Ideal Program

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The Editor
a.k.a. The Red Pen Bandit
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Editor-CorrespondentRelationship
Communication

• Check in

• Be open-minded with story ideas

• Be honest

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Editor-Correspondent Relationship
Helpfulness

• Accessibility is key

• Offer to help

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Editor-Correspondent Relationship
Promote Confidence

• Encourage your correspondents

• Avoid negative comments

• Commend improvement

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Meeting Style

• Have meetings

• Make decisions WITH your staff

• Take opinions into consideration

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Meeting Style

• Host workshops and conferences

• Teach lessons

• Guest speakers and input from other journalists

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Editing The DirtyWork

• Editing is a tough job

• Editing goes beyond the textbook

• Its a game of ping-pong

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Editing The DirtyWork

• Involve the writers in the process

• Most importantly, dont be a softy

Most people with low self-esteem have earned
it. -George Carlin
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The Ideal Program

• Elizabeth Lane, Reena Singh, Diana Walsh

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Things to Look for in an Applicant

• Diversity
• Time Management
• Stable Teacher Recommendations
• Impressive Interview
• Expresses Interest in Writing

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Diversity
Susie Newspaper
Johnny Tabloid
Patty Pamphlet
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Time Management
Mon. 800-300 School 415-630 Tennis HW
Tues. 800-300 School 500-800 Tennis Match
(home) HW
Wed. 800-300 School 415-630 Tennis 700-800
Student Gov. meeting HW
Thurs. 800-300 School 400-1000 Tennis Match
(away) HW
Fri 800-300 School 415-630 Tennis
Sat 900-930 Music lessons
Sun 900-1200 Church
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Interview

• Critique Section
• -likes and dislikes
• Get to know the person
• -hobbies
• -what do they read
• -favorite subject in school
• -why are they applying

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Programs and Meetings

• Act like and Authority
• 1st Meeting ideas
• -Plagiarism warning
• -Writing 101 (tip sheet)
• -Interviewing tips (icebreaker)

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Workshops

• Weekend Workshops
• Guest Speakers
• Suggestion for a good workshop

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Shadow/Mentor

• Apply for position
• Assigned to professional journalist for a year
• Builds a networking connection

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Pablo, Andrew, Jessica and Nathan
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of emotion. The story begins when Pablo Paz
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Ideal Teen Content

• Teens Know TeensExpress the Teen Voice

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The Virginian-Pilot Mary Carter

• LESS THAN A TENTH. That is the difference
  between No. 1 and No. 2. That boils down to one A
  in one AP class.
• Voice

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The Virginian-Pilot Mary Carter

• Let me put this in perspective. I am taking six
  AP classes this year, and I have to get As in
  all of them to keep my spot on top. Believe me,
  there are quite a few people waiting for me to
  make that B, waiting for me to trip up and mess
  this up. But I refuse.

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The Virginian-Pilot Mary Carter

• Let the voice be heard and you will have your
  readership

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Major Elements of a Teen Page

• Words
• Art
• Both should have the teen voice

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Words

• To find the right voice, find the right topic
• How?

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Words TEENS KNOW TEENS

• Ask your teens
• Trust your teens

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Words

• Try something different
• Teens LOVE innovation

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Words Experiment

• Reviews with a balance of popular and out there
• Should your teen review Green Day or the band of
  high school dropouts striving for a CD in the
  garage next door? (The garage band.)
• Maintain the voice
• Teen Fall Movie Preview
• Film Review
• Music Review
• Restaurant Review
• Theatre Review
• Cannes Film Festival Article

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Words Experiment

• Weird Reviews
• Church
• Bus Line
• Delivery Service
• Postal Service
• Morning Talk show/radio stations

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Words Experiment

• 200 Words
• About anythingan opportunity for teens to share
  there voice
• Satires
• Sports
• Drugs
• Sex
• Abuse

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Art Capture the Soul

• By Genevieve Ross,
• Virginian-Pilot

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Art Capture the Soul

• Art mirrors the story it accompanies
• Quality art

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Art Capture the Soul

• Experiment
• Teens almost always find stats and graphs boring,
  so try something different

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Space Management

• Teens are turned off by filler
• White space should be used appropriately

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Ideas To Imitate

• Faces in the Crowd
• Generation Gap/Regulated Riot
• Photo Spreads
• Section-sponsored Activities (Battle of the
  Bands)