Annual school newspaper in Inverell Times on December 5

Every year following the Year 10 School Certificate a group of students create the annual school newspaper Mirror on Macintyre.

The two weeks spent constructing the paper is a work experience option to learn newspaper production skills.

Gabi Potbury, Bobbie Doye, Marnie Wade, Louise Holder and I were the journalists and editors and Meg Hanlon was our fantastic cartoonist.

We spent every school day for two weeks writing stories, laying out pages and editing photos to finally complete the newspaper. We used the program QwarkXpress which allowed us to set out and rearrange the layout of the individual pages of the newspaper on school computers. It is a program used by newspapers all around the world.

Writing stories and editing photos are not the only things we had to achieve. The school newspaper is completely paid for by asking local businesses to place advertisements in the paper. These ads were collected, created and edited by Marnie and I.

When writing a story, the students or teachers involved are interviewed to gain the information and suitable quotes. The whole experience gave us a broader insight into the world of journalism.

It took us two weeks to create a 12 page newspaper. Just think - other journalists write, edit

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