Publisher's Synopsis
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.
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 journalists
- Interviews with former college newspaper staffers
- Checklists on writing headlines, editing stories, designing pages, selling advertisements and other skills
- Exercises and ideas you can try at your own campus newspaper
- Examples of award–winning pages, stories and photos
- Sample documents, such as employment applications, licensing contracts, evaluation forms
- A list of contests for student journalists
