The Tide (newspaper)
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The Tide[1] is the official student-run newspaper of the Dover High School community in Dover[2], New Hampshire. It was founded in 2006 by the Dover High School Journalism Program and headed by English teacher and Publisher Dan Singer. It is among the largest and most comprehensive newspapers in New England high schools.
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[edit] Publications
The Tide, Inc. produces several publications.
The Tide, a broadsheet newspaper, is released monthly throughout the school year. It is generally between 8 and 32 pages.
The Tide Online is the online edition, released periodically throughout the school year. It is run by the New Media Department, instituted in 2007. It includes pre-published stories and online exclusives, as well as video and audio stories and supplements.
The NewsWave is a biweekly circular. It is generally released during the week of the release of The Tide, as well as between the releases. It is tabloid-style, and is usually two pages.
[edit] Manual & Guidebook
The Tide has a comprehensive manual and guidebook that all staff members are expected to know word for word. This manual includes such things as the Editorial Policy, Job Descriptions, Mission Statement, Goals, Objectives, Syllabus, and Anticipated Articles. It is edited every year to add new jobs, changes in policy, and anything that needs to be changed.
[edit] Mission Statement
The Dover NewsWave & The Tide are the biweekly news circular and newspaper of the Dover High School community. These publications are produced by the Journalism class but include contributions from the DHS community at large and serve as a free voice, a forum for discussion, and a source of information concerning events and issues surrounding our school community.
The Purpose of The Dover NewsWave & The Tide is to provide a thought provoking, sensitive, and relevant publication for the Dover High School community. It seeks to provide a deeper look at what is going on inside and around our school, to help make such participation and interest accessible to all members of that community. All materials published in these papers will be soundly substantiated. While all publications may not be what everyone wants to hear, all publications will be TRUTHFUL.
Responsibilities of The Dover NewsWave & The Tide are to produce media based upon professional standards of accuracy, objectivity, fairness, and active, responsible interest surrounding The Dover High School community.
Priorities of The Dover NewsWave & The Tide are to raise awareness of major issues and events around the community pertaining to Dover High School. In turn, this gives DHS students, staff members, and others the opportunity to become more involved, active in, and informed about issues in their community that pertain to their school. As a secondary role, The Dover NewsWave/ Tide will also be a source of interest and entertainment for the student body. The Dover NewsWave & The Tide provide an extremely effective learning process in which the student staff is able to take on the skills and responsibilities of research, writing, word processing, photography, graphic design, advertisement, sales, marketing, PR, contacts development, fundraising and grants writing, communications, media analysis, and media management. It also teaches good leadership, business, and interpersonal skills. Student staff members and the teacher/advisor are responsible for all phases of production, except printing, and assume responsibility for all contents of the paper.
The policy of The Dover NewsWave & The Tide is acquire accurate information honestly in reporting; however, material that may jeopardize an individual, the school, or a business in the community will not be printed.
[edit] History
[edit] 2006-2007
In 2006, the inaugural Journalism class of 26 produced three issues of The Tide. In total, the staff managed to produce 34 pages of broadsheet news, as well as three NewsWaves.
The first issue of The Tide, which was released on January 19, 2007, was 12 pages long. The second issue was released on April 6, 2007, and was 14 pages. The third and final issue was released on May 11, 2007, and contained a controversial story on The Day of Silence.
[edit] 2007-2008
The start of the 2007-2008 school year brought more people to the Journalism program. There ended up being 40 staff members total.
The second year of the program brought many changes. The New Media Department was created, and began to explore different forms of which to share news, including video and audio stories, and experimented with podcasting. New Media also started the official web site of The Tide, entitled The Tide Online.
Volume II, Issue I of The Tide came out on February 1, 2008. It was 16 pages long, and contained stories about the MySpace/Facebook obsession, the No Child Left Behind legislation, janitorial outsourcing, and the economic recession, as well as the introduction of the "End of the Bench" and "Much Ado About Nothing" columns, as well as an advice column.
Issue II was released on March 7, 2008, and was also 16 pages long. It featured stories on alcoholism among students at Dover High School, including anonymous quotes from teen alcoholics. Other stories were about public displays of affection, iPod regulation, and steroids in sports. It also saw the introduction of the columns "The Good Night" and "A Lost Art."
Issue III came out on April 4, 2008. It had 16 pages, with stories about bullying, civil unions, and illegal downloading. The front page was a first for The Tide, as the entire page was a picture with no copy, except for a poem entitled "Choose" by Carl Sandburg from Chicago Poems, released 1916.
Issue IV was released on May 2, 2008. It was 12 pages long, and contained such stories as the upside of teen pregnancy, cell phone confiscation, underage gambling, "Senioritis," and soaring ticket prices. The story about teen pregnancy was the most controversial story to ever be run in the Dover High School newspaper.
Issue V will be released on June 6, 2008. Because of the generosity of Liberty Mutual & the Dover High School administration, this issue will be free, whereas all previous issues cost 25 cents. It will include such topics as The Tide's Teacher of the Year, piercing safety, the first step team at DHS, substance abuse in sports, birth control, and art in schools. It will be the final issue for the 2007-2008 school year, and it will be 32 pages, making it one of the largest in the New England region.
The totals for the year will be 92 pages of broadsheet news in The Tide's 5 issues, as well as 12 issues and 26 pages of tabloid style news in The NewsWave, including a special 4 page edition for April Fool's Day.
[edit] Staff
Dan Singer, English teacher at Dover High, has been the publisher of The Tide for the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school years. He is the founder of the program. Audrey McBride, also an English teacher at DHS, will take over as publisher in the 2008-2009 school year and beyond.
The Tide is completely student run, and each student has a specific role within the staff. The highest position is publisher, followed by Editor-in-Chief, who runs all departments and makes sure everything runs smoothly, among many other things.
[edit] 2007-2008 Staff
There are 40 students in the 2007-2008 staff. [3]
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[edit] Editorial Department
The head of the Editorial department is the Managing Editor, who maintains the master story list and makes sure all copy going into The Tide fits standards set by staff. He or she is in charge of all section editors.
Section Editors are in charge of the different sections, including News, Arts & Entertainment, Features, and Sports. They are in charge of assigning stories as well as getting each story copy edited and fact checked, and checking on all reporters' progress. They also designate word counts to each reporter.
Each section editor has an assistant section editor to help them make sure everything gets done. Reporters are required to write at least 2 stories for every issue, whereas all other staff members are required to write at least one story.
There is also a NewsWave Editor, who acts as the managing editor & production manager for the NewsWave, and assures it's release every two weeks.
[edit] Business Department
The Business Manager is the head of the Business department, and keeps track of all financial and money-related ventures. He or she also makes invoices and budgets to keep the money in order for the program.
The Advertising Manager & the Assistant Advertising Manager are in charge of assigning advertising leads to ads representatives and other staffers, keeping track of all former, current, and possible future ads clients, and getting ads approved by clients.
The Director of Public Relations is in charge of how The Tide is viewed by it's readership/demographic. He or she develops, distributes, and analyzes surveys to collect data on the readership and come up with flak plans, as well as managing Public Relations Representatives.
The Director of Community Relations is also in charge of how people see The Tide, and he or she, along with Community Relations Representatives, work on a more personal level. Community Relations is in charge of marketing, both visual and word-of-mouth, to ensure both good sales and a good relationship with The Tide's readers.
The Director of Grants & Fundraising is responsible for putting on events to raise money for the program, including Comedy Night and the Guitar Hero II & III Tournaments. He or she is also in charge of distributing and keeping track of grant and donation leads, as well as writing them.
The Circulation & Distribution Manager is responsible for newspaper sales both within and outside of the school. He or she keeps a list of distribution points, as well as how many copies of The Tide & The NewsWave go to which places. He or she is also responsible for assigning certain salespeople to be in charge at certain times.
[edit] Production Department
The Production Manager is in charge of all layout deigners, graphic designers, and the photography department. He or she is also responsible for desgning the front page.
The Assistant Production Manager and Section Designers are responsible for all other layout and pagination. They give overall word counts to Section Designers, and place copy, graphics, and ads within the layout. They submit proofs to the Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, and Production Manager. The Tide uses Adobe InDesign CS2 for layout design.
The Graphics Manager is responsible for designing, creating, and thinking up ideas for graphics and advertisements, as well as designaing certain ads to graphic designers, who are responsible for designing graphics of their own.
The Photo Editor is responsible for assigning photos to photographers and keeping track of progress, as well as coming up with unique and innovative ideas for new photos. He or she is also in charge of captions for all photos, and editing all of them to make sure they are aesthetically pleasing and meet standards. The Tide uses Adobe PhotoShop CS2 for photo editing and graphic design.
[edit] New Media Department
The New Media Director is in charge of keeping track of all New Media stories in progress, as well as keeping tabs on the New Media Producers and the Web Manager. He or she also is responsible for researching more possible methods of producing New Media.
The New Media Producers, one with a video focus and one with an audio focus, are responsible for all non-copy based content, including video and audio reports that go onto the The Tide web site.
The Web Manager is in charge of putting all stories from previous issues of The Tide on the web site, as well as accompanying graphics and photos. He or she also puts ads and New Media productions on the web site.
