Day one has been a great success for me. I came away with some fresh new ideas. Some of my favorites: I learned about the services myhsj.org has. For example, I love the idea of challenging my students to submit best stories, photos, and videos weekly to the weekly contest. I also plan to use the MRT campus service provided to high school newspapers.
Another major thing I came away with is I will not brainstorm for story ideas. I think what I will do since we publish monthly is have students turn in two specific story ideas each week. Then I will give feedback on each idea, and our group time will be spent brainstorming people to interview. I think I will assign beats this year, too. How does everyone else do that? What are some specific beats that you use?
These are just a couple of specific things I brought away from today. It was awesome! Looking forward to the rest of the training.
Laurie Bender
Kamiakin High School
Kennewick, Wash.
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