News

• News: What’s going on in school?
• Features: What’s interesting, even if it isn’t new? Report on a student, teacher, activity…
• Sports: Who won? What was the score? Who played well?
• Opinion: What does the newspaper editor think about hot topics? What do others think? Ask students to write letters to the editor. (Make it clear that editorials & letters are opinions) 
• Review: Movie, TV program, song, book. Which are most interesting? Why?
• Questionnaire: Ask "What is your dream school/pet/sport/moped/school lunch/…?"
• Puzzle / Joke / Riddle: Crosswords, trivia questions, jokes, riddles, sudoko
• Comics: Make your own comic strip or cartoon.
• Advice: Ask the school nurse, school counsellor, a teacher, or a Friend kompisstödjare  to answer student questions.
• Don’t forget: Avoid Swinglish! Check spelling! Check grammar! (Have someone who is good at English help. Photos and drawings should have captions telling what they are about.

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• News - This is the obvious. What is going on around school? Are there new construction projects or rules? What big events are happening in the different grades?
• Features - What human interest stories would appeal to the class body? They can be school-related but they can also be general stories that simply are important to students.
• Sports - Report the scores and stories. Don’t try to give a play by play, just relate the highlights and mention the names of those who made the outstanding plays.
• Editorial - Have the newspaper’s editor write about whatever is being talked about in school the most that week. Don ‘t be afraid to give opinions but be clear that it is strictly one person’s viewpoint.
• Reviews - What is the hit new movie, TV, or best-selling book and what does the reporting student think about it? Thumbs up or thumbs down plus explain why.
• Polls - From “What do you plan to do after graduation?” to “What is the worst food in the cafeteria?”
• Puzzle - Students love to do word puzzles: mini crosswords, word searches, or even trivia questions.
• Comics - Let the artist on the staff create their own cartoon. Possibly ”The Life of a Student” or something the kids can relate to.
• Poem - Run a poem each issue - either something made up by the staff or a poem submitted by a reader.
• Advice - Let readers ask questions (anonymously) and call upon the school counselor to help answer them. Or have a range of answers given by a counselor, a student, a teacher, and a parent.
• Spotlight - Highlight one person a week by putting their photo in the paper and giving basic info about them, such as likes and dislikes, hobbies, etc. And don ‘t forget a quote! The person can be a student, teacher, janitor, cafeteria worker, etc.
• Letters - A good newspaper generates feedback. Print letters that come in to the staff and let other readers know what people are thinking.
• Photos - Make the newspaper more personal by showing pictures of what you are discussing, shots of the athletes in action, and so forth.
• Advertising - Maybe the local pizza place, movie theatre, or bookstore would be interestedin advertising to help defray part of the cost of publishing your newspaper.  

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8 Sidor • Daily Good • Good Magazine • The School Times • Vikidia (Wikipedia for kids) • Vox • World Newspapers

Video News:  BBC  •  The Guardian  •