Journalism teachers face many challenges, but one of the greatest is organizing and managing the classroom and student assignments. Below teachers will find resources for recruiting staff, organizing beats and assignments, creating manuals and developing grading policies. Information and samples about staff workflow, job descriptions, staff applications, staff manuals, style manuals, student contracts, equipment check-out forms and rubrics are also included to help you succeed in this area!

SchoolJournalism.org resources, including:

• Newsroom Management
• Staff Job Descriptions
• How to Start a High School Newspaper
• Advanced Journalism Grading System
• Advanced Journalism Publications Point Work Sheet
• Student Press Law Center Sample Student Media Member Contract and License for Use of Creative Work

• Student Media Staff Application
• Student Media Job Descriptions and Workflow
• News Media Editor Contract
• News Media Staff Contract
• The Excuse Contract
• Motivation, Circulation and Publication Redesign Assignment
• Motivation, Circulation and Publication Redesign Rubric
• Newspaper Research Project

Resources from ASNE Reynolds High School Journalism Institute instructor Jim Streisel

• Publications Standards
• Editor’s Manual
• Style Manual