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LA Youth
LA Youth was a newspaper by and about Los Angeles teens, published monthly from January 1988 to January 2013, and was distributed to more than 1,400 Los Angeles county public/private schools, libraries, and youth organizations. High school teenagers (grades 9–12) were the group of journalists, known as staff writers, who work on each monthly publication. Even eighth grade (8th grade) students who want to become involved, could attend staff meetings, network with others, and contribute to the paper. The staff writers prepared each issue by attending Saturday staff meetings, held at the LA Youth office in the Fairfax District. At the meetings, staff writers met with the adult staff and newcomer students. Students and staff writers were always encouraged to bring in friends and siblings, to broaden the number of students involved on the paper, and have 'L.A. youth' voices heard. The meeting consisted of each writer/student presenting himself/herself to the rest of the students, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
