Argues that high school newspapers might do well to create stronger ties with alternative weeklies. Discusses issues of niche marketing, alternative content, and alternative presentation. Notes that high school papers could learn a lot from alternative newspapers. (SR)

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)

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)

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…

Describes the very first interviewing and writing assignment that introductory students do in a high school journalism class. (SR)

Reviews the many uses for computers in journalism education. (FL)

Describes how a changeover to desktop publishing, working in teams, expansion of the journalism room, and the concept of packaging combined to dramatically change a high school newspaper's approach and product. Argues for a debate on evaluation services. (SR)

Gives a four-step approach to creating a "package" of news items on a featured topic. (SR)

Outlines a step-by-step approach to creating a grid to help in "packaging" news items on the front page, inside news page, and sports page. Offers a completed prototype. (SR)

Offers a diagram of how the renovated publication area at City High School, Iowa City, Iowa, is set up. (SR)