Shows students how to research and write an in-depth article for the high school press. (RB)

Offers suggestions for writing news stories for radio and points out the differences between news stories prepared for the eye and for the ear. (TO)

Suggests that sports pages need to become recreation pages covering activities both within and beyond the traditional school sports. Twenty sports/recreational story ideas are given. (TO)

Offers four reasons for teachers' failures to teach writing, discusses examples of some successes in teaching high school students to write, and explores the characteristics of good writing programs. (JM)

Offers suggestions that may lead high school newspaper staffs to have several progress reports available AOT (any old time). (TO)

Presents and discusses several ways reporters can gain the confidence of their news sources and obtain the necessary information for news reports. (TO)

Presents examples from four high school yearbooks stressing the need to concentrate on and polish up details for a good publication. (TO)

Reports the results of a survey of 765 leads taken from high school newspapers and offers suggestions for writing and varying newspaper leads. (TO)

Describes a phase-elective program in sports writing that is offered by the journalism department in conjunction with the English department. (RB)

Suggests that preventative measures, such as proper instruction in basic journalism classes, are not always enough to prevent plagiarism. Urges publications that have discovered they have printed a plagiarized piece to admit their error frankly to their readers. (MM)

Argues that writing is a form of compulsory thinking, and that writing for publication forces students to learn their formal and informal language and to examine the structure of communication. Also notes that writing for publication provides experience that is valuable preparation for college. (GW)