Student Reporter

Why most student newsrooms recruit from the same narrow pool without meaning to, and concrete ways to widen it.

Open Meetings Laws: What a Student Reporter Can Walk Into Without an Invitation

A plain-language guide to sunshine laws and what they actually guarantee a student journalist trying to sit in on a public meeting.

What a high school reporter needs before quoting a classmate, and where the rules get stricter for sensitive topics.

How to report responsibly on booster payments, recruiting rule questions, and compliance investigations touching your own athletic department.

A concrete, repeatable pass every story should go through between the reporter’s draft and the publish button.

What a student newsroom should have in place before a byline draws coordinated harassment, and how to respond once it starts.

A practical walkthrough of finding, applying for, and reporting back on small grants that fund equipment, travel, or a semester project.

How to find, vet, pay, and keep freelance writers and photographers who fill gaps a small staff can’t cover alone.

Homepage curation habits for student news sites so a strong story from yesterday isn’t pushed off the page by three minor ones today.

Reporting tips for covering international and exchange students as individual sources with real stakes, not as one interchangeable feature angle.