[Journalists] About writing for school newspapers

[Graham Downie]

With your team, work on your strengths, improve areas on which you are not 
as strong, and learn from your team and teachers. Perhaps seek subjects not 
already covered by your newspaper.
Many people can give you advice, but you will learn much simply by 
participating with the team and from feedback from that team and your 
readers.
Best wishes
Graham Downie
PS I am a journalist with The Canberra Times in Australia.

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> Hello to all in this list: I'm sure the majority of you are all 
> journalists. I need some advice for writing stories on my school 
> newspaper.
> I'm not a professional journalist, though I write for a high school 
> newspaper. I am a staff writer. I write articles for Eisenhower High 
> School which is the name of my school in Yakima, WA, and the name of my 
> school newspaper (kind of small) is the Five Star.
> I'm not sure if this list is appropriate for non-professional journalists, 
> or for starters, but please apologize me if this is not appropriate for 
> the list, and/or because I'm not a professional journalist I am not 
> suppose to write on this list. Anyways, I need some advice, I'm pretty 
> sure that you all have experiences. I write and when I join my group every 
> day, I am surrounded by sighted people, all my fellow staff writers are 
> sighted. I am actually in a Journalism class in which I join and 
> participate daily. We are very independent, but we have a pretty nice 
> adviser.
> Anyways, because everybody in my class/Journalism club is sighted except 
> for me, I would like to know something:
> As a blind journalist, what things do I have to know, such as strengths, 
> or things I should consider doing more or less than my other fellow 
> partners? What things do I have to work on better or less? I understand 
> all of what journalism implies now that I joined the class, such as how to 
> interview, to give a voice to the public, about the freedom of press and 
> etc. All I need is to know these things and if someone can advice me 
> that'll be great. Also, any suggestions will be always very appreciated. 
> Sorry if I have many spelling errors. But thanks.
>
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