These three sites stood out for me. Each of them have stories that show clear formatting (quote, transition, quote).
The Clarion (http://rbclarion.com/): This site was very clean, classic and simple, not overwhelming users with flashy widgets. Site navigation was relatively straightforward. The home page features an individual section for each section in the newspaper allowing one to easily browse for a story. They have individual pages for each writer, giving a short bio, a picture and links to all stories, photos or videos by that writer. This is very impressive.
The Feather Online (http://www.thefeather.com/): This site is also very simple but gets the job done. The frontpage features widgets for videos, blogs, podcasts, polls, comics and of course, stories and pictures.
The Foothill Dragon Press (http://foothilldragonpress.org/): This is by far the most impressive site. It looks like a real, professional website: something comparable to that of the newyorker.com. The design is so clear and clean-cut. There are impressive web features like preview on hover, and I loved the pictures and drawn visuals to accompany the stories.
These are two fantastic stories.
"Homelessness affects students, while school system offers support" by Hannah Conkin of John Sevier MS. This is just a really interesting and compelling story in which Conkin does a great job of articulating the topic. She is very thorough and obviously has done a lot of research with all the insights and information about the city's Homeless Education Program (HEP). It is a really interesting and moving story. It sort of makes me think how lucky I am to be able to live the way I do, and I am very impressed with that.
"Even seniors get cut from the team" by Darryl Littlejohn Jr. at Southfield HS. This is sort of a sad story, but I think Littlejohn does a good job of writing it with an upbeat tone. He has a optimistic tone for the basketball team and gets all sides of the story (the cut player, the teammates, the coach) which all wish the best for the team's future. I like the use of "literary devices", really just that he used a clever phrase "Attempting to fill Parker's Nikes are two new freshmen..."
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