Writing For Publication & The Match

Mike Rezendes is an investigative reporter who was part of the Spotlight team on The Boston Globe newspaper when they uncovered the Catholic Church abuse scandal in 2002. He's played by Mark Ruffalo in the 2015 film Spotlight.

• Summer Reading 2021

• Junior Fortnight Page

• Fall 2021 WFP Course Policies and Procedures

• Sample Grading Rubric

• Fall 2021 HONORS Feature Article Explanation

• Peer Editing Checklist

• Plagiarism Guidelines & FAQ

  • The sordid tale of Elliott Shaffner, Richmond's plagiarist food critic.

• Upside Down Pyramid of News Writing

• The Match

• The Match - Staff Login

• Instructional video for using wordpress on The Match website

• The Match and WFP Style Guide

• Collegiate Style Guide-Quick Reference

• How To Use and Search For Images and Photos for Match Articles

• Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics

• Interview Tips

• Personality Profile Tips

• Logical Fallacies 101

• Lede/Lead Examples

• All The President's Men fact sheet

MEDIA BIAS CHART

If you liked Gene Weingarten & The Fiddler In The Subway, you can read more about him HERE.

Non-Required Reading

Random and varied selections of journalism and interesting writing from around the world.

• longform.org: A collection of long form feature articles from today's press, as well as from the past.

Amusingly Snarky Food Reviews

• Pete Wells takes down Guy Fieri in The New York Times, using only questions.

• Tanya Gold eviscerates the three most expensive restaurants in NYC for Harper's.

  • Tom Sietsema (Washington Post) rips a restaurant to shreds.

Other impressive high school online newspapers/publications

• The Paly Voice (Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA)

• The Panther Press (East Pennsboro Area Senior High School, Enola, PA)

• The Horace Mann Record (Horace Mann School, New York, NY)

Journalism links

Youth Citizen Journalist Network

New York Times on high school journalism

Svab's relevant journalism links

"Consider The Lobster" - David Foster Wallace