Today's students grow up in a technological milieu of hand-held computers with high storage capacities, internet access, and the ability to shoot high definition photographs and video. As such, they are empowered to construct representations of the past virtually "on the run." In this article, the authors investigated the historical "and"…

Despite its popularity in other countries, like America and Canada, peer editing is considered quite "avant-garde" in the Hong Kong academic community and has never been a common practice in local secondary schools' classrooms. This paper will try to unveil the reasons why a number of Hong Kong English teachers are reluctant to use…

Discusses the importance of having a well organized yearbook staff and outlines the duties of the yearbook editor. (RB)

Reports that the writing of textbooks, once the domain of professional educators, has increasingly become a field for professional writers and journalists. (RB)

Describes the qualities that make Susie Hardie, the editor-in-chief of the 1976 "Colonel," yearbook of the Fleming High School in Roanoke, Virginia, an effective staff member. (KS)

Looks at the experiences of Richard Gilbert, reporter and assistant editor for "The Herald Telephone," a daily newspaper in Bloomington, Indiana, and discusses Gilbert's suggested guidelines for high school journalism advisers. (MS)

Discusses the role of the journalism advisor and stresses the importance of letting the editor, once he is carefully chosen, make his own decisions. (RB)

Describes off-campus publications and their problems. Presents a few suggestions for would-be publishers of off-campus leaflets or newspapers. (JK)

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

Provides a number of tips useful to the high school staff planning, researching, and writing the yearbook. (RB)

Suggests a new method of internal justification for cold type and shows how to use it in student publications. (RB)

Points out the importance of objectivity in newspaper journalism. (RB)