How to write a Journalism article, it’s THAT simple!

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Did you ever wonder how the journalism class writes their articles? At Springville Junior High School, we have a school newspaper. That’s thanks to Ms. Tiffanie Miley, teacher of the journalism class at SJHS. The journalism class is in charge of writing articles and taking pictures for the newspaper. Ms. Miley created the system used to write an article. If the articles are well-written enough, they can be entered into the Springville Independent News, and maybe published in the next issue. Here’s how journalism students a journalism article.First, the student starts out with a brainstorm. They figure out what they already know, what they need to know, and who they can interview. After that, thej ournalism students decide who they want to interview and write questions. The part that most journalism students like is next: interviewing.

Becca Dickinson, an eighth-grade student currently enrolled in the journalism class, said, “I like interviewing. It gives you the chance to have a little freedom.”Once all the interview responses have been gathered, the student highlights them into two different categories, information and quotes. The information and quotes highlighted are the ones the student feels are best to include in their article. After this, they order the information gathered from most important to least important. After that, they can start writing their first draft. “My favorite part is probably the typing/writing part because it’s so fun to create an article on something someone will read, and probably make them feel inspired to be in journalism too,” said Bianca Trujillo, an eighth-grade student, also in the journalism class.

Once the first draft is written, the student has two different people review their article. When the  two reviews are made, journalism students make the changes in the next drafts. When they are done doing that, they make the final changes to their article. Once all the changes are saved, they print their final draft, and turn it in for Ms. Miley to grade and give back the next day.

When the article is returned to the student, they have to find a picture for it, and do a subject approval. A subject approval is when a student goes to an adult they interviewed, and see if one of their quotes, or any information from them is correct. They then make the changes on the article for the final time, and submit the finished article via email to Ms. Miley. Once submitted, the final article will be added to a future school newspaper.According to Becca Dickinson, she feels great knowing people read her work. She also feels “professional.”  That concludes how a journalism student writes an article. Hopefully you can take journalism sometime while you’re still at the school!

Attributions
Rachel Dockstader, SJHS Staff Writer