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Kids in Print: Publishing a School Newspaper, Second Edition

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I have purchased numerous books about journalistic styles of writing, but this particular handbook really got me started. As a middle school teacher, I had difficulty in finding books with proper journalistic language and with sound newspaper advice. This handbook certainly has the journalistic nuts and bolts covered quite nicely.

This handbook is also filled with applicable and reproducible materials that can be directly used in the student news room. From job applications to work in progress worksheets, this handbook takes the new or seasoned newspaper advisor through the process of creating a newspaper - step by step. There are also useful resources for students about the basics of journalism. For example, journalism jargon is included along with lessons on inverted pyramid formats of writing. As a second year, middle school newspaper advisor, I find this book to be an extraordinary addition to my journalism library.

I ordered the handbook when our school decided to begin a school newspaper. I have not had to search for any other resource. This book has everything you might need. It begins with hands-on practical approaches to choosing a staff and things to consider before beginning the paper. It is followed by actual ideas that can be used to produce a true journalistic setting from which to publish the paper. There are many pages that can be reproduced.The book gives ideas for monthly columns as well as ideas for feature stories. It even has a page to reproduce "press badges" for the staff. Our sixth graders produce our school paper but this book would be good for any start-up or established paper.

This book is quite helpful for teachers and parents with children who are interested in journalism. It gives several worksheets that allow kids to follow a structure for learning: figuring out an article's angle, following its progress, and what information is needed in an interview.

Along the way, a lot of information is squished to give kids all the more knowledge. Information boxes such as "a few ways to say said," a proofreading checklist,and commonly misspelled words give kids more reasons to do their work with excellence.

The book also gives helpful information about how to organize a school-funded newspaper, how to layout and design it, and how to publish it. I would recommend this to anyone looking for information on running a middle-school or younger school newspaper

"Kids in print" is an excellent resource. The book is well organized and offers several tips on starting a school newspaper. There are also several "organizational" sheets that can be copied to help students stay on track while interviewing people and writing stories.

This book has been invaluable to me. I started an elementary school newspaper this year and this book helped me to organize myself and the kids. It includes all kinds of checklists and resources for the kids to use in writing and planning out their articles,including the 5 W's,a revision checklist geared toward a news article, photography tips, lists of alternate ways to say "said". There were worksheets to help me organize who was writing what and gave me a master list of everything that was going on (some 35-40 different projects at once!)and needed to be taken care of. Thanks so much to Mark Levin for the time he has spent to put this together. It is well worth 10 times this price.

We just started our school newspaper this year, and Kids in Print was an invaluable resource for us. It was the main source book we used to help us develop a primer on journalism basics for our elementary school students, grades 3-6. The checklists and other handouts were also extremely useful. Unlike most other guidebooks on teaching journalism, this book covers topics that are relevant to young journalists, in language that is accessible to younger students.

Excellent product for an elementary newspaper advisor! Many prepared forms for students and the advisor. This is a must have! I did find though that if you join NESPA, mentioned in the book, I think it's a 1 time payment of $40 that you will receive this book and another one dedicated to reporters.

This book helped our school start its newspaper. The format is easy to follow and the information is useful and practical.

This is a great book for anyone starting out a school newspaper. It has lots of great copy and use info sheets, as well as ideas for articles and organization.

It's wonderfully organized even for teachers without writing experience but as a journalist it's clear he's done his homework though some of his focus on the inverted pyramid harkens back to older writing styles, it's all very well-done.