Soundcheck Art & Music Festival

Soundcheck is a wintertime weekend of participatory, artist-driven events and experiences that highlight Port Townsend’s rich creative spirit.

Welcome to the Youth Reporting Lab! From the beginning, The Beacon wanted to help ignite a passion for reporting in the next generation of potential journalists. Sound Check has given us the opportunity to work with three talented young people who will document all the happenings this year through video, photography, and interviews. We are delighted to welcome Ave Arroyo, CJ Fisher and Ben Shafer to the Youth Reporting Lab! They will be covering Sound Check alongside veteran arts reporter Diane Urbani de la Paz and Editor Nhatt Nichols. If you see our booth at Soundcheck, come say hi!

Youth Reporting Lab Participants

Ave Arroyo

Hellooo, my name is Ave. I love to doodle and write and I'm very big on game theory, comedy and philosophy. I also love hanging out in nature and studying/watching animals. One of my favorite things to do is listen to my vinyls or music on my CD and cassette players, also to argue and defend what I stand for. Covering Soundcheck would be huge for me, I love music and the opportunity to experience it while getting it out there for others to see is amazing. I love being press. 

CJ Fisher

My name is CJ Fisher I play guitar and french horn. I love all of the arts but I mostly focus on music, drawing, and filmmaking. I wanted to cover soundcheck because I love what soundcheck is doing supporting local artists around Jefferson county 

Ben Shafer

Ben Shafer is 16 and has lived in Port Townsend for five years. He has always been extremely passionate about the arts and is excited to help document sound check.