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Modern school student newspapers
Introduction
Inspired by an ancient issue of the Connect newsletter/journal compiled by Roger Holdsworth, an index of student-led (pre-tertiary) publications that are known to me and have been active in the last few years. The style and content are diverse; some papers focus on school happenings, others on popular culture, and frequently they deal with Australian and global politics. All papers are led and written by students, for a student audience.
Information as accurate as my best at the time, with dates reflecting incarnations of papers alive in the last decade or so and frequency as of the last year or so. For some items there may be some earlier issues which are either missing or may require you to dig a little. Some of these papers were finalists in the Front Page competition run by Nine (The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald) and Australian Teachers of Media, which invites submissions of a single short issue of a school newspaper.
Ethical considerations were absent from the compilation of these items. Threatening, intimidating, or otherwise legitimate removal requests may be fulfilled.
If you know of any further information at all (for example, other examples of student papers), do get in touch with me.
Documents
- 6 News Australia, national 2019-2024, 24/7
- ubique, University High School 2012 (Ubique Online)/2015-2023, monthly
- The 4U Paper, North Sydney Boys High School 2014-2023, monthly
- The 4U Paper, upper secondary winner Front Page 2019
- The Nest, upper secondary finalist Front Page 2020
- The Trinity Inquirer, Trinity Grammar School Kew 2020-2023, 3 issues in 2023
- Roxeth, Trinity Grammar School Kew -2022, weekly
- The Rumble, Presbyterian Ladies’ College Melbourne 2020-2023, 2 issues in 2023
- The Rumble, upper secondary winner Front Page 2021
- Rosanna Voice, Rosanna Primary School -2023, 2 issues in 2023
- The Glenunga Dispatch, Glenunga International High School 2020-2023, 2 issues in 2023
- Baulko Bulletin, Baulkham Hills High School 2007-2023, 2 issues in 2023
- The Fifth Avenue Times, Blacktown Girls High School 2022-2023
- The College Chronicle, Scotch College Melbourne 2020/2022, 3 issues in 2022 and audaciously describes itself as “one of the first high school student newspapers in Australia”
- The Chase, Ku-ring-gai High School 2022, 2 issues
- The Stentorian, St Catherine’s School 2022, monthly
- LC Times, Launceston College 2019-2021, 3 issues in 2021
- YOUTHINK, City of Melbourne 2020, 2 issues
See also