Ashley Masingale

The Howler has given me the courage and the tools to do something I’ve always been hesitant to do: speak out on issues I believe are important. I shocked myself when I wrote my first editorial. I never knew how to voice what I felt in a way that sounded so good.

I’m sad to leave, but I know that because of the experience I’ve had here I will seek to write for or join a part of a similar organization in my future. 

The Howler has always been such an accepting and compassionate space to allow me to write and learn. I leave Wakefield more confident in my capability because of the newspaper. Thank you to everybody that furthered my growth as a writer and as a person.