The Student will:

1.      understand the role and responsibilities of each staff member and the purpose of the publication;

2.      use the skills necessary to plan and produce a publication;

3.       read other publications, both professional and student-produced, and generate story ideas of interest or of need to the publication's audience;

4.      conduct research using a variety of sources such as firsthand interviews and other means available, including the Internet;

5.      conceive coverage ideas and create multifaceted presentations of material, including but not limited to, standard story form, infographics, sidebars, photos, and art; find a variety of sources to provide balance to coverage;

6.      compose the story accurately keeping his/her own opinion out of non-editorial coverage;

7.      provide editorial coverage to inform and encourage the reader to make intelligent decisions;

8.      critique the publication to find its strengths and weaknesses and work toward an improved product based on those critiques;

9.      actively seeks non-staff opinion on the publication and determine whether that opinion should affect the publication;

10.  report and write for publications;

11.  write and design headlines for publications;

12.  research and write captions for publications;

13.  plan and produce photographs for publications;

14.  design publications;

15.  create and follow a financial plan for supporting publications, including sales and advertising;

16.  consider finances in making decisions, including number of pages and cost-incurring extras such as color, paper quality, number of copies;

17.  determine which events and issues are newsworthy for a readership;

18.  use skills in reporting and writing to produce publications;

19.  select the most appropriate journalistic format to present content;

20.  create pages for publications;

21.  incorporate photographs with captions or graphics into publications;

22.  use available technology to produce publications;

23.  evaluate stories/coverage for balance and readability;

24.  determine roles for which different team members will assume responsibility;

25.  determine coverage and concepts for publications;

26.  develop a deadline schedule and a regular means of monitoring progress;

27.  submit work for editing and critiquing and make appropriate revisions;

28.  edit and critique work of others;

29.  work cooperatively and collaboratively through a variety of staff assignments.