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High School Journalism
So I'm on my school's newspaper staff, but it's hard to think of what students might be interested in. The thing about my school is... well, the people just lack enthusiasm. Kinda sucks, really. Anyway, I'm just looking for ideas, wondering what YOU would want to see in a high school newspaper. What kind of headline would grab your attention? I'm not necessarily looking for the story of the year, but what would you hear about that would make you say, "Oh they're running a strory/column/etc on that? Awesome, can't wait" or SOMETHING. Something you like, something that bugs you, something you'd wanna know more about (I wouldn't mind some degree of controversy, either), be it about school or teenage life or... anything. Just don't say politics, because we've been running stories on that already. We can't have gossip or advice columns either.
Other than story ideas, advice on how to get people more interested in the newspaper would be EXTREMELY helpful too.
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LOVE this question, because i'm the editor-in-chief for my school paper and sometimes have this problem. though i can't straight off give you exact ideas, i can offer advice on how to get some. focus groups are good, usually informal. it might be a little weird at first, but if you just approach the different "cliques" at your school and ask what they want to hear people talking about, you can get a lot of insight; this includes ALL students, btw, not just "popular" kids or whatever. also, it may seem your school is unenthusiastic, but they ARE your audience and usually are very opinionated on certain subjects, even if they are disinterested in the pep rallies or politics, or things you may usually cover. and ask your staff, you know. chances are they aren't all the same people with the same opinions, and their ideas can draw a whole knew group to read the paper. bottom line, i (and the other columnists here)can only tell you MY interests (or theirs, whatever the case may be), but if you ask others at your school you will probably get feedback, and therefore more student-interest-oriented stories, and therefore more student interest. you may get anything from horror movies to football to fashion to politics. go with it. express your opinions in your paper, cover what's going on in your school (people LOVE to see their name in print) and ask around. good luck. hope i helped. :) tell me how your next issue goes. (sorry so long)
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Maybe you should have your "staff" run a poll on the student's like ask them a question on something random like "What type of music do you like?" And determining on what type of music gets voted for the most, you run the statistics in the newspaper, the headline states, "Students Vote On Music"... Or IDK. And let the students know which music the majority of kids in the school voted for. I really can't think of anything else, but just try a poll for the students in your school and see how they take it, I know I would read the newspaper if it dealt with music or polls/statistics. It should grab a lot of readers attention
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