Read all about it! Want to find out about your favorite team? Whether you need to check the latest sports scores or are looking for the lowest price on gear or CD's, your local newspaper is the place to find this and much more. Newspapers are a source of reliable, helpful information. Newspapers are also a business, making lots of money while providing a public service.

How does a newspaper "do business?" The Ohio Math Works video should give you a good idea on how newspapers make money. There are also activities on this web site that you can do to get the experience of working at a newspaper.

• In Layout: Ads & Articles, work with the Problem Solving Matrix to determine what new features you could propose for inclusion in a newspaper. Then use the Newspaper Feature Survey Sheet to determine what new features or stories would be welcome in a newspaper.

• Try your hand at the layout of the newspaper in Advertising: What It's Worth. Remember, your goal is to provide a public service, but make money doing it.

• While sports reporters write stories, they also rely on statistics. Hone your skills at Sports: Numbers Tell The Story.

• Visit Choose Your Game to check out the "Ohio Schools Sports Section Survey." Add your class survey results and then compare them to what other Ohio students would prefer in the sports section of their newspapers.

• Our partner for Newspaper/Sports: Digital Deadlines is the Dayton Daily News which is owned by Cox Newspapers Inc. Check out their web sites!

• Looking for additional information on newspapers? You'll find it on our links page.