History Main / SchoolNewspaperNewsHound

* PlayedForLaughs with AJ and Chester from ''FairlyOddParents''.

* Noto Kanazawa from ''SusumeKitakouHousoubu'' (by [[AxisPowersHetalia Hidekazu Himaruya]]) is originally this, and later is both a SNNH ''and'' a WholesomeCrossdresser when he becomes a CanonImmigrant in the Noto-sama games.

* The Press Society of Anime/BinanKoukouChikyuuBoueibuLove, although they do online articles for the Binan High website instead of a hard-copy newspaper.

* ''[[SavedByTheBell Saved By the Bell: The New Class]]'': Two episodes center around the school newspaper, the ''Bayside Breeze''. "The People's Choice," from 1994, centers around new faculty adviser Screech's attempts to improve the paper, leading to student staff members to skip class to work on the paper. The 1998 episode "Do the Write Thing" centers on administrative censorship after Mr. Belding withholds publication of an article about student athletes getting preferential treatment for such things as discipline and assignments. (The original series had no newspaper-centered episodes, but did have one centering around the school's radio station, KKTY, which has a news program.)

* VeronicaMars was on her high school newspaper staff as a photographer, and later did some actual journalizing herself. The school's television news program was a common sight. (This is not as unbelievable as it sounds; it's the only public school in a county filled with people who would be paying large metric buttloads of property and other taxes.) In college, she joined the newspaper, but didn't stay; the paper was hip-deep in the factionalization of the campus, and Veronica wanted no part.

** Caitlin started out as this [[Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh way back when]], was never ''quite'' as good as it as she hoped to be back then but was able to make a successful career of broadcast journalism as an adult.

* The school newspaper "Étudiants debout" (Stand up, students) in RadioEnfer both subvert it and play it straight (except for the production values which are treated rather realistically). It's main writer, [[SmallNameBigEgo Vincent Gélinas]], uses to smear anyone he didn't like (or at least AccentuateTheNegative), while screaming "[[LargeHam It's a SCANDAL!!!]]", including the principal (which backfired [[LaserGuidedKarma spectacularely]]). In fact, in an aversion of this trope, the newspaper club's (of which Vincent soon becomes the only member thanks to his jerkassery) budget gets cut quite often when the principal has enough of his crap. In the later seasons, though, he's shown to be capable of being a competent journalism following his CharacterDevelopment (unfortunately, the damage is already done and he always ends up being the only one reading his own newspaper).

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*** It's unknown if Mika will become an IntrepidReporter in the future, but a character from ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'', Miyo Masuko, who looks like an adult version of Mika, is an IntrepidReporter.

** Actually, Neptune is supposedly in California, which means the property taxes are probably very low and specifically there aren't ''any'' local property taxes at all. Of course, generous donations as tax write-offs makes just as much sense, so it's still believable.
* Chloe from the early seasons of ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.
** She was editor-in-chief of her high school newspaper, her freshman year. Anyone who's been on a high school newspaper knows how ridiculous that is.
*** Ridiculous, yes, but justified by the way the Torch seems to be pariahville... it seems like literally no one except Chloe actually wants to be on the newspaper staff. She only has a staff in the sense that she can sometimes bully/guilt friends into contributing (the only other people we see working at the Torch just happen to be Clark and Pete, Chloe's two best friends, and Lois, her close cousin; so yeah, the only reason there's even ''that'' much of a staff is because Chloe basically drags her close friends into it). Such complete lack of interest in journalism in a school that size is itself rather difficult to credit, but it at least explains how a freshman got to be editor.
**** Similarly, the way the Torch seems to come out ''ridiculously often'', as in at least once a week. And it seems to be at least eight pages long, if not more, each time -- that involves writing 11-16 stories, editing those, photography (11-16 different, ''good'' pictures), layout, packaging, and printing. With only ''one'' consistent staff member. Over the course of a week.

* Winchell in ''{{North}}'' (and the movie adaptation).

* ''DiffrentStrokes'': One of the best-known episodes of the series -- and the template for the VerySpecialEpisode -- was the 1983 episode "The Reporter," where Arnold (Gary Coleman) writes a story about a drug deal made on school grounds. The principal, thinking the intended report was a fabrication (or at the very least, is unflattering), wants the story pulled ... until First Lady Nancy Reagan (in the midst of her "Just Say No" campaign) shows up to not only substantiate the story, but state that drug pushers are at work in schools across the nation.

* ''FamilyTies'': Alex learns a tough lesson on journalism ethics in Season 1's "Big Brother is Watching," when he uncovers a cheating scandal involving his sister, Mallory, and most of the popular students/athletes. Despite an admonition by the adviser not to publish the story with the names, Alex feels obliged to do so ... and he loses his job as a result. Alex adamatly defends his stance, but Steven tells him that while he was correct in publishing an unflattering story, he was unfair by publishing the names of the students involved, none of whom had their due process yet.
* ''TheBradyBunch'': In Season 3's "The Power of the Press," Peter joins the Filmore Junior High newspaper staff and gains friends when he publishes their names in his column, "Scoop Brady." However, when Peter gets a poor grade on his science test (he had neglected to study), he decides to bargain for a better grade by writing a flattering article about the teacher (a gentleman nearing retirement age) ... the same teacher he and his fellow students had derided as being dull and using outdated teaching methods. Of course, the [[AnAesop episode's moral]] is enforced fully: "Flattery will get you nowhere," and Peter's "D" on his science test stands.
* ''FamilyMatters'': In the fifth-season episode "Opposites Attract," Laura is the editor for the Muskrat Times (the Vanderbilt High School newspaper), and Urkel is a staff reporter.

* Chloe from the early seasons of ''{{Smallville}}''.

* Pretty much the entire cast of ''PressGang'', but particularly reporter Spike Thomson and features writer Sarah Jackson, fulfil this trope.
* ''NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' did their usual [[ThreeShorts half-episode]] on this.
* In an episode of ''[[ThirdRockFromTheSun 3rd Rock From The Sun]]'', Tommy turned his school's newspaper into this, complete with allusions to ''Film/CitizenKane''. In fact, the episode was titled "Citizen Solomon", despite this being the "B" plot.
* Basically the entire premise of ''GossipGirl'', although a glitzy blog that's laid out a little too well takes the place of a school newspaper.
* Sam from ''{{Popular}}''.
* Richie Cunningham, in at least one ''HappyDays'' episode.
* Robbie from ''{{Victorious}}'' turned TheSlap (the school's networking blog site) into this, only instead of proper newshound he's a paparazzi journalist (his blogshow is titled Robarazzi).

* An indiscreet remark in front of a New York University journalism student causes wild rumors to circulate across America about Jerry {{Seinfeld}} and his [[UnusualEuphemism long time companion]] George. [[TheCatchPhraseCatchesOn Not that there's anything wrong with that...]]

* {{Glee}} seems to get into this trope occasionally, especially with the school new's coverage of the prom king/queen elections. Of course, this could just be more of Glee's typical over-the-top exaggerated style.

* H.G. Wells High School from ''{{Phil of the Future}}'' has an actual news ''show'' rather than a newspaper, and Keely is both reporter and anchor. She loves reporting and it's often mentioned in the series that her dream is to become a reporter/broadcaster. Phil helps her out behind the camera.
* Parodied and lampshaded in an episode of Community, where Greendale is shown to have at least three in-college newspapers. Including one that caters exclusively to the Spanish market.

** Whenever they have a report trip, they end up being involved in yet another crime or disaster.

* PrettyCure
** Mika Masuko from ''YesPrecure5'' is one of these, but [[DistractedByTheSexy one look at]] [[{{Bishonen}} Nuts]] and she [[WorstNewsJudgmentEver completely forgets about the heroes]].
** Tada Kanae from ''HeartcatchPrecure'' goes on the same hunt however she only wants a picture of them, exposing them never comes up but she gives up over time. Her MonsterOfTheWeek turned people to stone with it's camera.

* In 1982, the principal of Hazelwood High School removed two pages from the school newspaper that he found objectionable, two stories on teen pregnancy and teen marriage. The author of the stories brought him to court, and the case went all the way up to the SUPREME COURT. That's right, the highest court in the United States had to decide on the Free Press rights of a school newspaper. Guess they really are [[SeriousBusiness serious business]].

* ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' had one of these purposely trying to dig up any dark secrets of the club, especially on [[ShelteredAristocrat Tamaki]], making it seem more like a School Paparazzi Hound. Naturally for a school catering the stinkin' rich, it is extremely elaborate, despite its almost zero readership.
** The school newspaper is straight-up ''called'' a gossip rag by Hikaru and Kaoru. The fact that despite being the son of the head of a famous newspaper the Newspaper Club's head doesn't dispute this fact (and during the episode that the newspaper is featured in is actively attempting to get information out of Haruhi that he can use to humiliate Tamaki) serves only to bolster this claim.

* The main characters from ''Manga/RosarioVampire'' are in the Newspaper Club. They are often involved in several battles and even crimes, but they never mention their involvement at all to prevent from getting even more attention from everyone at school.

**** Similarly, the way the Torch seems to come out ''ridiculously often'', as in at least once a week. And it seems to be at least eight pages long, if not more, each time- that involves writing 11-16 stories, editing those, photography (11-16 different, ''good'' pictures), layout, packaging, and printing. With only ''one'' consistent staff member. Over the course of a week. (For comparison, this troper's (national-award-winning) school newspaper has twelve staff members, is usually 16 or 20 pages, and takes up about eight-ten hours a week of our time- and we only publish once a ''month''.)

* Kaori Shimakura from ''OjamajoDoremi'' is an 8-year-old version of this trope. [[spoiler: There are [[HiddenDepths deeper reasons for it]], though: it's to cover up for her [[HeroicSelfDeprecation severe self-esteem problems]].]]

* Nanami Jinnai from ''[[ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld El Hazard]]'' isn't even in the broadcasting club, but she accompanies them in order to humiliate her older brother on live TV with (truthful) accusations of rigging the student council election.

* H.G. Wells High School from ''{{Phil of the Future}} has an actual news ''show'' rather than a newspaper, and Keely is both reporter and anchor. She loves reporting and it's often mentioned in the series that her dream is to become a reporter/broadcaster. Phil helps her out behind the camera.

* Sawatari from ''KaitouSaintTail''.

** Mika Masuko from ''YesPrecure5'' is one of these, but one look at [[{{Bishonen}} Nuts]] and she [[WorstNewsJudgmentEver completely forgets about the heroes]].

* In KatawaShoujo, the school has a newspaper club. The members include two extras from Hisao's class, [[{{Meganekko}} Natsume]] and Naomi, and later [[spoiler:Hanako]] in Lilly's route.

* The protagonist of ''AssassinationOfAHighSchoolPresident''.