Notes that writing compelling news stories about abstract topics is always challenging, especially for student journalists. Suggests showing the impact of an abstract concept, giving the story a human face, providing an understandable scale, and "drawing a picture." (RS)

Discusses how a high school journalism advisor dealt with ethical issues (including source attribution) surrounding the publication of a story about violation of school board policies by representatives of a nationally recognized ring company. (RS)

Offers a list of 12 things that the author wishes beginning reporters knew. (SR)

Cautions that sports writing should be done out of love for both sports and the act of writing. Presents reasons for becoming a sports writer. Provides a list of do's and don'ts for sports writing. (PA)

Notes the importance of opinion and students' use of opinion in relation to editorials. Discusses three things to keep in mind when teaching students how to choose a topic for an editorial: make it controversial, contextual, and confined. (SC)

Urges journalism teachers to make publication a part of the newswriting course. Offers specific suggestions to facilitate the publication of student work in professional newspapers and suggests writing topics. (GW)

Journalism Central, a joint effort of the Journalism Association of Ohio Schools and the Ohio State University School of Journalism, responded to the school closing crisis of the winter of 1977 with an intensive two-day interviewing and news-writing session for high-school journalists. (MKM)

Offers a strategy for editors to coach good story ideas about the school out of young journalists. (SR)

Describes the very first interviewing and writing assignment that introductory students do in a high school journalism class. (SR)

Offers a description of the journalistic way to write, condensed into the acronym CODE (Collect facts, Order, Development, and Edit). (SR)

Presents the front pages (or home pages) of 16 high school newspapers that covered the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. Includes brief comments from advisers on how they approached covering the attacks. (RS)

Discusses how a high-school journalism adviser shifted from a newspaper format to a magazine format that comes out few times a year. Suggests the magazine format is more flexible, creative, and well-thought-through. Notes it requires some attention to detail, commitment to longer stories, and in-depth coverage. (RS)

Provides guidelines for implementing R.I.O.--research, interviewing, observation--for improving yearbook and newspaper copy. (KS)

Outlines several steps to follow to write exciting and lively news or feature stories. (SR)

Presents three short articles dealing with ethical issues facing the Thornton High School (Oregon) newspaper staff as they dealt with the aftermath of an incident in which an armed student allegedly entered the school cafeteria and began shooting. Discusses how the local newspaper covered the tragedy, and policies on dealing with reporting of…