Finance/Business
- Estimate how many papers we need each time based on the number of
classrooms – yound up so we are sure we have more than enough
- Figure out how much each run will cost
- Update our financial ledger
- Come up with at least three ideas to raise or earn money
- Prepare a budget report
News-gathering
- Make a list of completed stories and at least five specific stories to write
next
- Write a letter to send to teachers asking them to send us news stories
- Decide on the next three interviews you want to schedule
- Choose next two stories for blog
Features/Editorials
- Make a list of at least one specific story per person
- Decide on and begin writing three different reviews (food, music, book,
movie, theater)
- Choose one or two of the ideas for columns that ask for letters/ideas to be
submitted by students and write up the request you want to make of them
- Choose the next three stories for the blog
Art
- Make a list of the qualities you want in a logo so anyone can submit ideas
(for example, what size, can it use color, are there pieces, like the dragon,
you want them to include)
- Make a list of the kinds of art you want to include in the paper and how to
get it
- Divide newspaper into sections and decide on how much space for news or
features or art
- Decide whether to use existing editorial cartoons and design or assign more
- Choose next two things that you will share on the blog