Syllabus

9 a.m. Grades

4 p.m. Grades

Project
Materials

Textbook's Website

Limits on Short Headlines

Headline Size vs. Number of Lines vs. Cols

InDesign Manual 

Design Resources

Editing Resources

Announcements

Internships and other announcements

Grades were updated 15 Nov. Please double check to make sure I gave you proper credit for your work.

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 on the story justifying any major rewrite of the lead or reorganization of the story.

Assignments
No homework assignment

Due Wednesday, 28 Oct
Edit Chap 8, Ex 3, manslaughter
use one of the 8.5 x 11 InDesign templates to write a 1-col, 30-pt, 3-line head for the story

Due Monday, 26 Oct
Briefs: Edit each of these stories from the Chap 12 exercises on the course Web site to about 150 words each and write 1-col, 18-pt, 2-lines heads for each one on using the 8.5 x 11 InDesign template:
> Downtown church
> Marijuana seized
> Newsroom bugged
To get word count in InDesign, highlightt the text and click on windows / info

Due Wednesday, 14 Oct
Edit Chap 8, Ex 5 – Alpine shooting
U se the 8.5 x 11 horizontal InDesign template to write a 4-col, 40-pt, 1-line head and a deck head for the story

No homework assignment for Monday

Due Wednesday, 30 Sept:
Edit Chap 5, Ex 2 – Mich. politics
You don't need to write a headline

Due Wednesday, 23 Sept:
Edit Chap 4, Ex 4 - Glennville council salaries
write a 3-col, 30-pt, 1-line headline plus a deck head for the story
use the InDesign 8.5x11 template to write the head

Due Wednesday, 16 Sept:
Edit Chap 5, Ex 3 - Teen acquitted
write a 1-col, 36-pt, 4-line headline and a 3-col, 30-pt, 1-line head for the story

Due Monday, 14 Sept:
Edit Chap 4, Ex 3 - Miami officer slain
write a 1-col, 24-pt, 3-line headline and a 2-col, 36-pt 2-line headline for the story

Due Wednesday, 7 Sept: Editing, Chap 6,
Ex 6 - Bomb scare

Due Wednesday, 2 Sept: grammar, Chap 3, Ex 6, more verb agreement

Due Monday, 31 Aug: AP style, Chap 6, Ex 1

Lectures
Page 2 examples

Page 4 examples

Page layout problems discussion

Eliminating wordiness discussion

Edited manslaughter story

Photos and captions discussion

Page layout discussion No. 3

Page layout discussion No. 2

Metaphors discussion

Brief with head

Edited brief

Alpine shooting headline

Edited Alpine shooting story

Ethics discussion

Transitions discussion

Pull quotes discussion

Edited Michigan politics story

Page layout critiques No. 1

Edited Glennville council story

Glennville council headline

Commas discussion

hyphens and dashes discussion

parallel structure discussion

datelines discussion

journalists and math discussion

edited teen acquitted story

teen acquitted headline

edited officer slain story

officer killed headline

Quotations discussion

Edited bomb scare story

Headline writing discussion

Minimum wage bill headline

Editing discussion

Edited minimum wage bill story

Chap 3, Ex 6: Verb agreement

Grammar discussion

Chap 6, Ex 1: AP style

News judgment discussion