Journalism for High Schools Author:William N. Otto In preparing this book the aim has been to limit the text material and activities strictly to the high-school classroom. It is assumed that the high-school journalism course should not be vocational or professional. To be sure, it can give a glimpose into the professional journalism which may start an occasional student on his life's career, b... more »ut it should in no way encourage students to rush from high school into a newspaper office. Rather, the course should increase the student's sensitiveness to his social environment and offer him the school paper as an organ for expression. Thus to encourage the student to express his ideas and to express them clearly and concisely is the fundamental purpose of any high-school course in journalism.« less