Online School Newspapers and Magazines

Many schools have a newspaper, but does your school publish an online newspaper or ezine? An ezine is an electronic magazine. Online publications are often called ezines.

Check on the HiLite Online from Carmel High School and the Arrow Online from Flathead High School in Kalispell, MT. These enewspapers include everything from a regular school newspaper along with columns, chats, forums, and other interactive features.

Some schools start their involvement with online publications by making use of private and commercial online projects. In other words, rather than producing your own school magazine, why not contribute to an ongoing ezine? There's no need to set up a server or learn how to put together an entire web site.

The advantage of an online newspaper is its flexibility. Unlike a school newspaper which is restricted to exactly 8, 12, or 16 pages, the length of a web newspaper is without limit. In addition, online newspapers can be constantly updated. They aren't restricted to a duplication deadline like traditional newspapers. Rather than a full edition, some schools continuously add to their web newspapers. For example, sports scores are integrated the day after the game rather than appearing in the weekly newspaper. Another advantage of an online newspaper is the cost savings if the print version is eliminated. Finally, an online newspaper can easily incorporate multimedia elements such as audio, video, graphics, and other enhanced features.

Go the Cool School Newspapers and Magazines from Teacher Tap and explore examples of classroom pages.