Friday 28 October 2016

Cassandra Hsiao, Student Writers, The Principle


LAT has a subsection (online) called HS Insider.

One writer here is Cassandra Hsiao.
http://highschool.latimes.com/author/starraptureblog/page/6/


Now, the reason I found her, I'll come back later to. I'll start with some presentation.

HS Insider : For Students, By Students

Cassandra Hsiao : CH is a senior at OCSA (Orange County School of the Arts). Her work has been nationally recognized by the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards and National Student Poets Program. She has been chosen as finalists of playwriting competitions held by California Young Playwrights, The Blank Theatre, Writopia Labs, and Princeton University. Her poetry, essays and reviews have appeared in TeenReads, Jet Fuel Review, Feminine Inquiry, Aerie International and more. She also conducts print and on-camera interviews as a Star Reporter and Film Critic for multiple online outlets. She won a National Gracie Award in Student Online Video Host Category by The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation . https://twitter.com/Cassandra_Hsiao


Now, she does reviews of genres:

Post-9/11 world: What caused the rise of superhero movies
Cassandra Hsiao June 16, 2016
http://highschool.latimes.com/orange-county-school-of-the-arts/post-911-world-what-caused-the-rise-of-superhero-movies/


And of movies:

‘Storks’ movie review
Cassandra Hsiao September 22, 2016
http://highschool.latimes.com/orange-county-school-of-the-arts/storks-movie-review/


She keeps a lookout on young actors:

Disney Channel’s ‘Bunk’d’ interviews with Peyton List, Skai Jackson, Miranda May & Nina Lu
Cassandra Hsiao August 20, 2016
http://highschool.latimes.com/orange-county-school-of-the-arts/disney-channels-bunkd-interviews-with-peyton-list-skai-jackson-miranda-may-nina-lu/


And on perhaps even younger philanthropists:

Meet Gabe Eggerling: 13-year-old actor and philanthropist
Cassandra Hsiao August 29, 2016
http://highschool.latimes.com/orange-county-school-of-the-arts/meet-gabe-eggerling-13-year-old-actor-and-philanthropist/


But the reason I saw her work at all is that she did interviews related to the movie The Principle:

Director of ‘The Principle’ on Kate Mulgrew controversy, geocentrism and filmmaking
Cassandra Hsiao August 8, 2016
http://highschool.latimes.com/orange-county-school-of-the-arts/director-of-the-principle-on-kate-mulgrew-controversy-geocentrism-and-filmmaking/


And Rick DeLano, producer of ‘The Principle,’ on geocentrism controversy one year later
Cassandra Hsiao August 8, 2016
http://highschool.latimes.com/orange-county-school-of-the-arts/rick-delano-producer-of-the-principle-on-geocentrism-controversy-one-year-later/


She also looks at other science stuff too:

‘Voyage of Time’: Q&A with Harvard Professor Dr. Knoll, lead scientific adviser
Cassandra Hsiao October 6, 2016
http://highschool.latimes.com/orange-county-school-of-the-arts/voyage-of-time-qa-with-harvard-professor-dr-knoll-lead-scientific-adviser/

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