Although the lack of diversity in newsrooms and reporting remains a serious issue in the journalism industry, college journalism education and student media provide a critical opportunity for change. Yet prior research has found notable diversity gaps in both. This study analyzed the state of diversity at a Midwestern university student newspaper…

In a multisemester Popular Science Journalism course that met for 2 hours once a week at Clemson University, students produced science news articles for the university newspaper by using primary literature, the internet, and interviews with researchers. Short lectures were given on topic choice, story development, literature surveys, common…

Provides examples of lively, interesting yearbook copy and outlines 12 rules for writing effective copy. (GT)

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…

A class newsletter can help students learn about each other while they gain important social, writing, and interviewing techniques. Computer programs to produce a newsletter, to do word processing, and to manage data are described. (MT)

Journalism rules for writing lead lines to articles are reviewed. Examples of leads made effective by observing or breaking these rules are discussed. (HTH)

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)

Describes service journalism, journalism focusing on action-oriented, reader-oriented articles. Notes that high school journalists should provide information that their audiences want to know. (MM)

Discusses how service journalism has limitless possibilities in the scholastic press in terms of topics and angles for news stories. (MM)

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)

Describes how the content of a high school yearbook can focus on service journalism. (MM)

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)

Points out the advantages to journalism students of working on student newspaper staffs and discusses principles of news reporting. (GW)