Inside the Central Digest: Story Suggestions Update

STAFF MEMBERS HARD AT WORK -- (Left to right) Central Digest Assistant Editor Preston Fore, Editor-in-Chief Savannah Smith, Copy Editor Shelby Cambell, and adviser Gregory Cantrell discuss a new story suggestion.

Zeena Whayeb

STAFF MEMBERS HARD AT WORK — (Left to right) Central Digest Assistant Editor Preston Fore, Editor-in-Chief Savannah Smith, Copy Editor Shelby Cambell, and adviser Gregory Cantrell discuss a new story suggestion.

Zeena Whayeb, Staff Writer

A new “Story Suggestions” tab is available on the Central Digest website (centraldigest.com). This will allow students, alumni or anyone for that matter to submit stories to the Central Digest staff.

The Central Digest staff is taking recommendations of anything currently happening, about to happen, or has already happened at the school.

“Preston Fore, the assistant editor, suggested it and I thought it was a great idea. It is a good way for people to suggest articles for us that we don’t know about,” stated Gregory Cantrell, the Central Digest adviser.

The student news site for Chattanooga Central High School school newspaper first started started in 1910. However, from a lack of interest, the Central Digest was shut down after decades of success. It was then started back up in the fall of 2012 and has been going strong ever since. This year, the Central Digest staff consists of 14 students plus Mr. Cantrell.

“Students learn more about their school by reading our articles,” shared Central Digest Editor-in-Chief, Savannah Smith.

The Central Digest is grateful for everyone who follows them throughout the years. The staff members work hard to bring the best articles possible for their viewers.

Central’s online newspaper hopes to get many interesting story ideas to write about and share with the students from the new update.

“I think the point of the Digest is to better inform people of what is going on at Central. I feel like with the Story Suggestions, we can make the Digest more interactive with not only the writers, but with the readers as well,” concluded Smith.