Angela Wessel researches and cares for Smithsonian giant pandas
At the national zoo in Washington, D.C., mammalogist Angela Wessel shares her experiences working with giant pandas at the Smithsonian Zoological Park and beyond.
Reporters Olivia Grahl and Carsen Van der Linden produced this story Nov. 6 during the Fall National High School Journalism Convention in Washington D.C., where they took a preconvention workshop to learn the basics of broadcast news story development.
by OLIVIA GRAHL & CARSEN VAN DER LINDEN




![On the stage, Daniel Bozinovski and Rachel Treto play their part as Tom and Hannah in the show “The Cast List”. The show was about a group of students who were told about their cast list for the play “Romeo and Juliet.” The Theater I students were in preparation for their first showcase of the year. Students went over their lines during all of their class for the past two months. “[We put in] a lot of rehearsal, practicing lines, making sure you have everything memorized and making sure you are ready to go in and not forget anything,” Nathan Weeks said. Photo by Megan Kubas.](https://www.whitneyupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_4085-600x396.jpg)