Profiles Earl English, a pioneer in scholastic journalism. Focuses on English's high school journalism experiences. (SR)

Presents a guide to help prepare secondary education journalism teachers create opportunities for greater minority involvement in scholastic journalism. (SR)

Describes what it is like to be a press photographer assigned to the White House. (JL)

Surveys the life of the journalist in Washington, DC. (JL)

Describes the author's visit to and involvement with the Center for Independent Journalism in Bucharest, Romania, and the Center's work with high school students and Roma students. Notes that 16 student journalists were inducted into their chapter of Quill and Scroll, the first in Eastern Europe. (SR)

Recommends localizing a piece of news and showing the significance of it to readers as a way to take the initiative and produce good reporting. (JL)

Suggests ways to apply some contemporary business ideas to school publications, regarding advertisers, sources, and distribution. (SR)

Describes how the student press across the United States responded to the Gulf war with a barrage of stories ranging from tearjerkers about alumni who died to editorials condemning anti-Arab sentiment. (SR)

Lists fads and discusses the danger of copying such fads in scholastic journalism. (MB)

Discusses issues of editorial responsibility, conflict, and censorship to be considered by students contributing to a scholastic newspaper. (SR)

Advocates covering academic subject areas, such as taking tests and going on field trips, in the yearbook. Suggests ways of getting good coverage: assign a reporter to cover a department all year; keep clip files that contain academic-oriented coverage; have reporters get to know department chairs; and develop student surveys on study habits,…

Lists current professional journalists who were also high school journalists and surveys them for advice for today's scholastic journalists. Advises working on a staff; reading and writing everything possible; staying aware of current events; and getting comfortable with technology. (PA)

Offers advice to high school students (from a college student who was editor of her high school yearbook) regarding what they can do now to prepare for college and for jobs in journalism. Discusses joining professional organizations, keeping up and learning about technology, making a portfolio, asking lots of questions, and always being on the…

Discusses how a journalism teacher can grade the newspaper staff on its production efforts in a fair and consistent manner. Proposes a point system for students to earn a grade in newspaper production that places the burden on students to keep track of their work. (MS)

Reports on the efforts of a school newspaper staff to prove that the newspaper at Omaha Central High School is 100 years old and discusses the students' opinions of the paper throughout its history. (DF)