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Only Jeneffer, William and Holly have met their deadline for first drafts. The rest of you can expect your grade to drop the longer it takes you to turn in your (overdue) work.

First Drafts Due on Friday

William, Vanessa, Jackie, Daisy, Jeneffer and I will be at USC High School Journalism Day on Friday. We will return at the end of the period. As news editor, John will be in charge in our absence.

November Issue

Congratulations on our first 12-page issue. Thanks to everyone involved, especially those who stayed after school and who came in on Saturday to see that we met our deadline. Please post your thoughts about the issue here. Rather than a general comment, like "Nice job," I'd like you to make a specific comment either about your own story or someone else's story. What did you like about it? What would you have done differently if you had it to do over?

Also, please print the file titled Story Proposal in the box above. We will use this to finalize stories after we brainstorm story ideas on Tuesday.

Print vs. Web

 While I'm very excited about our website, there are still good reasons to publish a print newspaper as explained in this article by a journalism adviser.

http://www.jeadigitalmedia.org/2009/05/25/10-reasons-high-school-media-shouldnt-abandon-print/

First Issue, Guest Speaker

Congratulations on the first issue! We will critique the paper in Room 421 tomorrow, so annotate a copy and be ready to talk about what was successful and what needs to be improved.

Please add a comment from your notes on the guest speaker. What was the best piece of advice you took away?