Intended for student journalists and their advisers, this book surveys many aspects of scholastic and professional journalism: the nature and function of scholastic and professional journalism, the building of an effective staff, the language of the press, and the law and student journalists. Sections are also devoted to extensive discussion of…

Provides 29 steps for conscientious high school photojournalists to follow, including tips on making a good print. (RL)

This booklet is a guide to available financial aid for college students majoring or minoring in journalism or communication. The first portion of the booklet lists information on scholarships, fellowships, and assistantships offered by universities, colleges, and news organizations. The state-by-state entries include information on persons to…

Presents the remarks of several broadcasters who spoke to journalism students about how to get into broadcasting and what being a broadcaster is like. (GT)

Describes possible career opportunities in magazine work for students trained in yearbook production and indicates ways journalism students can prepare for careers. (GT)

Recommends using a calculator instead of a proportion wheel for deciding how to scale photographs. (TJ)

This booklet is a guide to financial aid available to college students who want to study journalism or communications in the spring and fall of 1978. It offers information on scholarships, fellowships, and assistantships offered to journalism majors and minors by universities, colleges, newspapers, and professional societies. The state-by-state…

There are several areas within radio for a college intern. An internship in sales becomes highly useful in exposing the student to the financial end of the business since many college broadcasting programs emphasize production, journalism, and law. Although there are many students who enjoy working in production, many of the smaller stations do…

Offers suggestions for writing personality features that make effective use of adjectives and adverbs, descriptive details, and quotations. (GT)

Too few journalism graduates know anything about the problems of management; yet, the higher one rises in the newsroom, the more one must develop managerial skills and talents. This resource guide to teaching materials for college courses in publication management lists books, articles, pamphlets, and audiovisual materials under the following…

Describes a method of making prints that can produce interesting photographs. (TJ)

This self-instructional packet, developed for use in two 50-minute class sessions, is designed to teach students about editorials and editorial writing. Lesson One includes a list of behavioral objectives for the project; a pretest; a discussion of purpose, structure, and types of editorials; and an exercise in writing an editorial based on an…

These guidelines are designed to help secondary school administrators and teachers set up effective journalism programs and student publication programs. Suggestions are provided for the following areas: objectives of the journalism instructional program; general guidelines; curriculum guidelines; First Amendment considerations; financial…

This paper provides guidelines and exercises designed for a three-day seminar to encourage effective journalistic writing. Among the topics discussed are communication theory, general rules in writing, the news story, editing, the feature story, interviews, and headlines. Appendixes include an Associated Press style-guide exercise, news and…

This workbook provides instruction in basic styles, principles, and techniques of broadcast news writing. After offering general guidelines, the workbook discusses writing broadcast news leads, using names correctly, placing titles and attributions in their proper place in sentences, writing direct and indirect quotations, using contractions,…