Blog 5

Looking at the list of online publications, one of my favorites would the the Palo Alto Campanile. I really like thier publication's webiste because of its simple and easy to navigate design. Any viewer can get a glimpse at whats stories have recently been published in each section, photos and their twitter feed all on the home page. I also really enjoyed how this website had a way to see their current publication. Several of the stories related to what was going on in the Palo Alto community- not just what was happeining in the school. I really like how they include what is happening around them instead of only school related stories, such as rennovations in the Palo Alto community or local elections. Another webiste that I liked was the Walnut High School Hoof Print. Their website is really eyecatching in that it is full of contrasting colors and cool effects. I really liked their sections such as "arts" which included school activites such as dance and choir and "scene" which featured reviews and more enteratinment centered stories. Many of their features were question and asnwers series along with short, quick to read stories such as a look back at fashion's history. Another online publication I liked is the Sagamore paper online. I really liked this website because it was simple, eyecatching and easy to navigate. I really liked how each section was seperated in subsections which made room for more stories. I also liked how they had stories about things such as the school cafeteria to an alumni's look back at the school's curriculum. This website made it really easy to find everything you need to know about the school from applying to the paper to just reading about what is going on in the school. All of these websites showed a glimpse at the students at each school and the entire community. On the best of Sno website the story "Homelessness affects students, while school systems offer support" by Hannah Conkin, John Sevier MS, Kingsport, Tenn. is very intriguing because of the controversial subject matter. This story easily could have been shot down by the school administration, but it was well written and encompassed the entire issue and how the school dealt with it. Another story that I found intriguing was "Uncovering addiction" by Kaitlyn Lemke and Jackie Gehling. This story featured multiple interviewees who had all dealt with the serious subject matter of addiction. A subject that is not easy to understand much less make understandable to the reader, was professionally written about by these high school newspaper students. 

Alison Elberger
entertainment editor