Melissa Falkowski and Eric Garner Release We Say #Never Again

After the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High Schoolon February 14, 2018, journalism teacher Melissa Falkowski and broadcasting teacher Eric Garner knew their students needed to tell their own story. Edited by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSD) journalism and broadcasting teachers Melissa Falkowski and Eric Garner, the newly published, WE SAY #NEVERAGAIN: Reporting from the School That Inspired the Nation, is a collection of first-person accounts, richly researched and reported articles, and photographs by and about the students at MSD. The book is divided into three parts: Activism, MSD Strong, and What Comes Next, with chapters within each part that include hard-hitting, passionate, and topical writing on activism, recovery, the national response, and most important, the way forward. Through their reporting, essays, and documentary photography and filmmaking, the students detail their thoughts, fears, dreams, and strategies for a better future. Student contributors include Ryan Deitsch, David Hogg, Christy Ma, Nikhita Nikoola, Delaney Tarr, and MSD students from the school newspaper, The Eagle Eye,and the school TV station, WMSD.