Provides copyreading guidelines for the reporter, the typist, the section editor, and the copy editor; includes a chart of copyreading symbols. (GT)

Discusses how to use sidebar stories to cut down very long stories. Presents several examples of effective sidebars from school newspapers. (RS)

Argues that the present form of news writing, the "pyramid style," has become obsolete, especially for school newspapers that are published less frequently than once a week. Indicates that readers are interested in the journalist's viewpoint and in a "journalistic conclusion" to stories. (TJ)

Outlines five steps involved in conducting and writing about an interview: selecting a topic, backgrounding, interviewing, writing the interview story, and writing a sidebar that complements the main article. Tells how a journalism student proceeded through these steps in writing an article for his school newspaper, and presents his article. (GT)

Discusses types of sports information, other than the score of past games, that is of interest to readers; offers tips on finding angles for sports stories. (GT)

Maintains that good news reporting requires hard work, careful research, and even more careful verification. Notes that there is nothing old fashioned about news reporting, except that, like fine antiques, good news reporting in scholastic publications is hard to find. (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)

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)

Suggests the importance of writing newspaper stories with a fresh angle and illustrates the point liberally. (TJ)

Provides pointers for news writers in such areas as approaching a story, conducting an interview, using quotations, and protecting sources. (GW)

Describes several sports situations and possible approaches to reporting them in the school newspaper; points out the importance of effectively reporting athletic activities while maintaining a proper perspective of the role of sport in the academic community. (GW)

Offers suggestions related to the following aspects of student publications: the use of photographs on the front page, language usage in news stories, the "personals" column, and getting story ideas. Provides some facts about trends in newspaper publication and in the size of the high school population. (GW)

Gives a four-step approach to creating a "package" of news items on a featured topic. (SR)

Describes the complete redesign of an award-winning student newspaper from a "stodgy" paper to one that presents the news in "packages." (SR)