It's all doom and gloom in commercial newspapers these days: buyouts, layoffs, and fleeing advertisers. However, most student newspapers seem to be doing just fine. Student publications are not entirely immune to the changes in readership and advertising spending that have severely cut into the profits of much of the newspaper industry. However,…

Courts allow a great deal of discretion to private college officials regarding student press. This liberty should not lull student personnel administrators into censorship and strict control. However the principles guiding a private college's response to its newspaper must be educational as well as legal. A logical alternative would be a…

Suggests several ideas for getting and producing advertisements in the school newspaper. (TO)

Based on the personal experiences and observations of a person who has worked in the field of high school, collegiate, and professional journalism, this paper discusses the professional press as a preface to examining scholastic publications. The comments on the professional press are: financial stability is necessary for a newspaper to enjoy its…

Eight Quill and Scroll Studies are presented in this publication. These are entitled: "The Coach as a News Source for High School Newspapers"; "Take a Long Look at Yearbook Contracts"; "Measure the Content of Your High School Newspaper, 1969"; "Early High School Magazines, Newspapers, and Yearbooks, 1970"; "Courses Which Should Be Required for…

A study of the accuracy of news stories in ten professional newspapers and a university newspaper provided data on many aspects of accuracy and revealed that the student newspaper had more than twice as many errors per story, and a much higher percentage of factual errors, than did the professional newspapers. (GT)

Suggests using newspapers as models and instructional material for learning how to write newspaper stories. (TJ)

Reports the results of an analysis of editorials in 12 Indiana college newspapers which indicate that the college administration receives the most space coverage.

The inability to conduct an interview and the reliance upon overused questions and ideas prevent many students from writing successful feature articles. To write a good feature, the reporter should (1) pick a person or subject worth writing about, (2) allow adequate time for an interview, (3) learn as much as possible about the interviewee before…

The 1970s may someday be considered the period of independence for the collegiate press. More and more college and university newspapers are breaking ties with their institutions and moving off campus. However, many of these papers desiring independence also want financial support from their institutions without the administrative control that has…

Describes the conflict between the University of Texas student newspaper and the former Chairman of the Board of Regents. (HS)

The study was designed to answer three questions: (1) What should be the function of the state college's sanctioned student newspaper? (2) What are the legal boundaries which pertain to editorial policies of the student newspaper in relation to student freedom of expression and with which the state college must be concerned? (3) What, if any,…

This paper presents guidelines for the chief student personnel administrator in implementing editorial policies related to freedom of expression in the sanctioned student newspaper. The guidelines are: (1) the function of the student newspaper should be clearly defined and agreed upon by the students, faculty and administrators; (2) the function…

Provided are guidelines for administrators in terms of the student newspaper function, the law, and journalistic ethics. (Author)