Students studying journalism at North Lake College are given an opportunity to gain hands-on experience by working on the campus newspaper, the News-Register. Even though students work under the direction of a faculty advisor, they are responsible for the layout, the content, the editing, the design, and the distribution of the newspaper. Students are introduced to the Adobe InDesign program and Microsoft Word. All assignments are written and produced on Macintosh computers. After studying journalism at North Lake College, working on the News-Register, and earning an Associates Degree, the student is well prepared to go on to a four-year university, or enter the work place, as editor of a newsletter, writer/editor of a community newspaper, publicity writer in public relations, or community relations.