Describes off-campus publications and their problems. Presents a few suggestions for would-be publishers of off-campus leaflets or newspapers. (JK)

Cautions that sports writing should be done out of love for both sports and the act of writing. Presents reasons for becoming a sports writer. Provides a list of do's and don'ts for sports writing. (PA)

Presents remarks by the first-ever Journalism Education Association National High School Yearbook Adviser of the Year. Argues that few yearbooks present sensitive and controversial stories that impact students who read them, and that many yearbooks are nothing more than "public relations books." Suggests ways to present controversial…

Exposes some of the myths behind yearbook production, such as the fact that the "magazine approach" to production dates back to the 1920s. Criticizes the "Disneyation" of yearbooks--deliberate omission of "negative" material. Cautions that newspaper advisors generally make poor yearbook advisers. Argues that the most…

Presents a list of current "in" topics for coverage in yearbooks, as well as a list of subjects to avoid. States that the number one subject to avoid is the O. J. Simpson trial. (PA)

Provides instructions (a set of six steps) on how to create a specific, focused "in" and "out" list of topics for a school yearbook. (PA)

Argues that coverage of ritual festivities needs to be as special as the event itself. Offers ideas for, and specific examples of, such coverage in high school student publications, including newspapers, yearbooks, and literary magazines. (SR)

States that sports writing and sports news has greater impact now than it has had in the past. Presents some ideas to convince media advisers to teach sports writing, including the proven adage that a person does not need to understand sports or statistics to be a sports writer. Emphasizes the importance of organization and proper management. (PA)

Describes how a journalism student found an outlet for her grief over the suicide of her friend by writing columns for her school newspaper. Includes one of the columns. (RS)

Lists alternative ways to present the same story: traditional, narrative, radical clarity, and point of view. Presents a four-step plan to assess what readers want to see and how to meet that need. Provides a cautionary note about how to avoid "bad" text. Explains that readers like variety, and suggests different ways to present visual…

Offers detailed instructions for getting on the Internet and publishing a web page using HTML (hypertext markup language). (TB)

Provides an eight-step plan to help yearbook production staffs research the history of their school and integrate it into the present, allowing students to see the "big picture" of how their school has affected and continues to affect the community in which they reside. (PA)

Discusses, through a first-person narrative, the life of a reporter who began her career as a high school yearbook editor. Chronicles her attempts to find a college major before committing to a journalism degree from the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque. Concludes with her opinion that her path was painful, but that it was for the best. (PA)

Lists the following 10 tips for improved sports writing in high school publications: reporting comes before writing; do not try to do too much; show, do not tell; do not do game stories; avoid cliches; avoid "jock-talk"; use the drama of sports; do not write the obvious story; sports is also news; and read great sports writing. (PM)

Discusses how the student newspaper "The Lance" (at Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska) covered the shootings at Columbine High School. Notes that the staff localized the event and brought the student body into the story. (RS)