School Newspaper
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The teenage Press Gang putting their Derbyshire town on the map.
1987 was a time of great change for the newspaper industry. A long running dispute pitted press baron Rupert Murdoch against the print unions, as new technology was brought in that swept aside the old working methods of Fleet Street. At the opposite end of the scale, the pupils of Aldercar School near Langley Mill in Derbyshire were embarking on a new print venture, though they too were using computer technology to bypass the need for a room full of typesetters.
As the first issue of 'Live Wire' hits the streets, reporter Nick Franklin finds out what these student journalists might be digging up for issue two - teachers beware: these journos won't be pulling their punches. With a Derby County and Nottingham Forest split on the sports desk, there's already much debate about the next issue's back page.
At Aldercar School in Derbyshire the pupils have produced their own newspaper.