Newspaper Templates – 4 Styles for Google Docs

Students write and format newspaper-style articles inside a fixed three-column layout.

Students collaborate on a single shared class newspaper document, each contributing their own article and byline.

Students practice basic Google Docs skills — making a copy, editing text, and sharing a link — as part of completing the assignment.

Make and rename your own working copy of each style before sharing it, and keep the original link untouched as a backup, since the guide stresses this step to avoid losing the master template.

Choose Style 1 for independent writers and Style 2 when you want the whole class contributing articles to one shared newspaper, per the guide's own recommendation.

Have students submit finished work through whatever platform your class already uses (email, an LMS, or an app like Seesaw), since the guide lists several options rather than assuming one system.

Collaborative digital writing — students add their own article and byline to a shared Google Doc newspaper alongside classmates.

News-style formatting — students type and format article text inside a fixed three-column newspaper layout.

Digital file management — students make their own editable copy of a shared Google Doc before writing in it.