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screenshot of the front cover of The Broadcaster Year in Review Newsletter featuring the football team rushing onto the field as a group

Broadcaster: Year In Review

Robert Sterner, Advisor May 26, 2023

The Broadcaster is proud to share a returning product: our newsletter.  Due to paper supply issues, The Broadcaster was unable to publish our regular newsletter.  However, now that those issues have...

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Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez wed in small ceremony

Ella Yurick, Reporter May 20, 2021

TheBroadcaster · Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez wed in small ceremony Many are sharing their congratulations to singer and actress Ariana Grande and her new husband Dalton Gomez. According to PEOPLE,...

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Editorial Explainer: What is Fast Fashion?

Ashlyn Weidman, Editor-in-Chief March 23, 2021

https://youtu.be/38TXJyWtEFQ We all have heard of the phrase “Fast Fashion,” but do we really know what this phrase truly entails? We live in a society where trends change day by day. Pinterest,...

Taylor Swift responds to sexist ‘Ginny & Georgia’ joke

Taylor Swift responds to sexist ‘Ginny & Georgia’ joke

Molly Ziesenheim, Reporter March 17, 2021

Ten-time Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Taylor Swift tweeted Monday in regard to a joke in the Netflix original series “Ginny & Georgia." In the show, one character says to another: “You...

LG announces new products with virtual influencer

Ella Yurick January 14, 2021

Reah Keem sounds like a normal influencer going through the pandemic. However, she is not a real person. According to The Verge, she is known as a “virtual influencer” and was introduced by the...

Instagram Requires Users To Provide Their Date Of Birth

Julia Grenoble, Reporter January 17, 2020

Instagram is now requiring users to enter their date of birth in order to make an account, in the hopes of making the social media platform safer for younger users.  While the app used to only require...

Blogger Lauren Gray poses for a photo while drinking a pumpkin spice latte in Starbucks. Gray likes going to Starbucks to write blog posts because she feels it helps get the creative juices flowing. (Broadcaster/Ashlyn Weidman)

Local Instagram influencer Lauren Gray shares her social media journey

Ashlyn Weidman, Reporter November 14, 2018

Social media influencer, Lauren Gray is just shy from hitting eleven thousand followers on Instagram. Gray, 22 years old, works at the Hershey Tanger Outlets at J.Crew as well as working on her...

A post from Willis’ MakeupforWOC Instagram account, displaying the use of an illuminating product getting her stamp of approval. The account has many recommendations of foundations, bronzers, highlighters, and other products that have gained a positive reaction from Willis. (Makeup for Women of Color)

Meet Tiara Willis: The Voice Fighting Against Inequality in the Makeup Industry

Molly Glus, Copy Editor April 11, 2018

She felt discriminated against, so she decided to fight back. Tiara Willis is a sixteen year old who has taken the social media world by storm.   Willis has taken to Instagram and Twitter to discuss...

HHS junior Kaitlyn Kelley is pictured after dropping her smoothie in the middle of Target. The photo was posted on her finsta with the caption, “this is my life in a photo.” (Submitted by Kaitlyn Kelley)

Instagram users embrace fun, fake Instagram accounts

Clare Canavan, Copy Editor September 27, 2017

Forget about rinstas, finstas are taking over. As the pressure to be perfect on social media continues to grow, students at Hershey High School (HHS) use the world of fake Instagrams (finsta), rather...

(Broadcaster/Anna Levin)

Broadcaster Instagram: Kiss and Tell Project Kicks Off

Anna Levin and Elaina Joyner September 26, 2017

  Hershey High School sophomore Shea Tatara recently moved here from Elizabethtown. Shea said her parents wanted a smaller house and to live in the woods. She has an older brother and three...

Palutis poses for a snapchat at Panera Bread in Hummelstown on Wednesday, January 27, 2016. Palutis feels frustrated when people open her snapchats and do not reply.

The Addiction: Teenagers and Social Media

March 10, 2016

By Marisa Balanda It is a typical school night for Hershey High School senior Ally Palutis. She and her friends from dance are out to dinner between classes, and Palutis finds herself obsessively refreshing...

Broadcaster passes 4,000 views!

Broadcaster passes 4,000 views!

January 20, 2016

It's a milestone day!  The Broadcaster has passed the 4,000 views mark!  Thank you to the many readers who have joined us in the early days of our digital publishing journey. Our most read stories...

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