West Muskingum High School - Tornado Yearbook (Zanesville, OH)

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it it fi ' I A 4 is X , te backbone of staff compares notes on their reporting assignments. SEATED ARE: Linda anley, faculty reporter: and feature writer Becky Purdy, Class reporters are Nancy ughman, senior class: Beth McCloud, junior classgjean Moorefield, sophomore class, and 1 Timmons, freshman class. ri ews stajjf enlarged As is the case with all journalism, a newspaper's quality lies with its reporters and other writers. Not only was the number of reporting beats increased, but new columns were es- tablished and the staff was encouraged to probe for unique feature articles. Readers will recall articles on new cheerleaders, class projects, recent engagements, new faculty members, and timely student interests. Also, there always appeared profiles of prominent students along with cogent editorials. The sports page probably enjoyed the greatest popularity this year as it followed the Tornadoes through all seasons. Readers enjoyed the previews of key games as well as clever analyses of past frays. Other bits included the statistics, predicted scores, and play er-of-the month columns. The TORNADO TIMES sports staff in- cluded Dan Ankrum, Bob Kreuter, Ken Probasco, and Marc Kendall. Senior journalist Becky Purdy transfers her news story from manuscript form R, to a blocking sheet.

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-TOL'-ENADO Tiaras,-smlfgf Newspaper ivan cz naw ormat The first issue of this year's TORNADO TIMES ushered in a new era of journalism for West Muskingum. Immediate improvement was seen in layout, photography, and news edi- ting. The new format received immediate student support and sub- scriptions were taken to defray the publishing cost. The staff was enlarged to 21 members to handle both the school newspaper and the newly adopted District NEWSLETTER. Wu what .- I , :- I ,.,,v.,. , i iff E Editor Cindy I-lartmeyer and Mr. Finley confer over a student's letter to the editor while Dianna Williams, assistant editor, waits to suggest an editorial voiced in another paper. lr.--.....q, 91 W' WM A 1 ss Q -- if' A The Editorial Staff includes Debbie Gonder, News Editor: Patty Shrader, Layout Editor: Cyndie Pace, Feature Editor: Debbie Williams, Social Editor: and Cathy Baesel, Club Editor. 60

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TORNADO ,Staj Edzfors plan earhf jbr large book The production of the 1970 TORNADO required the efforts of the largest staff of editors in the book's history. Work was initiated at the Journalism Workshop and the summer ad- vertising sales campaign. By September, the staff had enough funds to project a book of over 200 pages and the addition of new sections and features. An increased awareness of the yearbook's obligation to the school was real- ized, resulting in aconstant striving for quality. One of the chief concerns all year was the photographic coverage of both special events and the routine happenings. The purchase of lab equipment, cameras, and the cooperation of the photo staff with the TORNADO editors made possible the reliability of meaningful photos. Also, never before were underclassmen so integrally involved with the editing of the TORNADO. The knowledge required to produce a quality yearbook cannot be learned in a matter of weeks and each book is a step laid for future improvement. Two components of all yearbook pages are copy and photographs. While adviser Mr. Finley and editor-in-chief Misti Reese prepare copy for publication, head photographer Bob Murphy checks with Marsha Fisher, photo editor, on two prints to be retaken. Section editors include fseatedj Kathy Spargrove, activities: Joyce Dunzweiler and Beth Frye, stage productionsg and Nancy Burkart, organizations, Standing are Linda Porterg Jill Warner, facultyg Sheryl Simmons: Janet Bietzel, organizations: and Lois Irvin, curriculum. 62