journalists needed a place to hone their skills and engage with the social community. That’s when Emma Clare decided to begin the process of founding the LSS Newspaper. After two years of planning and determination, she is of utmost pride to bring The Lion’s Den to the students and staff of this incredible school through a website format. On a staff of like-minded individuals who possess an identical amount of devotion and proficiency, she sees an especially bright future for the paper. With this newspaper, Emma Clare hopes to inform, inspire, and cultivate more unity in the Laurel Springs student body. She also hopes to provide a welcoming space for the reporters of tomorrow. Her most notable and humorous journalism memory is asking for a subscription to The New Yorker for Christmas.

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