The AHSneedle.com news site now has a phone app available. News of the app was posted on the Journalism’s Google Classroom page with instructions for how to download and use it. Journalism adviser Allison Berryhill said that they “just got it online last night (Jan. 7th).” Berryhill said the news site purchased the app to allow students to “access stories written by their fellow students easily.” Journalism funds will pay $150 annually to keep AHSNeedle on Student News Sources. How you go about getting this app is by downloading ‘Student News Sources’ and putting in the Atlantic zip code (50022). This will pull up AHSNeedle. Then you can turn on notifications for when stories are posted.
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January 21, 2026
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Amalie Halkjaer, Staff Writer
Amalie Halkjaer is a junior at AHS. She is an exchange student from Denmark. While in Atlantic, she has joined journalism. Her favorite part of journalism is taking photos, particularly of wrestling. She joined journalism because she enjoys writing, and her friends told her it was fun. While in class, Halkjaer finds learning the history of journalism interesting.
Outside of journalism Halkjaer participates in tennis and manages girls’ wrestling. To keep busy, she likes to “hang out and watch movies.” Halkjaer does diamond painting as a leisure activity. Since being at AHS, her favorite part has been how easy it is to talk to people.
Shining Meither, Staff Writer
Shining is a Sophomore at AHS, and this is her first year in a journalism class. Meither enjoys taking pictures; she even has her own Instagram profile called “shinerrr._shoots”. She has been taking pictures for a while now, and even started posting during her freshman year. She is looking forward to growing her abilities and becoming a better photographer. Shining is a well-rounded journalist and also enjoys writing stories for AHS Needle; she also likes to help out with the yearbook. She joined journalism because many people she knew were doing so as well, and she really likes being involved in the atmosphere as a whole.