A teen reporter from Ohio gets the story. Talk about it here. This fall when the fields and lined, the crowds are out, the band is playing and the teams are taking the field, the iHigh Broadcast Network will be there.
Ads are the heart of the newspaper.
Unless you have a patron with unlimited resources, your paper is supported by the advertisements it publishes. It's the same for every newspaper, regardless of scale- the money comes from somewhere. Ads mean work, and it's enough work to justify having everyone do it, there is no way that one person can coordinate the finances of the newspaper. Not everyone can drive, and those who can have to go out and take people with them to cover the town, not every business is in walking distance from the school. You can't be compensated for your efforts because, well, the newspaper can't afford it.