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The Paw Print staff rede- Mrs. Judy Williams in
signed the school news- Student Services with her — (
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paper this year, turning it grandaughter. It covered the i
from a traditional-looking pressures facing athletes _ .
broadsheet newspaper into and the hopes of new sports
a tabloid format, with a full seasons. ;, ` �► "
picture on the front featuring A lack of advertising forced
"teaser" headlines linked to The Paw Print to do only an
stories inside, online edition for part of the
The idea was that a more year, which it was already
portable,colorful, bolder posting. But thanks to the t
magazine-style publication efforts of its staff and the
would attract more readers. community,The Paw Prints
Despite that change,The began putting out a printed
Paw Print's dedication to version again. The expert-
news, life, opinion, enter- ence was a lesson for the
tainment and sports re- staff, which worked to build
mained the same. a surplus for next year.
The Paw Print tackled a Because the The Paw Print
number of important is- staff was under 20 students,
sues this year, including the the staff was close and
homeless students that attend worked well together.
our school. It wrote some "We had a dedicated group,
good narratives, including said Mr. Szymanski, the
a story on how Facebook newspaper advisor. "They
helped reunite made the paper successful."
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• Layout Editor Dylon Peters helps section editors Saman-
tha Loretto and Nicole Moss prepare stories for layout.
Peters also served as the staff's computer technician,
which proved valuable many times(1).During a round
table,all of the staff gets together and shares their new
/ story ideas for the next edition.Editors assign writers to
those stories(2).Staff writers Tyler Schaefer and Thad
Anderton help Sports Editor Audrey Morrison review he
first draft of a new article.Staff members pitch in to help
each other come up with ideas,find sources and edit eac
other's stories(3).
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