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)

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

Tells of the importance to news reporters of developing curiosity about everything around them and offers pointers for the improvement of newswriting skills. (GT)

Advises beginning reporters how to obtain the three major ingredients of the news story: relevant factual material from direct observation; information from authoritative, knowledgeable, and reliable sources; and significant background material. (Author/GW)

Summarizes how and when the first high school newspaper, the "Students Gazette," was published. (MB)

Describes the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the first school newspaper, "The Students Gazette," on 11 June 1977. (MB)

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)

Gives a brief history of Samuel Mickle Fox, the founder and editor of America's first student newspaper, the "Students Gazette." (MB)

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)

Offers tips to junior high school yearbook staff members for improvement in such areas as coverage of academics and student life, caption writing, layout, use of student art, and copy writing. (GT)

Offers suggestions about many aspects of sports editing, including providing balanced coverage, working for variety in layout, finding interesting angles in writing sports stories, obtaining interesting quotations, and achieving accuracy in copy. (GW)

Presents journalism writing awards for 1977 in four catagories: feature story, news story, editorial, and sports story. (MB)

Provides observations about the errors that beginning journalists make. Offers suggestions for helping beginning journalists to improve their writing skills. (RL)

Offers guidelines for developing a realistic yearbook theme; describes the theme developed by a yearbook staff whose school had had a troubling year, and includes copy excerpts and page reproductions from their opening and closing spreads. (GT)

Provides a checklist to help yearbook staff members assess their sports section in terms of coverage, photography, copy, and layout. (GT)