ASNE High School Journalism


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Sarah Platanitis

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The Influence of James Nachtwey on the Field of Photojournalism

Sarah Platanitis is an English teacher and journalism adviser for The Herald at Holyoke (Mass.) High School. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and a master’s degree in English literature from Western New England College. Platanitis worked as a journalist before becoming a teacher and has also lived abroad in Spain and Japan. In addition to her teaching career, Platanitis is the designer and owner of Anselblue Design Studio and a freelance photographer. She attended the 2009 ASNE Reynolds Institute at the University of Missouri, Columbia.

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