Interviewing sources for a school story
A good interview starts before you say hello, with background reading and a short list of questions you actually need answered. After that come the gr…
Student journalism, explained
Student Press Notes is a set of practical guides for student reporters, editors, photographers and their advisers. Reporting and interviewing, columns and reviews, photojournalism, yearbook planning, newsroom leadership and page design, explained step by step.
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Page design basics for school publications
Readers decide where to look in the first second they spend with a page, and design makes that choice for them. Grids, type, one strong photo and some…
Photo captions and ethics for student photographers
A photo without a caption leaves readers guessing, and a photo that has been staged or altered misleads them. Accurate captions and honest images are …
Photographing school events like a photojournalist
The scoreboard says who won, but the photo should show how it felt. Covering school events well means working in poor light, getting close, timing the…
Planning yearbook coverage so every student appears
Plenty of students open the yearbook, flip to their portrait and find themselves nowhere else. A ladder built with intention, a coverage plan and regu…
Public records for student reporters
A rumor says the district spent too much on new scoreboards. A contract or budget line shows what actually happened, and student reporters can often a…