Points out the importance of the first paragraph of a newspaper story and shows that leads may begin with such elements as the date; a person's name; a quotation; a prepositional, causal, or conditional phrase; or a descriptive sentence. (TJ)

Discusses the advantages for libraries of utilizing print media for public information and public relations. News releases, interest stories, and feature stories are described, and hints on writing style for each format and on getting items printed are offered. (MES)

Provides copyreading guidelines for the reporter, the typist, the section editor, and the copy editor; includes a chart of copyreading symbols. (GT)

Offers tips on the use of direct and indirect quotations in feature articles based on speeches and interviews. (RL)

Provides a journalism teacher's handout that summarizes the essentials of the "Associated Press Stylebook." (RL)

Outlines five steps involved in conducting and writing about an interview: selecting a topic, backgrounding, interviewing, writing the interview story, and writing a sidebar that complements the main article. Tells how a journalism student proceeded through these steps in writing an article for his school newspaper, and presents his article. (GT)

Discusses types of sports information, other than the score of past games, that is of interest to readers; offers tips on finding angles for sports stories. (GT)

Shows why the "screw model" of news story organization helps journalism students to visualize the way stories should and should not be structured. (RL)

A class newsletter can help students learn about each other while they gain important social, writing, and interviewing techniques. Computer programs to produce a newsletter, to do word processing, and to manage data are described. (MT)

Given the increasing influence of public journalism on the daily routines of newspapers across the United States, students need to be taught how to find a workable balance between consulting and reporting on conventional information sources and consulting and reporting on the perspectives provided by ordinary citizens. This paper discusses ways in…

Suggests ideas for finding and writing good feature stories for the school newspaper. (HOD)

Journalism rules for writing lead lines to articles are reviewed. Examples of leads made effective by observing or breaking these rules are discussed. (HTH)

Suggestions to student journalists on learning to write effective, attention-grabbing leads to news stories. (RL)

Offers comments from the judges of a high school newspaper writing contest, who point to problems in student writing and to student problems in distinguishing between news stories, features, and editorials. (GT)

Suggests a technique for helping journalism students learn writing style and become familiar with a stylebook without taking large amounts of class time. (TJ)