The Trojan Times
General Inforation
Welcome to the Trojan Times!! The Trojan Times is WHS's student-run newspaper. We are always looking to attract new ideas to the paper! We publish an issue just about every month from the start of the school year in September to the final month, for seniors, in May/June.
Sections
(F) Features - The topic changes every month, from Summer in September to April Fools' in April.
(WHS) Wissahickon Happenings - This section covers events around the school such as Spirit Week and Clubs.
(A&E) Arts & Entertainment - This section includes articles on art, movies, books, fashion, or anything entertainment-related.
(ED) Editorials - This section includes commentary, advice, and opinions on a wide range of topics.
(S) Sports & Health - This section deals with school sports and spotlights on student athletes as well as health issues.
(P) Photography and Odds & Ends - This section is the photospreads, polls, comics and infographics throughout the paper as well as the horoscopes, calendar, and sudoku on the back page.
Be sure to check out all of these sections from issue to issue!
Editors 2015-2016 -->
Editors-in-Chief: Max Benowitz and Jessica Sweeney
Assistant Editor: Avery Ryan
Chief Copy Editors: Ashley Ok and Alycia Lee
Layout: Arielle Goldberg and Alycia Lee
Assistant Layout: Mikayla Joffe and Hannah Gruen
Features: Sharon Yoon and Toni McFarland
Happenings: Brandon Nappen and Jason Shu
Arts & Entertainment: Hanna Kim and Sarah Wolbach
Editorials: Brett Hu and Jessica Miao
Sports & Health: Ashley Choi
Odds and Ends: Michael Collins
Club Sponsors: Mr. & Mrs. Perlman (L06)
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/294194357452802/
Picture coming soon!
Formatting
These formatting guidelines are extremely important. You cannot recieve credit without following them!
Also do not forget to make all photos black and white!
To Receive Club Credit:
- Gain 5 credits over the course of the school year (minimum of 2 before 2013)
- An article with a picture is 1 credit
- A well-made photospread or other odds & ends submission is typically 1 credit, but the offical credit amount is decided by the editor
- Mailbox stuffing is worth 0.5 credits
- Attend a majority of meetings
Be Aware!
- When writing articles, you are writing for the next month. If it is September when you are writing your article, then it will be printed in the October issue! Articles topic choices should be relevant to the month in which they are to be printed.
- All photos submitted should be BLACK AND WHITE. This can be done on many online websites or desktop programs. If you are having difficulty, ask an editor for help! Here are some good websites and applications:
Here is a great desktop application to download: http://picasa.google.com/ Also great for making photospreads!
iPhoto (if you have a mac)
http://www.lunapic.com/
http://pixenate.com/ (eHow: http://www.ehow.com/how_5522983_make-picture-black-white-online.html)
http://www.phixr.com/
http://editor.pho.to/
- All images must be copyright free! You can not use Google as a source for images. Therefore, original photography is great! Other sources to look at for copyright free images are
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic98.htm
http://pics4learning.com/
http://creativecommons.org/
http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp
http://www.everystockphoto.com/
http://schools.clipart.com/