Newspaper Design Check-list and turn-in instructions PLUS REFLECTION. Assigned 4/14, due 4/16 - MAJOR

Do you have the following:

1. A headline for every story
2. A caption for every photo
3. Are there any big white spaces?
4. Have you written all the headlines? Do they fill the entire space required? If not you will have to write more - make the headline fit the ENTIRE space allocated.
5. Have you used FILL TEXT to completely fill all white spaces in text boxes where stories go?
6. Do all captions have a photo by?
7. Do all stories have a byline?
8. If you used art (any .jpeg without a caption that I wrote for it), does it have an art by?
9. Are the entire stories there? Please read the story and make sure it doesn't cut off somewhere weird.
10. Did you put a story stop into place at the end of every story?
11. Did you view your page in Preview mode? You should and take a look at what you are actually turning in.

Some of the things I saw last class that I wanted to point out to you to fix/work on today:

Make sure that every headline is written fully so that it fills the entire space. Make sure those headline boxes in InDesign are made big enough to cover the entire space required.

Make sure you use FILL text to completely fill all text boxes/blocks.

Make sure you have story stops (the little colored boxes) at the end of every story.

Look and see that you can draw a box around all elements that go with the same coverage, i.e. headline, story, photo/art, caption. You should be able to draw a box around it.

Make sure that you have NOT gone outside the pink/purple lines, but also make sure that all of your objects are touching pink/purple lines.

When you are done:

When you have your newspaper design done, please follow the instructions listed below to turn your projects in. FOLLOW THEM SPECIFICALLY AND EXACTLY. It may look complex and it isn't simple, but if you follow them carefully you will need no help from me.

You must have your page open in InDesign (NOT photoshop)

>File>Adobe PDF presets>Smallest File Size

>Rename your magazine cover as follows: Last name_first name_Newspaper Design 2_period #

Make sure to save it in your folder ON THE DESKTOP.

>Click export (if any messages come up about outside the clipping area or anything else like that during the .pdf creation process, click okay)

After you create a .PDF at the smallest file size put that file into your Google Drive and make sure it is share so BOWIE HIGH SCHOOL can VIEW it. Then get the link, and put it on your Google Site on a new subpage called Newspaper Design #2 using the embed function. Once you complete that, open your PDF in Photoshop and make it into a PNG by SAVING AS and converting it into a .PNG. Then put that PNG file on your Google Site on the same subpage called Newspaper Design #2. Hit PUBLISH!!!

ALSO  -  I want to post this on your Google Site. To do this you have to convert the .pdf into a .PNG file. This is 25% of your grade.

1. Open Photoshop
2. Open the .pdf of your newspaper design 2 (NOT the .indd, it won't work)
3. When the .pdf converter pop-up box appears, click okay
4. >File>Save as

5. Click - ON YOUR COMPUTER
6. Change the format into .PNG - this is located near the bottom of the pop-up box
7. Click save

8. It should default to large file size, if not change it and click OK
9. If you get any other pop-up boxes, click okay 
10. Post it on your Google Site on a new subpage called Newspaper Design #2

REFLECTION

Please take the time to look closely at your Newspaper Design #2 and complete the following reflection. On your Google Site, please make a new subpage called Newspaper Design #2 Reflection and answer the following questions there:

1. How many headlines are on your page and is there one for each story?

2. How many captions are on your page and is there one for each photo?

3. Are there any big white spaces on your page, especially ones that are "trapped" between objects and not planned white space that would be along the outsides of the page?

4. Did you include a byline for every story, photo and graphic?

5. Did you put a story stop on each story?

6. Did you view your page in Preview mode? You should and take a look at what you are actually turning in.

7. Tell me two frustrations you had while trying to complete this task?

8. Tell me two things you enjoyed about completing this task?

9. Rate your page on a scale of 1-10. Compare your page to a real Dispatch page as you rate yourself. Do you think your page compares to what current page editors have created this year?

10. Rate this assignments difficulty versus other practical applications we have done i.e. magazine covers, King Pica, etc. Was this easier or harder? Explain your answers.

For those people who are moving onto Newspaper next year and will be in Dispatch staff, please write a paragraph explaining what you thought about this process and tell me if this is something you might be interested in learning more about.

Newspaper Design #2. Assigned 4/9, due 4/14 - MAJOR

We completed Newspaper Design a few classes ago. For that assignment, you had all the pieces with the appropriate content already in place. All you had to do was move the boxes with their content into the correct place on the page. Today, we are going to make another page, but this time, you will have to not only place the boxes where you want them, you will also have to decide what content you want to appear on your page.

Your new InDesign file has a blank page, just like the last one. On the pasteboard around that blank page are a bunch of what we call TEMPLATE OBJECTS. Those objects have all the boxes you need to make your own page from scratch. To use these template objects, instead of just grabbing them and moving them around like you did for Newspaper Design #1, this time you will have to COPY and PASTE each object that you want. In the past this has been the HARDEST step for my intro students. So I am going to repeat these instructions over and over today as you work. COPY and PASTE what you want, don't grab TEMPLATE OBJECTS and move them around. Once you make a copy, you can move the copy around.

There are additional requirements and I will share those with you below.

For now, let's get the pieces you need to complete this task. Click the link below and COPY the entire folder into your folder on the DESKTOP.

NEWSPAPER DESIGN 2

Once everyone has this downloaded, we will open the files together.

Inside the file you are going to find a number of different types of files like an .Indd file, some .docx files, and lots of .jpegs. These files are the CONTENT you will need to use to create your Newspaper Page. You will find images, art, and a pair of Word Files, that have the stories and captions you will need for your page. 

Here is the kicker - you have too much content, and as the editor of this page, you will need to decide what CONTENT you want to use on your page. You have lots of choices.

The first thing you need to do is to use your knowledge of NEWS VALUES to determine which stories you want to use on your NEWS page. Then you will decide what ART/GRAPHICS/PHOTOS you want to use with those stories. Every story on your page must have some sort of visual with it. All visuals must have a credit line and all stories must  have a byline. These items are called a PACKAGE of items.

All elements in a PACKAGE, must be placed near each other in a pleasing MODULAR DESIGN.

Once you have your stories and related visual content selected, now its time to move on to InDesign to create the page.

You are welcome to use a Dispatch newspaper as a sample for your new page. You can access every Dispatch newspapers here: https://thedispatchonline.net/11845/print/print-edition-2021-2022/

I strongly recommend that you use one of the Dispatch pages to help you create this new page.

Begin by COPY and PASTING a main HEADLINE where you want to place it.

Then COPY and PASTE a story box and put it under the headline. You will have to change the size of the story box so it fits right. Just click a white circle on the bottom and make it longer.

COPY and PASTE a photo box that is the size you want (make sure to look at the photo you chose, is it wide or tall? Make the box the approximate shape as the photo you chose - in general you should only have to adjust the height....as there are template pieces in the appropriate widths). You will have to change the size of the story box so it fits right. Just click a white circle on the bottom and make it taller or shorter

I will show you basic steps before you get started. It will take a little time to go through it, but you will have plenty of time over the next few classes to complete this assignment. On the second day, I will be circulating around class to help you with your designs so they look like your sample page. I do NOT expect perfection, but I do want you to get it as close as possible to what you are using as your inspiration. I strongly recommend you use a Page 2, a Page 3, or even Page 4-5 or a sports page. Do not pick a guide page that is page 1 or 8-9 or a photo essay.

Newspaper Design Concepts. Assigned 4/2, due 4/7 at the end of the period - Minor

 Before we start the fNewspaper Design Project #2, we need to know some terms and find some examples of what actually makes up a newspaper page. Many of you will be joining us in newspaper next year, and you are supposed to be focusing on the "visual" side of things. That starts with photography, but it also involves design, infographics, illustrations, podcasting and videography.

When we are talking about newspaper design, it can get extremely complex, but there are basic things you should know and understand before you can get more in-depth. For those of you moving on, these terms and understanding their uses, will really help you as you transition to the production classes. For those of you who are not, these basic terms are used in other places, like yearbook, graphic design and even into the real world. So all of you will benefit from understanding these concepts.

Below are a list of terms you should know. Your job today is to find examples of each of these concepts, take a screen shot of these ideas and share them on your Google Site in a new subpage called Newspaper Design Concepts. You will need to label each image with the correct term.

You will need to find these using the Dispatch newspaper. You can access the print edition of the newspaper here: https://thedispatchonline.net/category/print/

To access each issue, you will need to click on the link and go to Issuu.com and view them as full screen. If you are unsure how to take a screen shot, it's easy - hold down the SHIFT, COMMAND and the #4. That will create a "bullseye" cursor. Now you just click and drag over the item you want to take a screen shot of. This image will either go into the Download folder or to your desktop. Make sure to move these into your Digital Media folder on the desktop. Put them in a new folder called Newspaper Design Concepts.

This is a long list, and I have specified exactly what I am looking for in each term description. In some cases I am asking for a whole page but some screen shots will be portions of the paper, so do not take one big shot and expect me to understand what you are showing me. Find these SPECIFIC elements and take the screen shot. You are welcome to use preview editor and draw lines to what you are trying to show me, if that helps you.

As you look for these items in the Dispatch, please take the time to look at the design of each page you look at. Notice where these elements appear. Look at the way the pages are designed in terms of where headlines appear and where the photos and captions are placed. How does the copy wrap around photos. What about art? Where does the copy go on some art pieces? What about bylines and photo credit lines? There are very specific rules about the placement of all of these items. You will be using the Dispatch as your guide when you create your second newspaper page in the next project.

Above the fold: the top half of any page.

Art: photos, illustrations, line art, cartoons, graphics, charts, etc.

Attribution: assigning information to a source, e.g., he said. Any attribution will be fine.

Banner: headline that stretches across entire newspaper page. Reserved for the big news.

Box: 1- or 2-point lines, known as rules, enclosing a story alone or story and art. Used to draw attention to art and story. Also called packaging.

Byline: name of author of story. (Different from credit line, which is the name of the photographer.)

Caption: text accompanying a photograph; also called, cutline (but rarely used)

Center spread: two facing pages at the center of a magazine or newspaper.

Column: section of text that runs from top to bottom of the page. Also, regular editorial feature in a publication, usually with a byline. Please find me BOTH of these. They both appear in our newspaper.

Copy: article, story, other written material.

Credit line: name of photographer who took the accompanying picture, the artist who drew the illustration or the person who made the informational graphic. Placed immediately under the photo or art, often in 6- or 8-point type.

Deck: wording following a headline but preceding the text or body copy. Expands on the meaning of the title, explaining its significance. 

Double truck: newspaper term for spread, or the two facing pages.

Drop cap: large decorative initial capital letter that extends below the top line of a paragraph it begins.

Editorial: article of comment or opinion usually on the editorial/opinion page.

Flag: name of the newspaper across the top of page one. Sometimes called the logo or nameplate.

Folio: page numbers. Also can refer to date, price, publisher, sometimes volume and number of newspaper that usually is in relatively small type and positioned below the flag or nameplate.

Gutter: blank space between two facing pages or adjacent columns of type.

Hairline: very thin rule or line. 

Head, Headline, Hed: tells readers what the story is about. Similar to a title but includes a verb.

Information graphic: information presented largely as a picture or visual, e.g., bar and pie charts, tables, time-series lines, maps, illustrations.

Jump line: a few words that tell the reader that the story is continued on another page. Continued on... and Please turn to... are the most common jump lines. Please find the jump to AND the jumped from labels.

Lead: the first paragraph, which in hard news stories is the first sentence of the story. Tells the reader what the news is. In longer feature stories, lead can be a block of paragraphs that set the stage or put the reader in the scene.

leading: space between lines of type, usually measured from baseline to baseline. 

Masthead: information about the publication run on an inside page. Usually includes publishers, editors, directors, address, etc.

Modular Design: all elements in a package can be placed inside of a square box (this box may not be a physical box, but you can draw an invisible box around all the related content), creating "modular" boxes that can be moved around as a square package.

Mug shot: a picture of the head and shoulders of a person. Usually run relatively small. In a newspaper usually a half-column wide by 1.5 inches deep or one column wide by 3 inches deep. 

Nameline: a name that appears underneath a mugshot, identifying the person in the picture.

Op-ed page: short for opposite the editorial page. Page that features columnists' opinions often about social, political issues.

Package: A set of items that all go together to complete a group of items that tell the entire story, this includes all art, graphics, photos, story, headline, captions in a presentation. Designed in Modular fashion.

Photo essay: series of photographs that make a single point.

Pic: short for picture.

Reverse: images appear in white on a dark or colored background. Must be used only for a few words. Difficult to read.

Run-around: body copy that wraps around an inset piece of art.

Sidebar: a related story intended to run with a major story on same topic. 

Standing heads, standing sigs or standing signatures: title and/or graphic that signals a regular column (e.g., Dear Abby), regular features (Editorials), a special series of stories or a particular breaking news story topic (e.g., The Summit, Plane Crash). Usually positioned above the head or near the top of a story.

Subhead, drop head: headline that elaborates on the main head. Set in smaller type size than the main head. Positioned below the main head.

Teasers: a headline, phrase or sentence, sometimes accompanied by art, that advertises stories inside the paper. Usually positioned at the top of the cover.

Text: body copy.

Tombstone head: similar size and style headlines, side by side. Usually to be avoided.

White space: space on a page not occupied by type, pictures or other elements. Floating or trapped white space is to be avoided. 

Newspaper Design #1. Assigned 3/26, due 3/27 - Minor

Newspaper Design Project #1

Today you will use the entire period to re-create a page from The Dispatch Issue #4.

Here is a link to the file:

NEWSPAPER DESIGN #1

Once you get it downloaded into the Download Folder, you will need to move it to either your desktop, or into your folder on the desktop. It should give you the prompt to DOWNLOAD right when you open the link.

Once you have it in the proper place, open the InDesign file (it has the letters .indd at the end). When you open it, there will be an error message about missing links, you can just click OKAY. This will not impact what you are doing today. And when you are working the graphics will have a ? near them, ignore that.

You will see, if you are in Normal view mode, that there are all the parts that were used to create Entertainment page 13 in the 3rd issue of The Dispatch. There are paper versions of the paper at your desks to help you when you recreate this page. I will show you how to get into the proper view mode for this project.

Your job is simple. Move those items into the proper place as you see on Page 12. Everything should move properly into the correct space. You should not have to adjust ANYTHING. Just use the TOP arrow tool and move items into the correct spots. DO NOT CHANGE THE DIMENSIONS OF ANYTHING ON THE PAGE. Be careful and do not grab the little white dots around the borders of the items you are moving. 

In addition, when you are moving photos or art, make sure you DO NOT click the middle of the photograph, make sure you are away from the center circle that will pop up.

HINTS: if you think you made a mistake, you can always use COMMAND-Z to go back one step.

Make sure that you use ALL of the items available and that they are in the right places. Refer to the printed page to help you. There are a number of little pieces like short lines and things like that, which should be included on your page design.

Once you are done putting the puzzle together, call me over so I can take a look.

After I approve it, create a .PDF at the smallest file size and put that file into your Google Drive and make sure it is share so BOWIE HIGH SCHOOL can VIEW it. Then get the link, and put it on your Google Site on a new subpage called Newspaper Design #1 using the embed function. Once you complete that, open your PDF in Photoshop and make it into a PNG by SAVING AS and converting it into a .PNG. Then put that PNG file on your Google Site on the same subpage called Newspaper Design #1. Hit PUBLISH!!!

WRKxFMLY, Mr. Winter will be here today!!

Today you should have 1 photo for your WRKxFMLY portfolio. You will upload a photo to their website and write a caption for that photo. If you have more, I am sure Mr. Winter will be happy to give you advice on your best ones. Remember, you will eventually have to submit 20-25 images and write captions for 5 of them.

So you have them, here are the links to the two presentations.

Today's presentation (March 26)

BigDave's sure-fire approach to writing great captions

His first presentation from last time he was here:

Big Dave's WRKxFMLY Debut

Opinion Story Art, WRKXFMLY sign-up, Reflection. Assigned 3/24, due 3/24 - Reflection = Minor grade

Welcome back!!

We have a couple of things we need to get done today.

First - I need to get access to your drawings you made for your Opinion Stories before break. Most of those stories have been edited and approved and are ready to be scheduled for publication.

OPINION STORY ART

When you initially completed those drawings, you were asked to share a screen shot on your Google Sites. Now I need access to the actual file. It should be either the .PNG or even better the .AI file. You should be able to find those somewhere on your desktop, or in a folder you made on your desktop. An alternative would be opening Adobe Illustrator and looking for recently used files and opening it there and saving it somewhere on your desktop.

Once you find the .PNG or .AI file, you will need to move the file to your Google Drive. Once you get the file into your Google Drive, you MUST share it so that Bowie High School can EDIT it.

Get a clickable link to that file and go back to your Google Site and make a new subpage called Opinion Story Art and share it with me AS A CLICKABLE LINK.

I will be checking this as you finish to make sure I can access them. I will come to you individually to make sure I have a link I can access. You can move on until I check in with you, but I need to make sure I can get to these files TODAY

WRKXFMLY

Now we need to get you set up to start turning in your WRKxFMLY photos. 

Click the link below:

WRKXFMLY Sign-Up

Follow the instructions and create an account with Working Assumptions. You should use your personal email account when you create this accounts so AISD doesn't block anything AND you can access this in the future when you are no longer a student at Bowie.

Reflection

When you have finished the two assignments above, please create a new Google Site Subpage and call it Spring Break 2026 and answer the following question:

Describe a specific moment that happened during spring break that was special for you. Explain why it was that kind of moment and will be something you remember fondly in the future.

Please write at least 250-300 words about that specific moment. Don't do a big event thing, like I went to the beach, or I got to go to London. Pick a specific moment, describe it and explain why it was important to you.

Magazine cover FINAL DAY - posted 3/12. TWO COVERS DUE 1 MAJOR, 1 Minor

  Your Magazine Cover MUST include the following:

You will need to complete the following:

A. Magazine name

Think carefully about the font you use

You may not use the name of a real magazine - so please get creative!!

B. At least three and up to 6-7 teasers (Cover lines/headlines) for secondary stories. (Be creative and write ones that go with your magazine title).

C. Price

D. Date

E. Bar Code

Think about:

1. Scale - how big things are
2. Proportion - how big things are in relationship to others
3. Colors - be selective, 3 or 4 colors max, pull some colors from the images themselves
4. Placement of all elements (where should those things go) - should the price be located right in the middle of the image? 

5. Where do bar codes go and how big should they be? Dates? Hint: look at real magazines for ideas where to put these.
6. Font readability - pick good, legible fonts
7. Creativity - did you make text work better by creating multiple boxes for a single headline? Do you pick a font package? 8. How well did you match your image up with your title and teasers (cover lines/headlines) and other elements?
9. Is it smart to put a box around any text? Look at examples

I should have two of them from you. ONE OF THEM must have a cutout or a text overlap if possible. I will be flexible about this for this class. 

Here is how you turn them in. You must follow these directions carefully and do this correctly.

When you have a cover done, please follow the instructions listed below to turn your project in. FOLLOW THEM SPECIFICALLY AND EXACTLY. It may look complex and it isn't simple, but if you follow them carefully you will need no help from me.

You must have your cover open in InDesign (NOT photoshop)

>File>Adobe PDF presets>Smallest File Size

>Rename your magazine cover as follows: Last name_first name_magazine cover_period #

Make sure to save it in your folder on YOUR COMPUTER.

>Click export (if any messages come up about outside the clipping area or anything else like that during the .pdf creation process, click okay)

Move the file to your Google Drive. Click Share. Make it sharable so that ANYONE WITH THE LINK CAN VIEW). Copy the link and put it on your Google Site, on a new subpage called Magazine Covers, as a clickable link. I MUST see these full size. Sharing is the biggest obstacle - make sure you get it right.

I would like you to convert these to .JPEG files and put those on your Google Site as well. To do this you have to convert the .pdf into a jpeg file. 

1. Open Photoshop
2. Open the .pdf of your magazine cover (NOT the .indd, it won't work)
3. When the .pdf converter pop-up box appears, click okay
4. >File>Save as
5. Change the format into .jpeg
6. Click save
7. Make sure you save it at the highest file size
8. If you get any other pop-up boxes, click okay 

9. Post it on your Google Site on the same page where the clickable links live. You can put the link above or below the image it goes with. Make sure to grab the corner of the image and make it as big as you can. Do this proportionally please by holding the Command-Shift keys!!