THE PULSE | SUMMER 2026 ISSUE
LOGAN’S LETTER
Dear Readers, As I near the end of my time at Harvey, I’ve been reflecting on the many opportunities I’ve been afforded in these hallowed halls. Over four years, I can say I’ve grown into a wellrounded student. I’ve performed on stage, delivered speeches before large audiences, and even competed on the tennis court. And while I’ve come to value all of these experiences, why I am so grateful for Harvey is because here, I’ve discovered my cardinal passion of journalism. My journey with reporting began in Ms. Holmes’s 10th grade honors English class, where she delivered the shameless plug of recommending my peers join her newspaper production elective. Realizing I needed to change my elective, combined with the hope of gaining some brownie points with Ms. Holmes, I swapped into Newspaper, eager to start writing.
By Logan Kreisberg All the knowledge Ms. Holmes distilled in me makes me think about how I craft every word in every article I write. This duty has been important to me when covering hardhitting news like the Los Angeles wildfires and post-Oct. 7 college campus demonstrations. But even with articles where it is appropriate to inject my own opinion, I have been conscious about the impact of the way I crafted my argument. For one of my first Pulse articles, I wrote an editorial on why participants in Harvey’s fall production deserve a sports credit. In this case, my writing resulted in positive reform. Still, I knew that if I relied too much on personal frustration or one-sided evidence, it could reinforce bias rather than giving way to meaningful dialogue.
After two years of writing for The Pulse, I decided to further my journalism education by attending a summer program at Northwestern University. At first, I felt a creeping sense of imposter syndrome. However, after peer review and instructor feedback, I realized the foundation that Ms. Holmes instilled in me set me up for success. I worked under the constant pressure of deadlines – drafting leads, refining nut grafs, and editing peers’ stories amid the hum of late-night typing and empty pizza boxes. These four weeks were exhausting, but there was nowhere else I’d have rather been.
What came next were three days of instruction, as Ms. Holmes introduced journalism fundamentals like article structure and Associated Press (AP) style. In retrospect, I am grateful for this foundation being established for every budding reporter in the class, especially because of Ms. Holmes’s emphasis on media ethics before writing. Ms. Holmes also introduced me to films which helped me solidify my compass as a journalist. Her recommendations to watch “All The President’s Men” and “Spotlight” gave me heroes to look up to like Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, and Mike Rezendes.
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Editor-in-Cheif Logan Kreisberg posing with his Wildcat pride at the Senior Breakfast Credits: Logan Kreisberg
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