Unfortunately, such information wasn't always plentiful.
That's changed somewhat, thanks in part ot to the Internet, which provides quite a few good resources for aspiring writers.
Here is a partial list of sites that might be useful to reporters, editors and photographers at high school papers today. (I'll focus on college newspaper sites in a later article.)
If you know of others, please feel free - as always - to add them under "discussions."
In addition to these resources, I'd offer an obvious bit of advice to student journalists: "Read. Read. Read." There are hundreds of newspapers on the Web these days, and almost all of them are free.
National Scholastic Press Association - This one falls into the must-visit category, primarily because of extensive links to resources and to U.S. high school newspapers. It also contains suggestions for features - many of which aren't lame.
The Bolt Reporter - High school journalists from around the United States contribute to make this an interesting read. Students are paid $25 for submissions that are accepted.
High School NewsWeb - A well-done site, although it apparently hasn't been updated in more than a year. Includes links to numerous high school newspapers, primarily in the United States, plus a how-to guide on putting papers online.
Student Press Law Center - This one's another must-visit site. It offers a quick primer on censorship, libel, copyright, freedom of information and other issues.
Columbia Scholastic Press Association - Student Press Review can be downloaded here to be viewed by Adobe Reader. This doesn't offer much else, however, except for membership and workshop information.
Journalism Education Association - This site is also focused on membership information, but there are few things that make it worth visit. You can stop by the bookstore to get an idea of books that are available. If nothing else, you can take the titles to a local library and pick them up there, or borrow them through an interlibrary loan.
High School Journalism Institute at Indiana University - This is worth a look, but there's not much here at the moment other than information on workshops and links to a few student journalism sites.
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