OLS Students Write the News

a woman and young man work at a computer together
Madison Miller of the Bellevue Reporter works with student Dylan

As their final projects for News and Daily Living, students wrote news articles about life at OLS and collaborated to assemble the articles into a student newspaper.

They began by brainstorming ideas for potential articles on the whiteboard, and then choosing one that interested them.

When they completed a first draft, they did a “peer review” with a classmate to suggest changes to make sure the story was being told clearly.

Before turning in their final draft, the students had the opportunity to review them with professional journalists from the Bellevue Reporter who were guest speakers for one day of class to talk about their jobs at the local newspaper.

The final step was to lay out the finished articles in a newspaper format, adding headlines and photos.


News & Daily Living is one of the many courses OLS Students take to obtain their associate degree from OLS. More information about our curriculum is available on our website. To learn more about our program register for an Information Session.

Last Updated January 16, 2020