HS Journalism students in DC with online newspaper

[Rita]

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29 Legacy HS journalism students from Mansfield, TX are in Washington DC for the National Student Journalism Association convention. Wish them luck - their goal is to bring home the "best of show" award for their online newspaper. And help them out by giving their online paper some "hits".
click here to see their work: The Rider Online | Mansfield Legacy High School Student Media


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[Jdarg]

How cool Rita! South Walton has a great weekly email newsletter, but no longer has a journalism class/newspaper from what I hear. It sounds like the online newspapers are the way to go, and the Mansfield paper is great- maybe something we could do here.

 

[Mango]

Nicely done, Rita! The content is much more than your typical high school events. It's very professional and they are deserving of an award.

 

[Rita]

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Thanks! They got a grant to get the online paper started. Got it going last Spring and have been heavy into it this year.

Tonight they were to attend a talk by Nick Clooney (George's Dad). Jackie was excited for that! Ha!

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[Ocean Lover]

Looks great!!! We have a print newspaper and a news team but nothing online. Sam is thinking about not doing cheerleading next year and I would love to see her go this direction.

 

[Rita]

Looks great!!! We have a print newspaper and a news team but nothing online. Sam is thinking about not doing cheerleading next year and I would love to see her go this direction.

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I love when the print editions come out. A real newspaper! and it just looks so good. But they can get much more experience with the online and the student population at the school has really taken to reading it, as well as many parents. It is a lot of work for the newspaper staff though to keep something fresh and new online. Jackie feels overwhelmed at times and has had trouble finding the time to keep up. Marching season is over so that will help.

Tell Sam to go for it!

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