Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. 52 Journalism: Publishing Across Media A staff member says, “I printed out an article that says there may be millions of planets roaming free, but my science book says stars with planets may be rare and doesn’t say anything about planets roaming free of stars. Are there other things in our books that just aren’t true or may be out of date?” “How about global warming? The AP bio text doesn’t even mention it.” “My English teacher said our textbook left out a great deal about the Japanese relocation camps in its background to the poem ‘Internment.’” “My math teacher says there are mistakes in the text.” “Can we do a feature on ‘Lies our textbooks tell us’?” Another staffer heard someone was pregnant and going to drop out of school. “Can we do a story on that?” “How about a feature on a girl who leaves this campus for the School-Aged Mothers Program and one who stays on campus?” “Does she have to take PE?” “Do you know anyone who’d let you write about her?” “Wouldn’t that be giving her attention for doing something that is wrong?” A fi rst-year student reports a student thought a friend’s Curious George purse is “so cute.” Others mention a Winnie the Pooh backpack, a Spiderman lunch box used as a purse, Ninja Turtles shoelaces, a Barbie pencil case and a pencil case that looks like a stuffed animal giraffe. Someone suggests that “we are returning to childhood treasures.” Someone notes most freshmen rarely risk being seen with such items. A student clipped a story about a neo-Nazi being killed by his 10-year-old son. The parents had loaded guns in the house. Figure 2.12 The staff of a publication or broadcast often meet to discuss story ideas. What talents and attitudes can make these meetings productive?