Letter: Stop the press

Editor, Daily News:

Letters to the editor are often complaints, and I thought itwould be novel to send a complimentary letter.

I would like to tell Daily News readers that the newspaper has become our friend. I am a teacher at Corkscrew Middle School, and I sponsor the school student newspaper. The purpose of the school news is to promote writing among young adolescents by giving them a venue for their work.

Last year two staff writers, Janine Zeitlin and Dianna Smith, came to the school to meet with my students. These women spent quite some time explaining their jobs and the journalism profession, as well as answering lots of students' questions.

This year I took the students on a field trip to visit the Daily News. The staff was just wonderful.

Nancy Evans arranged the trip for us, and she escorted us on our tour. She introduced the students to key personnel at the newspaper.

Each person went out of their way to explain their job and show students examples of their work at various stages.

Evans described the daily routine and the processes involved in publishing the newspaper. The presses were stopped so students could get a closer look, and they even got to see giant rolls of paper. They thought that was pretty cool.

Motivation is so important at this age, and our friends at the Daily News have certainly helped encourage these young people to continue writing. My warm regards go out to Evans and all the members of the staff.

Judy Gray, Teacher, computer applications , Corkscrew Middle School