Mascot Mania

For those students who are not sports fanatics, other teams in your conference can be confusing.  A quick tip for sorting out this problem is to post a chart which lists all the schools in your area, code them by their team colors and add a graphic of their mascot.  This visual chart will be valuable on those deadline days when your page editor is frantically looking for a coach on campus to identify which blue jersey with Tigers on the front is in a picture that your photographer didn't bother to caption. 

Have a great weekend!

Helpful Websites

The advice of the day revolves around three invaluable websites:  New York Times, Poynter, and HSJ.  Each offers a wide variety of journalism related material for the classroom.  Lesson plans, links for students, writing prompts, and lessons on current events are available.  check out these three links and you will be pleasantly surprised with the resources available.

poynter.org
hsj.org
newyorktimes.com

JEA/NSPA Convention

Now that the year is rolling, it's time to seriously consider attending a national convention.  State conventions usually don't happen until the spring, but you need a boost now.  The JEA/NSPA Fall convention in Kansas City is the perfect opportunity to network with other advisers and learn from the experts about every journalism topic under the sun.  Below is the link.  Check it out, and I'll see you in Kansas City!


JEA Fall Convention

Advanced Secondary Coverage

Today is a do-over Powerpoint.  One of the followers notified me that the Advanced Secondary Coverage would not download.  So let's try again....

Advanced Secondary Coverage