ADV ISER UPDATE
FALL 2017
Table of Contents
09 SURVEY TEAM
BUILDER
How a survey was able
to boost student media
visibility, name recognition
and recruit newsroom staff.
13 JUST RIGHT
PHOTOS
Tips for training well-
rounded photojournalists
and evaluating their work.
2 3 ARE WE ALL IN
THIS TOGETHER?
What media advisers can
learn from world champion
coaching philosophies.
C OVE R P H OTO
In front of the spirit line at the
beginning of a playoff football
game at Highland Park High
School in Dallas, Texas, a student
photojournalist lays down to
compose her shot. Photo by
Margie Raper
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