Sunridge Middle School Takes Trip to the East Oregonian

                                                            

On October 29th, Sunridge Middle School took an exciting and informational trip to the East Oregonian. Publications is a class for students who keep their grades up and it consists of making a couple pages of the yearbook and they also have a blog. There were 20 students from Mrs.Webster's class that went on this trip. The class went on the field trip to learn about reporting, Daniel the main editor was the main director, while Tim the reporter and E.J the photographer where also along for the trip .When the students walked in the first amendment was on the wall and they explained what it meant. Then the students went down a hall and saw all the awards the E.O. have won. Also down that hall the students got to see the advertising department. The trip consisted of a tour of the building and they got to see the machines and all the different combinations of the E.O.

Students went to the conference room where they asked their questions they had. One example was when Riley Kelm asked his question, " What are the steps taken in any writing piece that go into the newspaper?" Daniel answered that there are many steps taken in any writing piece, and steps of editing. 
Then a machine operator showed us all the machinery and how it works. They told us that the they can print 30,000 a papers a hour and 7,000 in fifteen minutes for East Oregonian. The machine person said that, '' One roll of paper weighed about 1,000 pounds and also was air tight and thick.'' The overall tour was very informational and helpful. The class thanked Daniel, Tim, E.J. and got back on the bus. The class left just in time to get back to advisory.