Skip to Main Content
The student news site of Smoky Hill High School

Smoky Now

The student news site of Smoky Hill High School

Smoky Now

The student news site of Smoky Hill High School

Smoky Now

Kelsey Long

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist

Kelsey Long joined Newspaper during her freshman year and has loved t ever since. She joined out of a passion for writing and the First Amendment. Kelsey has written a lot of stories, both for Newspaper and fun. She is a published poet and has four published poems, is writing a fictional story on World War Three, multiple Creative Writing essays, and numerous articles for NEXT and SmokyNow. She also enjoys other hobbies such as gaming, photography, and researching different military topics.

Kelsey enjoys playing video games during the weekend. Her favorite games include The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Two, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, The Walking Dead: Seasons One and Two, and Medal of Honor: Warfighter. As a result of her love of gaming, she writes fan-fictions about these games on the side for fun. Newspaper gives her the opportunity to do reviews on these games and understand references made by the readers.

Newspaper allows Kelsey to really explore her love of photography by requiring her to take photos for both the feature magazine and the website. She particularly enjoys pictures of people because it isn't "dead-art" and these photos are more relatable. Kelsey's favorite picture was featured in the very first feature magazine. The picture was of senior Ismaat Kalibou with duct tape across her mouth, peace written on it, holding up a peace sign.

Kelsey is enlisting in the United States Army in March as a part of the delayed-entry program, also known as DEPs. She will be a military working dog handler or a combat engineer, but she plans on freelance journalism while in the Army. She is a military brat and loves when she gets the option to write a military related article for Newspaper. However, due to conflict of interest, she mostly serves the Newspaper by acting as an "expert" when anyone has questions about the military for an article.

Newspaper has helped her improve a lot with her writing and meeting deadlines. As the Website Specialist, she has grown in her understanding of technology and as an editor, her idea of responsibility has grown. Kelsey is sad to see her time in Newspaper come to an end in December but is excited to use the skills she has learned in the real world.

All content by Kelsey Long
Black Ops Three: Why I'm Excited

Black Ops Three: Why I’m Excited

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
November 4, 2015
Netflix Must Watch

Netflix Must Watch

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
October 22, 2015
Photo courtesy of Roni Dean-Burren, Facebook

Controversy Over McGraw-Hill Textbook

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
October 6, 2015
Perry Weissman is looking rather young and super in his Superman outfit.

Spirit Day at SHHS

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
October 1, 2015
courtesy of Roseburg News Review

College Shooting in Oregon

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
October 1, 2015
U.S. President Barack Obama greets His Holiness Pope Francis on his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015. The Pope is making his first trip to the United States on a three-city, five-day tour that will include Washington, D.C., New York and Philadelphia. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Pope Francis is in America

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
September 23, 2015
Donald Trump Signs Loyalty Pledge

Donald Trump Signs Loyalty Pledge

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
September 3, 2015
Black Ops is Back

Black Ops is Back

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
May 7, 2015
(David Kent/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)

May Showers bring June Flowers?

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
May 5, 2015
Color 5 Mile Scam

Color 5 Mile Scam

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
May 5, 2015
Michael McDerrmott/ Getty Images for Elitch Gardens

Elitch Gardens Opening

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
May 1, 2015
Insurgent

Insurgent

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
March 23, 2015
American Baby Controversy

American Baby Controversy

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
March 12, 2015
Gun Day Raises Gun Control Questions

Gun Day Raises Gun Control Questions

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
February 2, 2015
Shatter Me: Lindsey Stirling

Shatter Me: Lindsey Stirling

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
January 26, 2015

Do You Want to be a Policeman?

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
September 16, 2014

New Year, New Tips

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
August 25, 2014
Go Home Colorado, You're Drunk

Go Home Colorado, You’re Drunk

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
May 12, 2014
(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

NFL-Style Prom Draft

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
May 7, 2014
(David Kent/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)

Here Comes the Thunder

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
May 7, 2014

The New Medina Alert Expansion

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
March 26, 2014
Cherry Creek School District and Aviation

Cherry Creek School District and Aviation

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
March 20, 2014
When Lars Brown grows up, he wants to be a beach bum in Mexico.

When I Grow Up…

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
January 31, 2014
SkyView Academy closed early Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, after a "chemical incident."

Chemical Device Ruptured at SkyView Academy

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
January 15, 2014
IMG_0975(1)

The Graduate and the Dropout

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
January 9, 2014

Hostage Situation in Denver

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
January 13, 2014
The 22 Slogan

The 22 Slogan

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
December 5, 2013

Salute to America

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
November 8, 2013
Emma Keohane and Symphony Orchestra

Emma Keohane and Symphony Orchestra

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
November 6, 2013

Too Early to Get Up

Kelsey Long, Website Specialist
October 1, 2013
Load More Stories
Activate Search
Kelsey Long