MADELYN AUGUSTINE
ADVERTISING AND SALES
At my school, our yearbook and newspaper are not funded by the school at all. Everything we pay for we have to pay for ourselves. One of the ways we do this is through selling advertising that will be featured in our paper and yearbook to local businesses around the metro area. Below you will find the two forms we handout to businesses to market our advertising opportunities. On the far right you will find one of the ads I did for a local restaurant that specializes in breakfast and lunch.
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NATIONAL AND STATE CONVENTIONS
Some of the best parts about being involved in high school journalism are all of the opportunities that are offered to compete, learn and meet new people at both state and national conventions. I have attended two national conventions, one in Chicago, Ill. and one in San Francisco, Calif. and multiple state-wide conventions. At these conventions I was able to attend breakout sessions that helped me enhance my skills ranging in topics dealing with how to be a better writer, designer, photographer and leader in the classroom. The best part of these conventions though was the fact that I was able to network with a multitude of college representatives, yearbook representatives, and other student journalists. By doing this I was able to learn more on what different colleges and yearbook companies had to offer, what other schools were doing in their publications, but most importantly I was able to promote my own work and the work of my entire newspaper and yearbook staffs. Beneath, are pictures of the convention booklets from both Chicago and San Francisco, along with some of my notes from a few of the breakout session I attended.
