Showcase 2026 · Newspaper front page

Breaking News: John King and the Savage report

The front page

Handwritten text is transcribed with the students' wording, spelling, and punctuation preserved; letter case is normalized for legibility. Scribbled-out words the students edited away are noted in brackets, as they left them visible on the page.

Masthead (hand-lettered, orange and brown)

Breaking News

The report

John King, then aged between eight and eleven, was a passenger on the Bonetta. According to Abijah Savage, the Bonetta's commander, the pirate looted the ship for 15 days during which time King demanded to join Bellamy's crew [scribbled-out word] from being forced [scribbled-out word] or compelled to join. Savage wrote a report: "He declaird he would kill him self if he was a restraid or [scribbled-out word] threatend his mother."

Decoration

The masthead is drawn in two-tone bubble letters over double rules, the whole page bordered in yellow and brown marker, with red X marks in the corners. The word "time" carries an inserted letter above a caret — an edit made mid-sentence and left visible, like the scribbles.