Dorota Giżyńska Let’s Start Our School Newspaper!

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An editorial boardeditorial boardeditorial board is a group of people who are in charge ofare in charge of [be in charge of]are in charge of a newspaper. It should includeincludeinclude students but also a teacher who will managemanagemanage all the work. The editorial board makes decisions about what’s inside the newspaper and meets regularly to discuss the latest eventsevents [event]events. The editorial board decides on the title of the school newspaper. It will also decide who is going to write articles for the paper. They can be reportersreporters [reporter]reporters or journalistsjournalists [journalist]journalists. Journalists usually researchresearch (verb)research and collectcollectcollect news, write articlesarticles [article]articles and include their own opinions in their work. Reporters are types of journalists who reportreport (verb)report the news and interviewinterview (verb)interview people.

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Both reporters and journalists should be students who are good at writing and interested in school life. They shouldn’t be afraid to expressexpress (verb)express their opinions, interview students or school staffstaffstaff and report school stories. The editorial board has to choose the editor of the newspaper. The editoreditoreditor is the boss of the newspaper and makes decisions about what is going to be in the newspaper and what’s going to be on the front pagefront pagefront page of the newspaper. They also supervisesupervisesupervise the work of journalists and reporters and check their articles for facts, grammar, spellingspellingspelling and punctuation.

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The whole team should decide on the most important topics they are going to covercover (verb)cover in their articles. They could be about lessons and school stuff, extra activities for students, trips, competitionscompetitions [competition]competitions and important school events. The articles can also be about local life, e.g. students can write stories about local celebrities or authoritiesauthorities [authority]authorities. Also, journalists can have columnscolumns [column]columns with self‑help tips like preventingpreventing [prevent]preventing addictions and bullying, or how to study better.

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Not all the sections in school newspapers have to containcontaincontain serious information. They don’t always have to contain breaking newsbreaking newsbreaking news and current school problems. Students want to have some entertainment and relaxing information. That’s why it’s good if they include things like puzzles, comics, surveyssurveys [survey]surveys and contestscontests [contest]contests with prizes. They may also include guest articles from staff or teachers about their lives and interests.

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The editorial board should also decide on the format of their newspaper. You can write in a document and print it on a school printer. The easiest way seems to be to publish it online in a digitaldigitaldigital format on a school’s officialofficialofficial website or as a blog. You can also print it and displaydisplaydisplay it on the walls around the school.

1 Źródło: Dorota Giżyńska, licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.