National Newspaper Week

Uh, oh! We have almost missed this week-long event! That's right...this week is National Newspaper Week (October 5-11).

So, who's to say we can't celebrate National Newspaper Week next week? Talk amongst yourselves and develop a plan to promote The Spirit of the Pioneer. A poster? A banner? An announcement? A jingle? A dance of eight (yes, that's how many reporters we have!) in the Commons?

Click here to access some resources. Then leave me a comment here as to what you decide.

Now read the next post to see what else I left for you to do!

Just Your Opinion Please!

Okay, I want your opinion...based on the facts, of course!

As you know, I am not here today (Friday, Oct. 10)....I am at a meeting in Little Rock.

Please accomplish this today:

1. Write an editorial (yes, give me your opinion!) on the candidate of your choice for President of the United States using facts, statistics, and research to back your opinion. If you research the candidate, plan to hyperlink to your source(s) or directly refer to the source within your editorial.
2. Complete the corrections on your "main news" and "sports" stories. Place those final stories within your "Final Stories" file.
3. Sports story drafts are due today.
4. When all this is completed, you may "play" with your Indesign hard-copy newspaper page.
5. Lilly, your story is to interview all the senior Homecoming maids and write a feature on them. Please read the next blog entry on writing interview questions. When you have your interview questions ready, ask one of the other reporters to go with you to Mrs. Diane's office to find out where these girls are and deliver your questions.

Please view the online newspaper. Halli is now a published author!

Keep up the good work! We will publish the rest of you next week!