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The student news site of Carlmont High School in Belmont, California.

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The student news site of Carlmont High School in Belmont, California.

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Kaylene Lin

Kaylene Lin, Podcast Managing Editor

Kaylene Lin is currently a senior at Carlmont High School who uses she/her pronouns. After beginning as a Staff Writer in 2019, Kaylene grew to love journalism and stepped into the role of Editor the following year. Her favorite part about journalism is connecting with the sources she interviews, as she shares their stories with the world, learns more about the community around her, and reflects on their life experiences to shape her own worldview. This year, Kaylene is incredibly honored to lead the podcasting team as Podcast Managing Editor while managing All That’s Lit to Print, a student-run literary magazine, as co-Editor-in-Chief.

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Across the globe, music is used as a form of communication, bringing together cultures and societies.

Music: a uniting force

Erin Kee and Kaylene Lin April 1, 2021

Behind every era of history are thousands of styles and genres of music that have shaped the world into what it is today. Likewise to our earth’s millions of cultures, every style of music is unique...

[Video] Indian Music

April 1, 2021

Manasi Prasad is a singer, Carnatic musician, and the director of India's first interactive music museum. Join her as she speaks about how music has shaped her life and culture around her.

[Video] American Music

April 1, 2021

Jazz, the blues, rock - in a way, all American music is rooted in Black history. Join Vernon Bush, the music director at Glide Memorial Church, as he explores how American music and culture is shaped by...

Flourish: Stories of unconditional love

Kaylene Lin, Podcast Managing Editor February 25, 2021

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]About one in 54 children have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  Join host Kaylene Lin...

The podcast, Our Footprint, hosted by Kaylene Lin, comes to a close after seven episodes.

Our Footprint: The full series

Kaylene Lin, Podcast Managing Editor December 15, 2020

It's easy to brush off the urgency of global issues when they only seem like foreign threats. Sure, the ice caps in Antarctica are melting, but most of us will never experience that in our daily lives....

Our Footprint Ep. 7: Erasing our tracks

Kaylene Lin, Podcast Managing Editor December 11, 2020

After six episodes of exploring the climate crisis and the many avenues for change, the largest takeaway is that anyone can get involved. So in the series's finale of Our Footprint, host Kaylene Lin talks...

Our Footprint Ep. 6: The new age of tech

Kaylene Lin, Podcast Managing Editor November 18, 2020

After centuries of unsustainable industrialization, a tech company whose mission is to fight climate change seems almost too good to be true. But, Ecosia, an innovative, new search engine that plants trees...

Our Footprint Ep. 4: International Bird Rescue

Kaylene Lin, Podcast Managing Editor October 21, 2020

"A bird that has been oiled, coming into care at the right time, can be fully washed and rehabilitated and released and live a very happy life." Often when talking about climate change, the main...

Our Footprint Ep. 3: Shopping green

Kaylene Lin, Podcast Managing Editor October 7, 2020

Fast fashion is the world’s second-largest polluter. Every year, hundreds of thousands of clothes are thrown in landfills to be decomposed into waste. But, just as fast as fashion trends come and go,...

Our Footprint Ep. 2: Turning a new leaf

Kaylene Lin, Podcast Managing Editor September 23, 2020

In the last episode, we looked at how climate change is affecting the communities we live in. Whether it be through sinking land, statewide forest fires, or a pandemic, climate change is continuously affecting...

Our Footprint Ep. 1: Change in our communities

Kaylene Lin, Podcast Managing Editor September 9, 2020

It's easy to brush off the urgency of global issues when they only seem like foreign threats. Sure, the ice caps in Antarctica are melting, but most of us will never experience that in our daily lives....

More Asian people are starting to appear in mainstream American media.

Opinion: We’re not going away

Kaylene Lin, Podcast Managing Editor March 20, 2020

I always felt a little different growing up. My forehead was always a little too big, my skin a little too tan, and my eyes a little too small. Walking to the bus stop, talking to my friends, going...

Many are familiar with the infamous Girl Scout cookies that are sold each year.

Behind the badges

Kaylene Lin, Clarisse Bell, Erin Kee, and Ruya Yaman March 9, 2020

When compared to the price of a car or a college student’s financial debt, $5 is relatively small. But, to an 8-year-old girl with two bags of Thin Mints, Trefoils, and Samoas, $5 can go a long way. After...

The terror of the times

Clarisse Bell and Kaylene Lin February 13, 2020
Since 2012's Sandy Hook, the United States hasn't gone more than 231 days without a school shooting. That’s the 2000s: a time when gun violence frequents the news so much so that it’s become a constant reality...
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