Eastview news

What is newsworthy at Eastview?

What Back Issues Can Tell Us:
1. What stories are covered every year?
homecoming, sports, graduation
• What time of year did these stories run?
homecoming week, during state sport tourneys, end of the year
• Are any of the same people involved year after year?
2. What was the biggest story of each year?
sports success
3. How many personality sketches of students were run each year?
4 each issue (canned spam)
• What types of students were interviewed? (athletes, student leaders, etc.)
one of each grade, big sports names
• Was any one student constantly featured in one year? Why?
tyler cropsy several times
• Do you think this was fair?
yes if the person truly makes a difference
4. How many personality sketches of faculty were run each year?
not many
• Which teachers were featured?
teachers that did something outside of school
• Why those particular people?
favorite teachers of students/writers
5. What full page features (or center spreads) did the publication carry?
vending machine/candy restrictions
• Are any of those topics still relevant?
not as serious but still relevant
6. What was a great year(s) for sports teams? Activities?
2004, girls teams in spring did great
• Did the school have any state champions?
nothing mentioned
• Olympic performers?
nope
• Other honors?
too many to list
7. Find a story that uses background information from previous years.
8. What topics did the paper editorialize about each year?
rules about cell phones
• What stand did the paper take?
opinions from students and faculty differ
• Has the problem been solved or is it still an issue?
still an issue
9. What major news did the paper carry about classes?
graduation requirements a little different every year
• Any curriculum changes?
next years freshman need more classes to meet standards
• Any major new programs?
no
10. Any new equipment?
computers here and there, programs on the computer
• Any building programs?
no
11. Any scandals involving students, administrators, or teachers?
pranks here and there
• What happened?
someone got pranked etc
12. What changes in fashion among students can be found?
low hanging jeans, shorter skirts
13. What signs of changing times can you find as mirrored in the concerns of students?
the economy is a common topic
• What concerns never seem to change and would continue to make good stories year after year?
predjudice
14. Did the school have any championship academic teams?
debate, math olympiad
• Art show winners?
• Band or choir awards?
• Science winners?
• National honors?
15. Which clubs were most active?
student council, debate, speech
16. What campus events made the most news?
football games
17. What movies and music groups has the paper reviewed?
student groups, local sports teams
18. What issues did cartoonists choose?
19. How has the publication’s format changed?
not too much over the past few years
20. Did the demographics of your student population change? Why?
nothing noticable
21. What are the school’s traditions and how did they develop?
color day
• Who are the school’s traditional rivals? (Could vary between activites.)
apple valley, burnsville, Eden prarie, farmington
• How did the rivalry begin?
no clue
22. What are five things most interesting about EVHS?
students, staff, opportunities, curriculum, sports teams

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