Journalism

Journalism is an after school course available to students in grades 10, 11, and 12 running September to June. The course is designed for students to experience and learn aspects of print journalism and the digital production of the school newspaper.

Students are responsible for producing articles and photographs for the newspaper, as well as for the digital production of the layout. Students involved in the production will learn and will use technology for digital layout, graphic production, digital photography, word processing and editing. The paper is produced using Adobe Indesign. Monthly issues of school paper are professionally printed by Black Press at the Abbotsford News. Each month, over a thousand copies are circulated at the school and throughout the community. This is an extended day course.