Andrea Bryant with one of the paintings from the library’s makerspace that inspired her. Lucy Gellman Photos.
It was a little before 8 a.m. in Steve Staysniak’s journalism class, and still quiet enough to hear the rustle of papers, the skid of shoes in the hallway outside the door. Strains of conversation floated through the room, punctuated by the occasional burst of music from someone’s phone. A Newshound’s Guide to Student Journalism sat on a desk at the front of the classroom. On a projector, the day’s unsolved Wordle waited in yellow and white blocks of color. Room 204 was waking up.
Welcome the new offices of the Metro Monthly, a student newspaper at Metropolitan Business Academy that is revving back to life after an unwelcome pandemic hiatus. This month, Staysniak’s journalism students are jumping into the October/November issue with stories that range from…

