Alex Jowanovitz, Associate Video Editor
Hi! My name is Alex Jowanovitz and I am a current senior at SHS. This is my first year in journalism, and seeing how it will be my only one, I plan to make the most of it. I am the Associate Video Editor for the journalism program, which means I will be working on the creation and editing of any video that goes on our website. I love film and filmmaking, and am interested in going to the film industry, so this is an excellent opportunity for me to have hands-on experience with different video editing programs as well as experience with making film in general. Besides journalism, I partake in many other SHS activities outside the classroom. I am a cellist playing in the Sycamore High School String Orchestra, and have been playing the instrument since the fifth grade. I am also heavily involved with Aves Theatre, having performed onstage, as well as in the orchestra pit, for a number of shows including “Into the Woods” and “Addams Family”. Outside of school, I am an avid reader enjoy analyzing books and movies. I love criticizing film and works of fiction, and take enjoyment in sharing my opinions with others. Additionally, I enjoy writing fiction as well as scripts for potential short films I want to make sometime. I am also a third-degree black belt in the Taekwondo martial art, having been a student at Ohio Taekwondo Academy for nearly ten years. I am hoping to test for my master degree black belt before I head off to college. I hope that participating in journalism will help me grow not just as a writer or video editor, but as a person as well. I really want to expand my social skills, and I think journalism will be a great way to do so. I am so excited for my senior year of high school and look forward to what the future is going to hold for me. I can’t wait to bring my set of skills to the journalism program at Sycamore, and I hope I can learn a few more in the process. Enjoy the rest of the website!
![BOW ON THE STRING. Sycamore Orchestra Director Dr. Angela Santangelo conducts the combined seventh and eighth grade orchestras at the annual orchestra winter concert. After each grade performed separate pieces, they came together to play the final two. “It was really cool to see [the junior high kids] play pieces as separate orchestras and then combine to play a piece together,” said Alice Lundgren, 11, cellist.](https://shsleaf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Screenshot-2018-12-08-at-7.55.20-PM.png)
![EXCELSIOR! Stan Lee, co-founder of Marvel Comics, is considered to be one of the biggest influences in comic book and pop culture society today. In fact, he was such an influence that even Marvel’s longtime rival, DC Comics, decided to give the late icon their respects as well. “[Lee] changed the way we look at heroes, and modern comics will always bear his indelible mark,” said a DC representative via the company’s Twitter account.](https://shsleaf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screenshot-2018-11-28-at-10.52.26-AM-900x592.png)
![MERC WITH THE MOUTH. Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) poses with X-Force members Domino (Zazie Beats) and Cable (Josh Brolin) in a promo image for 'Deadpool 2'. The film, which released in May of this year and is currently the highest-grossing R-rated movie of this year. Some fans of the character are very against the idea of the comic book character getting the PG-13 treatment. “You can’t have the Merc with the Mouth without him being [R-rated],” said Andrew Schmid, 12.](https://shsleaf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screenshot-2018-10-06-at-6.41.29-PM-900x447.png)
![CONSTANTLY CHANGING VISIONARY. Cary Joji Fukunaga is the director and producer of the new Netflix miniseries “Maniac.” Other directing credits include “Jane Eyre,” “Beasts of No Nation,” and the first season of the HBO hit “True Detective.” After the release of his new series last week, he stated that he was not interested in directing a second season of the show if it was renewed. “For me, I like to do one [project] and move onto something else,” Fukunaga said.](https://shsleaf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/alex-593x900.png)
