Syllabus

Grades

Project materials

Textbook's Website

Limits on Short Headlines

Jump Styles

Pull-quote style

Headline Size vs. Number of Lines vs. Cols

InDesign Manual 

Design Resources

Editing Resources

Announcements

Internships, scholarships and other announcements

Headline writing
1 col = 10p9 = 1.79 inches
2 col = 22p6 = 3.75 inches
3 col = 34p3 = 5.70 inches
4 col = 46p0 = 7.67 inches
5 col = 57p9 = 9.62 inches
6 col = 69p6 = 11.50 inches

Use Arial or another san serif font for headlines and New Times Roman or Times Roman for drop heads, which are always 15 points.

Use the “down” style for headlines, with only the first word of the head and any proper nouns capitalized.

Editing assignments
All editing assignments must be turned in typed, double spaced, using 12-point type with the corrections already made. You can make minor, last-minutes, corrections with a pen or pencil.

You must include a note in the story justifying any major rewrite of the lead or reorganization of the story.

Assignments
Due Monday, 13 Feb
editing: Chap 4, Ex 4 - Glennville council salaries

Due Wednesday, 8 Feb
editing: Chap 4, Ex 3 – Miami officer slain

Due Wednesday, 1 Feb
AP style: Chap 6, Ex 3 – hyphenation
grammar: Chap 3, Ex 6 – verb agreement
editing: Chap 3, Ex 10 – story editing

Due Monday, 30 Jan
AP style: Chap 6, Ex 1 - word usage

Lectures
Eliminating wordiness discussion

Semicolons, hyphens and dashes discussion

Commas discussion

Chap 3 Ex 6 exercise

editing overview discussion

edited mininum wage story

Chap 3, Ex 4 & 5 exercises

Grammar discussion

News judgment discussion