Boys publish newspaper with 'junk' they find interesting

Published: 2003-10-31

DARBOY, Wis. (CNS) -- An 11-year-old sixth grader at Holy Angels School in Darboy, in the Green Bay Diocese, has found a way to make junk pay by packaging it weekly and selling it to eager buyers. The "junk" is a collection of whatever interests Jordan Mader, who puts it into words, then publishes it in a four-page, 8-and-a-half-by-11-inch newspaper he calls The Junk Journal. He typed his first real issue, which filled only a half page, on an old Macintosh computer. The next week, he filled one and a half pages, which included a contribution from his brother, Lucas, 8. "Then when we got into the sixth, seventh, eighth issues, a lot of people thought it was something to read," Jordan told The Compass, Green Bay's diocesan newspaper. Now the paper has more than 50 subscribers, plus advertising, and the 36th issue was due out Nov. 2. Jordan has no subscription or ad rates, leaving it to people to pay what they wish. Subscriptions can be arranged by writing to: The Junk Journal, W5725 Manitowoc Rd., Appleton, WI 54915; or by calling: (920)734-6168.

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