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)

Identifies two rules for student journalists to follow when interviewing people: be prepared, and show respect for the source. Discusses issues involved in interviewing including preparing background information, questions, arranging for the interview, conducting the interview respectfully, and dealing with hesitant sources. (MG)

Notes that the planning of an effective entertainment page in a school newspaper must begin by establishing its purpose. Examines all the elements that contribute to the makeup of a good entertainment page. (RL)

Tells how a high school class of beginning journalism students publishes a newspaper highlighting the activities of the career education department. (GT)

Relates the work and effort that went into the production of a school literary magazine. (HOD)

Offers tips on assessing the proper way to communicate motion in photojournalism and ideas on using the techniques of stop action, blur motion, and panning, coordinated with light/shutter speed, film speed, subject speed, direction of motion, and distance to subject. (RL)

Tells how a high school journalism class has used telelectures (telephone conference calls) to interview prominent persons for stories for the school newspaper; outlines procedures for conducting a successful teleconference. (GW)

A review of the advances that have been made in scholastic journalism over the past 25 years. (RL)

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

Provides 24 practical suggestions to aid student publications advisers in organizing one-day workshops for journalism students. The suggestions are divided into three sections: preconference planning, day of conference activity, and follow-up activity. (TJ)

States that no matter how disparate the staff of a school publication, incorporating a theme can unify a staff as well as a magazine. Suggests ways to decide on a theme and ways to integrate the theme and design. (MG)

Describes the project students at the university are involved in which provides an opportunity for a "real world" situation by writing and producing for commercial television and radio news shows.

Indicates that a journalism program must meet students' needs to acquire confidence through the acquisition of practical skills while allowing them to stretch their ideas beyond what experience can reasonably support. Presents illustrations that show some problems and challenges involved in students' efforts to report on significant, controversial…

Describes an in-depth unit in investigative reporting taught to high school students in a first-year journalism course. Discusses reports written by teams of students and outlines positive results of the unit. (GW)

Describes an advisers' class project (at the University of Oklahoma) which consisted of reporting on the casting of a bronze plaque bearing the names of the first school newspaper, "The Students Gazette," and its editor, Samuel M. Fox, for presentation in Philadelphia to commemorate scholastic journalism's Bicentennial. (MB)