Layout Design Project

Soft copies of the articles and media you will be using due Friday 1/23, final project due Friday 2/6

Task:
• Compile soft copies (soft copy = computer file, hard copy = printed document) of all briefs and articles written so far this year (Spiderman brief, Yankees brief, Failing Grades brief, Town Hall article, Photojournalism project, Election article, Feature article)
• Compile soft copies of various media (photos, diagrams, charts, maps, etc…) to go along with your articles
• Using some or all of these items, create a minimum four-page layout on 8.5 x 11 inch paper (longer articles will likely span multiple pages, if you haven’t written enough articles to fill four pages, use other classmates’ articles or write new ones yourself)
• Make sure that your newsletter contains a nameplate (name of your publication, date, school’s name, address, volume & issue number)
• Make sure that articles have headlines and bylines and that photos have captions
• Make sure to include at least one sidebar
• In designing your layout keep in mind the concepts from Chapter Ten of the textbook, especially the layout checklist on page 235
• Project is due at the beginning of class on Friday, February 6th. You must hand in both (a) the pages containing your layout design along with this rubric, as well as (b) soft copies of all articles and media either on a usb-drive or emailed to laiernie@gmail.com (hard copies of articles and media may optionally be attached to your layout but are not required)


For example layouts, take a look at these web pages:

http://marian.creighton.edu/~nhspa/2008/nl.html
http://marian.creighton.edu/~nhspa/2007/nl.html
http://marian.creighton.edu/~nhspa/2006/npl06.html
http://marian.creighton.edu/~nhspa/2005/npl05.html
http://marian.creighton.edu/~nhspa/2004/04npl.html
http://marian.creighton.edu/~nhspa/2003/03npl.html
http://marian.creighton.edu/~nhspa/2002/nl.html