Ashland High School teacher Bill Gabriel works along side his students at the first annual journalism mini-camp at Southern Oregon University Monday. The high school is starting up its student newspaper this fall after a long absence.
The workshop is four-days long and covers some of the fundamentals of putting together a student newspaper, including photojournalism and page design. At this point we have been concentrating on understanding the importance of a free press in society and the responsibilities many journalists feel entrusted with. In class today, for instance, we discussed the roles and relationships a campus newspaper should develop with the larger community.