Guides student journalists through the intricate, multi-step process of producing a student newspaper.Includes examples of award winning student newspaper journalism.Tackles the challenges of reporting, writing, editing, designing, and publishing campus newspapers and Websites.Chapters include discussion questions, exercises, and projects.
The Student Newspaper Survival Guide is a handbook for student reporters, editors, page designers, photographers, Webmasters, advertising sales representatives -- and the advisers and business managers who counsel them -- on all aspects of putting out a college newspaper.In these pages, students will learn how to report stories, design pages, shoot compelling photos, cover a campus, sell ads, report on games, and write reviews, editorials, features, headlines and columns. In addition, the book includes chapters on Ethical Issues, Investigative Reporting, Recruiting and Training a Staff, Legal Issues and Starting a New Newspaper.The book can be used as a textbook for publication laboratory classes or as a handbook for students working on independent newspapers. It also features examples from some of the best college newspapers in the country.Special features include:Tips from professional journalistsInterviews with former college newspaper staffersChecklists on writing headlines, editing stories, designing pages, selling advertisements and other skillsExercises and ideas you can try at your own campus newspaperExamples of award-winning pages, stories and photosSample documents, such as employment applications, licensing contracts, evaluation formsA list of contests for student journalists
The Student Newspaper Survival Guide is a handbook for student reporters, editors, page designers, photographers, Webmasters, advertising sales representatives -- and the advisers and business managers who counsel them -- on all aspects of putting out a college newspaper.In these pages, students will learn how to report stories, design pages, shoot compelling photos, cover a campus, sell ads, report on games, and write reviews, editorials, features, headlines and columns. In addition, the book includes chapters on Ethical Issues, Investigative Reporting, Recruiting and Training a Staff, Legal Issues and Starting a New Newspaper.The book can be used as a textbook for publication laboratory classes or as a handbook for students working on independent newspapers. It also features examples from some of the best college newspapers in the country.Special features include:Tips from professional journalistsInterviews with former college newspaper staffersChecklists on writing headlines, editing stories, designing pages, selling advertisements and other skillsExercises and ideas you can try at your own campus newspaperExamples of award-winning pages, stories and photosSample documents, such as employment applications, licensing contracts, evaluation formsA list of contests for student journalists