Class on Wednesday, April 28

— Go over "No Doldrums" article

— Review Twins layouts

— Review Ch. 15

*** If you have special requests for things you want me to review/discuss our final days together, please e-mail me. :)

Class on Monday, April 26

— Last AP quiz! Yeah!

— Review Ch. 15: Policy & Responsibility

— Review DTJ Twins layout

Class on Wednesday, April 21

— Most of class will be devoted to production time for your Twins layout assignment.

— I'll go over the final paper assignment, too. Here are the details: For this assignment, I'd like you to submit an application for the editor job at a publication of your choosing. It could be a local or national pub. In four pages, I want you to outline a new vision for the publication, detailing plans to improve the print/online version of the publication, social media strategy, etc. I want you to discuss your attributes as an editor, too, that would make you an asset for the publication. This assignment is due by 5 p.m. on May 10. Please e-mail it to me.

Class on Monday, April 19

— Discussion of legal issues (ch. 13)

— Guest speaker Pilar Gerasimo of Experience Life magazine

— More time to work on newspaper layout

**** If you need help on InDesign basics, let me know. There are helpful tutorials when you open the application, but I can show you the basics of creating text and photo boxes, etc.

Front Page Layout assignment

*** I e-mailed you two more stories (one on the Twins curator and another a guide to making a day of a trip to the ballpark) for your layout assignment today. I also sent a photo of the curator.

Next week I will e-mail you guys a flag for the top of the page.

There are some great tutorials on InDesign to get the basics of starting a layout. Please e-mail me if you have any trouble.

Again, the assignment is due April 21. I encourage you to work on this April 12 during scheduled class time. I will give you some time on April 14 and 19 to work on it, too. 

Thanks!

Class for Wednesday, April 14

*** Reminder: No class Monday, but I encourage you to work on your front-page layout.

(When starting the page in InDesign, click on new document and click on page size "Tabloid.")

I will be e-mailing two additional stories and photos + a flag for the top of the page.

Plan for April 14:

— Editing quiz 5: Ethics review (be sure to review the SPJ Code of Ethics)

— Continued work on the Front Page assignment

Class on Wednesday, April 7

— Review recent assignments

— Discussion on "intro to ethical decision-making" NewsU course

— Online News Edit Assignment #2 (in class)

— Go over Front Page News Layout assignment