Talking
about journalism
with
Mrs. Beth Elliott's
third
graders
at
Dean
Road Elementary School
Auburn,
Alabama
April 23, 2003
A "Fun
Search"
in The
Auburn Plainsman
By
Ed Williams
Faculty
adviser, The Auburn Plainsman
Professor,
Department of Communication and Journalism
Auburn
University
The
Auburn Plainsman
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1. The ìindex boxî helps you to find things inside the newspaper. See if you can find The Auburn Plainsmanís index box.
2. The editorial page is the part of the newspaper in which opinions or thoughts are expressed. Find an editorial in The Auburn Plainsman.
3. One boxed-in space in the newspaper tells the name of the people who work on the paper. This is called the ìmasthead.î Find the masthead on page 2 of The Auburn Plainsman. Who is the editor? Who is the sports editor?
4. A newspaper prints a lot of advertising. This is because advertising pays most of the cost of printing the newspaper, and it helps businesses get customers. Very small ads in one special section are called classified ads. Find a classified ad that tells about something for rent. Find a large ad which tells about a special sale.
5. Lots of businesses advertise in The Auburn Plainsman. Look through the Plainsman and see if you can find an advertisement from a place that you have eaten or a store that youíve been in.
6. Titles at the top of newspaper articles are called headlines. Find a word in a headline that is new to you. To learn new words, look up their meanings in the dictionary.
7. Some newspaper articles have the name of the person who wrote them at the top of the article. This is called a byline. Find a byline.
8. Some photographs in a newspaper are in color. Some are black and white. Find a color photograph. Find a black and white photograph. Which do you like better?
9. The caption that runs underneath a photograph is called a ìcutline.î Find a cutline in The Auburn Plainsman.
10. A newspaper is printed on a newspaper printing press, and lots of ink is required. Readers often complain about the ink getting on their hands. Do you have ink on your hands?
What do you want to be when
you grow up?
By Ed Williams
You might want to work on your
school or college newspaper someday. When you grow up you might want
to work on a newspaper as well. You might want to study journalism in college.
Some of the things you do now will help you, such as reading a lot, learning
word meanings in the dictionary, and being careful in spelling and getting
facts correct in your school work.
There are all kinds of jobs at a newspaper. It takes lots of people to write the news and put out the newspaper. Some of the jobs available at the newspaper are publisher, editor, reporter, Webmaster, photographer, advertising salesperson, and printer.
Do you think you might like to work on a newspaper when you grow up?
