Reddit reviews Inside Reporting

I teach newspaper, and I have taught yearbook in the past. It's a lot of fun. Here is a page of contest prompts for things like feature writing, cutline writing and design. There are rubrics at the bottom of the page. It's from the Kansas Scholastic Press Association website.I like to use them as training worksheets. I also really like "Inside Reporting" by Tim Harrower. It's probably the best textbook I've found for journalism, or anything else.

My biggest piece of advice is to make sure you empower your students to make editorial decisions and do all the work to get the publication to press. It's their newspaper and yearbook, and while that gives them a lot of freedom, it's also a huge responsibility. If they take pride and ownership in their publications they will work a lot harder.

Let me know if you have any specific questions. It can be a daunting task.

This textbook has been used in a few of my college classes. It's an easy and interesting read, so I'd recommend it if you haven't already found a textbook to use.