Payton Heckman, Staff Writer
Payton Heckman is a senior at Robinson and a staff writer for Knight Writers. This is his first year on staff.
Heckman wanted to affiliate himself with Robinson’s newspaper and is now spending his first year on staff for RHStoday and Knight Writers, yet last year of high school here at Robinson. Inspired by Knight Writers Multimedia Editor Ingalls Witte, Heckman joined newspaper.
Starting his journalistic journey on the last pep rally of the 2021- 2022 school year, he volunteered to film the pep rally for Knight Mic. This brought him to the world of newspaper. It just seemed familiar to him, as if it was something he was born to do.
“Honestly, I was very surprised. It was almost just like adrenaline, going around talking to everyone… It was really fun to go around and talk to people,” Heckman said.
Heckman is also an avid participant in the theater club; he joined at the end of sophomore year and is looking forward to tightening the bond between him and the theater group members and soaring to new heights. Having had experience with music production outside of school, the implementation of music into plays allowed him to express his love for it openly.
“I really do love to perform to put myself out there, I like to perform and hang out with my friends,” Heckman said.
Inside of newspaper, Heckman wants to meet new people and have fun in journalism. Having his goal aligned on expanding his skill set encompassing the world of newspaper, he’s looking forward to his last year of high school as part of the Robinson newspaper staff.
(Profile by Christian Dingle)
