Tips and Tools to Improve Writing Techniques for Student Journalists

Incredible list of resources for teaching/learning journalism from the University Interscholastic League in Texas.  http://www.uiltexas.org/journalism/resources-forms

• Building a Story, Bobby Hawthorne
• Description, Bobby Hawthorne
• Diction, Bobby Hawthorne
• Do the Write Thing, Bobby Hawthorne
• Leads, Bobby Hawthorne
• Literary Tools, Bobby Hawthorne
• Reporting for Duty, Bobby Hawthorne
• Sights and Sounds, Bobby Hawthorne
• Using Quotes, Bobby Hawthorne
• Checklist for Leads
• Checklist for News Stories
• Different Kinds of Feature Stories
• Ethics and Motivation
• Exercises for Compressing Statements and Editing Unnecessary Words
• Feature Leads
• Grammatical Leads
• Journalism Staff Rating Scale
• News Questions and Leads
• Rules to Write Good
• Structure of the Feature Story
• Style and Common Rules of Use
• Ten Key Steps for Improving Editorial Content