<p>Hi! I'm deciding on my schedule for junior year, and I definitely want to do yearbook or newspaper staff as my elective...but I can't decide which to do.
I think I'd enjoy both equally...like I like the writing aspect of newspaper but I like the photography aspect of yearbook (which doesn't have nearly as much writing)...and that you get a free yearbook :P
So I'm down to: what looks better to colleges? What's more unique for an Indian?
I'll probably aim for editor-in-chief of whichever one I do...hopefully. So I'd be pretty involved in both? I think you can sometimes get specific awards for newspaper though, and I could probably have more opportunities with journalism ie writing articles for local papers or whatever.
My sister says yearbook is more unique for an Indian though?
Don't tell me to just do what I enjoy because I think I'll enjoy both equally.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I’m not heading for a journalistic career or anything. Though I might want to work on my college’s paper. Also, at my school the paper is sort of lame…but there are probably more leadership opportunities. Not to say there aren’t leadership opportunities with yearbook though…(editor, etc)
So torn!</p>
<p>Do Newspaper if you have the opportunity to be a leader of it. Colleges like the fact that you contribute more as an officer or a leader rather than a member. Yearbook sounds less extravagant anyway.</p>
<p>Don’t make the choice for college. Journalism is a much better experience though if you want to write in college. There are photos in newspapers typically, too.</p>
<p>Newspaper if you’re a good writer. Reading our school newspaper just leaves this bad taste in my mouth for some reason. (not that I could do any better)</p>
<p>For some reason I think yearbook sounds more fun. That might be because you mentioned photography, though.
But thinking of the above post, I’d really love to get myself into working with my school’s newspaper and edit the articles because some of the writers seem to have some issues with grammar and actually finding people’s real names. (Facebook names aren’t always their real names…) When I’m reading it, I’m just like “ugh, I wish I could’ve looked this over before they printed it.” But whatever…=P
Yearbook can actually be the same for me too. Only it’s more permanent.</p>
<p>Maybe I’m just too picky about grammar.</p>
<p>My school doesn’t even have a newspaper, but I’m in yearbook and I love it…It’s so much fun. I really like art and I’m not really a fan of writing, so yearbook is wayy better for me. I really like to work with layouts and colors. The only downside is that our school doesn’t count it as a class and we get no credit for…which is crap because I literally spend at least an hour and a half each school day in the yearbook room doing work for it…but it’s still worth it in the end. Also, at least at my school, the yearbook room is never supervised, so it’s just a lot of fun ahah. and my school’s pretty small, so there’s only nine girls on the staff and you grow really close to them.</p>
<p>Personally, I think newspaper is a much better investment of time for a lot of reasons, some of which might be more specific to my school.</p>
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<li><p>Newspaper will (obviously) benefit your writing a lot more than yearbook. It’s helped my writing a lot just by having a lot of assignments and then as an editor by editing other people’s writing. </p></li>
<li><p>Newspaper is more fun.</p></li>
<li><p>Like someone said above, papers have pictures too. You can be a photographer for the newspaper. Some of the kids in my paper write and take pictures, too. </p></li>
<li><p>(This is probably just my school) The kids on newspaper are a lot more focused and better students than yearbook. </p></li>
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<p>Also, I don’t know about editor-in-chief if you’re joining as a junior. That usually takes a couple years to work into.</p>
<p>Newspaper because colleges take it more seriously.</p>
<p>Newspaper</p>
<p>Stumble Upon or Digg?</p>
<p>newspaper, because I’m on newspaper. In my school, it seems like they both require an equal amount of work. Yearbook goes throughout the year though, while newspaper varies based on the publication dates of the issues. Maybe gain a leadership position, and dramatically improve your school paper!?</p>
<p>there are competitions for yearbook. I don’t know the exact names, but there are some kinds of national and regional comps. Yearbook takes alot of layout time, and design. If you are more creative/artsy, this might be a better choice.
While newspaper requires layout and design too, I think its more structured, even in layout. If you plan on rising to editor, be prepared to not only write articles, but teach those under you and correct their articles.</p>
<p>out yearbook last year was terrible (not that I bought one). All the pages were white and the title was lame (i can’t recall atm). The theme was lame, it was lame.</p>
<p>Thanks guys! I think I’m leaning towards newspaper since it sounds more useful, and I’m going to be in AP Lang next year, so they’d sorta compliment each other well. Plus I want to go into law, so I’m sure I could benefit a lot from it.
There’s a separate class for newspaper design and layout in my school (like the photos and stuff) but I’d rather do the writing.</p>
<p>@NulliSecundus, yeah I meant by senior year. You can only join your junior year at my school ): But thats just a goal, idk if it’s going to happen in either.</p>
<p>Oh, I forgot to mention that I did yearbook in 8th grade. It was fun and all, but I like I said above…</p>
<p>Join the newspaper staff. Yearbook is seen as a “joke” to colleges.
In journalism, you actually write about news in full articles, and not just blurbs.
It was a lot of fun for me, especially when I got to write editorials.</p>
<p>If you are interested in your school community and enjoy interacting with your peers, Yearbook might be the option for you. Newspaper, however, involves interviewing a more diverse range of people from outside your school. This can be good if your interested in learning more about your town/region. Newspaper also gives you a lot more possibilities that you can write about…I’ve had the opportunity to interview ex-Amish people, go to ghost towns and attend Asian folk concerts. This requires a bit more of a time commitment than yearbook. It also can be challenging to think of article ideas…in the beginning of every school year, I’m bubbling with suggestions, but by the end, the well of creativity begins to run dry. With Yearbook, it might be a bit easier to come up with ideas…there’s always certain topics that you’ll need to write blurbs about (sports teams, clubs, etc). Yearbook is a bit more structured in this way. Both Yearbook and Newspaper require creativity, but with Yearbook it’s more with layout, while with Newspaper, it’s more with article ideas and columns. You do get an opportunity to do photography with newspaper and write articles (unless your paper has designated photographers). </p>
<p>I’m on newspaper, so I might be a bit biased. I enjoy the variation; you’re always writing about a wide range of things. It’s hard work, but it’s rewarding. I would say colleges might be a bit more impressed with newspaper, because it shows more initiative if your covering events in the community. However, if your school’s yearbook is award-winning, that could count for a lot as well. The one thing though about yearbook is that it’s more difficult to submit a portfolio of work…some yearbooks don’t attribute articles to students, so colleges would have no way of knowing what you wrote/designed. The bottom line is, do what excites you more. Talk to the advisors of both and find out what’s involved and what sort of people they’re looking for.</p>
<p>Do whatever best fits your interests. If you really have no idea, I question whether you’re doing this out of any sort of interest or because you think it will affect your college admissions. It won’t, at least not isolated from other related interests. What matters most is that your ECs are meaningful and that you make accomplishments in your areas of interest. If neither newspaper nor yearbook fits the bill, then pick whichever one is more fun and treat it as relaxation, or take a pass and spend your time doing something more meaningful.</p>
<p>It ****es me off when people on this website say things like that. This is a website about college. Of course it plays a factor.
If I really had no interest in this I would be doing another AP class.
Thanks everyone else :D</p>
<p>agree with glassesarechic 100%. pick the one you like the most, not the one that you THINK looks good to colleges. </p>
<p>“Yearbook or newspaper?”</p>
<p>lol, neither! you should join the literary magazine because it’s obviously the best;)</p>
<p>I just gave a list of why I can’t decide and why I’m now considering college, what don’t you people get about that.
That being said, I’m leaning towards newspaper 
Lol in my school lit magazine goes on during homeroom which is when I have another club I’m involved in! Otherwise I would love to do it
Plus I wanna write =D</p>
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<p>Oh, wow, sorry :o I got lazy and didn’t read your whole post.</p>