Argues that the best newspaper writing today is in sports but that sportswriting in most school newspapers is dull; offers suggestions for improvement in overall approach, leads, avoidance of cliches and use of action words, quotes, and avoidance of bias. Includes four student-written sports stories. (GT)

Shows how humorous material can be scattered throughout the high school newspaper through the use of humorous featurettes; presents examples of humorous material taken from professional and high school newspapers. (GW)

Asserts that editorial pages need a distinctive look so that the reader knows the difference between the editorial page and any other page in the paper. Offers ideas for creating the design, the masthead, the editorial itself, editorial artwork, personal columns, letters to the editor, and photo polls. Discusses eight types of editorial styles.…

Discusses the work of Bill Day, "Detroit Free Press" editorial cartoonist, who uses his cartoons to convey a political message. Recounts that Day began his career in college with the University of Florida newspaper during the Viet Nam War era. (PA)

Discusses the standards of excellence student newspapers meet to win the George H. Gallup Award given by the Quill and Scroll Society. (RB)

Offers guidelines for writing film reviews, and briefly discusses aspects of film criticism and advertising. (GW)

Discusses the differences in the techniques of gathering materials and in the writing styles of sportswriters and sports feature writers. (TO)

Advocates setting up a "beat system" for high school newspapers to use to provide updates on established areas of coverage, such as administrators, department chairs, club and class sponsors, sports, the school board, the city council and even the custodians. Includes examples of ways to incorporate this information into brief updates in…

Describes cartoonist Jim Berry and his work. (MM)

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)

Discusses the purposes of political cartoons and presents a brief history of the art as practiced in the North American press. (TO)

Suggests that having students write for the school page of a local newspaper is a way for a high school newspaper adviser to justify the publication program to the principal, cut the costs for the school board, and provide the students with a legitimate journalism experience. (JL)

Considers how a scholastic newspaper staff becomes "Award-Winning." Notes that it is important to consider developing effective and functional infographic formats; editing type and page designs with an eye for consistency; writing stories that are all targeted to their teen audience; or modernizing design to keep pace with current publication…

Discusses 11 steps, associated instructional strategies, and tasks for editors, reporters, photo editors, and photographers involving high school newspaper production. Presents the information in chart format. (RS)

Reviews several surveys on the reading habits of secondary school students and summarizes the findings of a recent survey on the reading interests of third grade children. (RB)