Grant Magazine

The Grant Magazine was launched in 2011, replacing the Grantonian, which had previously been Grant High School's newspaper.{{cite news|last1=Anderson|first1=Jennifer|title=New Grant magazine hits hard and prospers|url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/110254-new-grant-magazine-hits-hard-and-prospers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817043428/http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/110254-new-grant-magazine-hits-hard-and-prospers|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 17, 2013|access-date=19 May 2016|newspaper=Portland Tribune|date=23 May 2012}} It was founded by the principal at the time, Vivian Orlen. The Grant Magazine's previous adviser was Dave Austin, who had worked for The Oregonian for 22 years and is now the Communications Director of Multnomah County. The current adviser of Grant Magazine is Chris Hawking.{{Cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf/2016/03/steve_duin_grant_magazine.html|title=Great expectations, and journalism, at Grant Magazine|last=Duin|first=Steve|date=4 March 2016|work=The Oregonian|access-date=17 May 2016}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.opb.org/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/journalism-is-alive-and-well-at-grant-high-school/|title=Journalism Is Alive And Well At Grant High School|last=Sabatier|first=Julie|date=20 May 2014|publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting|access-date=19 May 2016}} Stories in the Grant Magazine have brought up issues including hazing, sexist and racist posts on social media by students at Grant High School, teen suicide, controversial curriculum changes, homelessness, Title IX, the Portland Public Schools lead crisis, eating disorders, drug and alcohol use, sexual assault, and the use of the N-Word.{{Cite news|url=http://www.opb.org/news/article/portland-oregon-grant-high-school-magazine-n-word/|title=Portland Students Ready To Talk About The N-Word|last=Norcross|first=Geoff|date=7 March 2016|access-date=19 May 2016|publisher=OPB FM}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/04/grant_high_school_students_inv.html|title=Grant High School students investigated for racist, sexist Instagram posts, Grant Magazine reports|last=Parks|first=Casey|date=6 April 2016|work=The Oregonian|access-date=19 May 2016}}{{Cite news|url=http://koin.com/2015/04/04/grant-high-journalists-tackle-misogyny-racism/|title=Grant High journalists tackle misogyny, racism|last=Holmstrom|first=Chris|date=4 April 2015|publisher=KOIN|access-date=19 May 2016}} As of April 2015, the Grant Magazine had over 400 subscribers, and is distributed for free at Grant High School.{{Cite news|url=https://soundcloud.com/kxl-morning-news/0408-grant-magazine-joe-simons|title=Grant Magazine|last=Simons|first=Joe|date=April 8, 2015|publisher=KXL Morning News}}{{cite news|title=Murmurs: Grant High School Exposés Itself|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-18879-murmurs_grant_high_school_exposés_itself.html|access-date=19 May 2016|newspaper=Willamette Week|date=28 February 2012}}

For six years in a row, from 2014 through 2019, the Grant Magazine has won the Columbia University Scholastic Press Association's Gold Crown award, one of the highest awards for scholastic journalism.

Grant Magazine's March 2018 issue was named "Best Single Issue in the Northwest" by the Northwest Scholastic Press (NWSP). In 2019, Grant Magazine received "International First Place" by Quill & Scroll.{{Cite web|url=https://quillandscroll.org/8842/news/15-schools-earn-the-george-h-gallup-award-in-news-media-evaluation-critique/|title=15 Publications Earn The George H. Gallup Award In News Media Evaluation Critique|last=Shaw|first=Nichole|date=7 September 2019|access-date=28 October 2019}}

The Grant Magazine issue for March 2016 was titled Let's Talk About the N-Word, and dealt with race and the N-Word in Grant High School. The issue was inspired by the increasing use of racial slurs by students at Grant High School. It describes the history of the N-Word, and its culture today. The issue features interviews with Andrew Young; Paul Coakley, who was a principal of Roosevelt High School, and a number of African Americans in the Grant community.

The N-Word issue inspired a school-wide discussion about race at Grant High School.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools/grant/files/2013-14_bulletins/GHS_Didyouknow_03182016.pdf|title=Grant High School Weekly Newsletter|last=Campbell|first=Carol|date=18 March 2016|website=Grant High School|publisher=Portland Public Schools|access-date=19 May 2016}}

The December 2018 issue of Grant Magazine was a themed issue dedicated to the topic of sexual assault in the Grant High School community and the world. The issue was inspired by the posting of a list in the women's restroom at Grant High School in which an anonymous student named several students as alleged sexual predators.{{Cite web|url=https://grantmagazine.com/the-list/|title=The List - Grant Magazine|last=Dubey|first=Narain|date=14 December 2019|work=Grant Magazine|access-date=28 October 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.koin.com/news/grant-hs-magazine-devotes-issue-to-sexual-assault/|title=Grant HS Magazine devotes issue to sexual assault|date=14 December 2018|website=KOIN.com|language=en-US|access-date=9 November 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kxl.com/grant-hs-takes-on-sexual-assault/|title=Grant HS Takes On Sexual Assault|date=19 December 2018|website=KXL|language=en-US|access-date=9 November 2019}}

The Sexual Assault Issue sparked conversation in the Grant community and encouraged discussion within the Grant High School administration to better address the issue of sexual assault

{{reflist}}

• [http://grantmagazine.com Official Website]
• [http://media.oregonlive.com/steve-duin-impact/other/Grant_March_Magazine.proof-1.pdf A pdf of the complete N-Word Issue]

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