Developed as part of a high school quinmester unit on yearbook editing, this guide provides the teacher with strategies for teaching a course designed to train student editors in developing a plan for the book, emphasizing the importance of the yearbook as a permanent document. Students apply this philosophy in planning a theme and in insuring…

This book is designed to solve the problem of coordinating art and typography with content in publications. Through text and illustrations, this book suggests ways to make pages and spreads in magazines, newspapers, and books attractive and readable. As a book of techniques, it is directed at potential and practicing art directors, designers, and…

Provides a brief history of school literary magazines, including who they should serve, their purpose, and the role of the magazine's faculty adviser. (SRT)

Editorial independence is described as a "snare and a delusion." The role of the publisher, who alone can define the purposes and policies of any periodical, is discussed. (MLW)

Offers a number of practical suggestions to Canadian academic librarians expected to write for publication. Areas discussed include choosing a topic; finding a publisher; collecting data; allowing respondents to comment on manuscript drafts; preparation of manuscripts; joint authorship; expenditures, royalties, and taxes; and publishing contracts.…

Discusses the experiences associated with being involved in scholastic journalism and in researching the book "Voice of Conflict and Voices of Hope." Finds the value of scholastic journalism lies in its potential to train reporters and editors to seek the hidden experiences of student life that the "professional" media cannot…

Presents strategies for teachers: 1) to demonstrate to children the need for content revision; 2) to help children clarify the content of their writing; 3) to show children the need for editing changes; and 4) to assist children in their editing effort. (SD)

Analysis demonstrates that interdisciplinary variation in scholarly journal rejection rates is linked to variation in consensus, not to journal space shortages; rejection rates are a good indicator of consensus. The different prospects authors face when submitting manuscripts to different journals result from structural differences between the…

Shows that, although peer editing groups are effective, they also have their limitations, and advocates instead the use of revision workshops as a practical alternative. Contains a checklist used in a revision workshop. (NKA)

Offers advice to practicing teachers on how to get published and suggests 12 topics for articles. (SRT)

Reviews some word processing programs that facilitate the writing task. These programs cover the following areas: 1) spelling; 2) punctuation and style; 3) thesauruses; 4) sexist language; 5) text and author statistics; 6) footnotes; 7) indexes; and 8) bibliography. Also provides an outline of the "Computer Education Assistance Act" of 1985 (S.…

Explains how a year of observing two successful novelists write and revise on the computer provided a number of ideas that are encapsulated in the concept of a fluid text or the writer's conscious avoidance of a text that becomes static or fixed. (HOD)

Explains that the current journal issue focuses on the importance of editing and the similarity of editor/writer and teacher/student relationships. (DF)

Lists books, articles, and reviews appearing in 1982 that dealt with some aspect of technical writing. (FL)

Describes the use of computer based exercises for copy editing and tutorial dialog for lead writing instruction. (HOD)