In this special series, we spotlight alumni from the MoCo Student. Today, we are honored to feature alumni Richard Yarrow and showcase the newspaper’s shared history for our readers and local community.
I was part of the founding generation of the MoCo Student in 2013 and 2014, when it was transitioning from the press arm of John Mannes’s office as Student Member of the Board, creating its own website, and securing funding through grant applications and bake sales. It was very exciting to be building a new, county-wide organization. At the time, the Montgomery County Gazette was going out of business, so we had the idea that the MoCo Student could help fill the niche of providing news about local issues that had been and would increasingly be under-reported— especially reporting and public accountability around the Board of Education, MCPS administration, and other county or regional education areas. I particularly remember conducting an interview with Congressman John Delaney, I think in a conference room inside Richard Montgomery High School, while I was editor.
After high school, I attended Harvard for college and studied history and philosophy. I am currently a research fellow at a Harvard institute where I work on political economy issues in East and Southeast Asia.
—Richard Yarrow
For alumni interested in sharing their experience, please contact editorsmocostudent@gmail.com for how to get involved.
Written by the Editor-in-Chiefs
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