Journalism (The Shield) 2010-11

Advisor: Andy Evans

Phone (408) 626-3406 X6258

e-mail: aevans@cuhsd.org

Editors:

Arton Falahati

Riki Newton

Courtney Tharp 

            1.  publish a newspaper that makes the students feel proud.

            2.  develop newswriting, reporting,editing  skills.

            3.  develop pagemaking skills (layout,watermarks, clip-art, photos).

            4.  fundraise to update our technology andincrease our output.

            5.  publish at least 8 (we’ve done 9 for 3straight years) issues.

            6.  publish 20 (last year we did 24, 28,and 32) pages an issue.

•Supplies:You will need to havea section in one of your B Day Binders for Journalism.  In this section, you will need thissyllabus and notes.  In addition,you will also need pens, paper, technology (for your stories).

•LateWork:  there is no late work.  Late work equals an F for thatassignment.  Even if you areabsent, you will find a way to have your assignment turned in on time.

•Overtime:  production of the paper may require one to use tutorial,lunch, or stay after class to complete it.

•Collectionof Stories:  on the date that your story is due, youmust follow the following steps or your story will be considered late and youwill receive and “F” for that assignment.

            1.  Be in your seat when the bell rings.           

2.  Print two copiesof your story.  Print the page numberthat the story appears on at the top of the page.  Give one copy to Mr. Evans and one copy to the page editor.

            3.  Email your story to yourself (bothin-text and as an attachment).

                        Or

                 Have your story savedon a USB flash drive, disk, etc.

•Absent/sick/late:  To meet a deadline, please email your assignment (bothin-text and as an attachment) to all of the following:

            1.  Yourself.

            2.  The Shield email group (you will get acopy of this group email soon!)

•ProofreadingProcedures:

            •Writer gives page editor his or herstory.

            •Pageeditor proofreads and returns to writer with corrections.

            •Writermakes changes, saves the story onto the Journalism network

under the correct Issue folder and Page Folder.  Writer also saves story to

his/her technology (flash drive or email).  Writer then tells the Page Editor thatthese steps have been completed.

•Page editor proofreads again and then pastes the story onto hisor her page.

•Networking:  All work should be saved onto the Journalism network underthe correct Issue folder and Page Folder.

•Formatfor Stories for newspaper:

            •Size:10 font.                                                •Style:Times New Roman.

            •Allignment:Justified (both sides).            •Spacing:Single-Space.

            •Alwaysedit/spellcheck/proofread.            •Title: in bold.           

•Byline: in bold By John Lennon (note that the By is in bold and capitalized).

            •Studentnames:  All Westmont student namesshould be in bold the first

time the name appears in the story.  Use their first name in the rest of the story,             unlessthe last name is used in a quote. Example:  We are fortunate to have the incredible Andrew Hardt in our class. “Andrew is a dedicatedperson. I mean Hardt is so trustworthy,” says his classmate Tas Pelikan.  “Scott provides creativity with his great writing,” adds ArtonFalahati.

•Faculty Names: Use their full name and bold the first time.  Use just their last name after that.  No Mr., Mrs. Miss. Ms. (unless it isused in a quote). Example: History teacher Liz Jarrett likes soccer.  Jarrett also drives a Jetta. “I learnedso much in Ms. Jarrett’s class,” adds Jessica Eigen.

•Magazines, Books, Newspapers, Movies, CDs:  These appear in Italics. Examples: SportsIllustrated, Catcher in the Rye, The New York Times, Star Wars.

            •Songs, Poems, Short Stories:  These appear in quotes.  Examples: “Let it

Be,” “The Raven,” “The Laughing Man.”

•Present Tense: Always try to write in present tense.  It makes the story appear newer.  Example: Rita says President Obama andPrime Minister Putin, “are incredible leaders.”  ...instead of Rita said…

•Photo captions are 8-point Arial font. Period at the end of theparentheses. No bolding.  Example:Courtney works quickly to complete her task (Photo by Sawhel Maali).

•Pagefolders:  You must keep all items that go on yourpage in your folder (stories, photos, clip-art, ads).

•Grading:  Your grade will be based on the Journalism rubric. One must meet all of the requirements to receive the correspondinggrade.

Journalism Rubric

Letter Grade                        Requirements

A                                    •Bringin one ad per semester.

                                    •Turnin one publishable story per issue.

                                    •Meetall deadlines (writing, art, photos, page, proofread).

•Meet before school, during lunch, or after school when needed.

                                    •ExceptionalAttitude/Behavior.

                                    •Sell4 bags of candy during our two week sale.

B                                    •Turnin three publishable stories per semester.

                                    •Missedone deadline (writing, art, photos, page, proofread).

                                    •CommendableAttitude/Behavior.

C                                    •Turnin two publishable stories per semester.

                                    •Missedtwo deadlines (writing, art, photos, page, etc.)

                                    •Adequateperformance on Shield Staff Position.

                                    •FairAttitude/Behavior.

D                                    •Turnin one publishable story per semester.

                                    •Missedthree deadlines (writing, art, photos, page, etc.).

                                    Mediocreperformance on Shield Staff Position.

                                    •PoorAttitude/Behavior.

F                                    •Failureto meet the requirements outlined in the “D” range.

*** INSERTS: a great way to eliminate blank space and draw extra attention to a story.

An insert is an attention-grabbing quotation sandwiched in between two lines, and separated from the rest of the article on your page. To create an insert, pick a powerful, eye-catching quote from the article you've selected; the quotation size will depend upon how much space you have. An insert will  look like this, only not so much of the yucky aesthetic.

An insert should be one to two columns in width, and be placed somewhere in the center of your article. Inserts work best with stories already arranged in columns, so that they do not break up the text from side-to-side.

For inserts:                                                                                                      They should be one or two columns in width.                                                                                                                                              The line on inserts= 4pt font, double stroke.                                                       Text= 12 pt Verdana, italic.                                                                                 Make an invisible (white) box, send it behind the insert, and then text wrap it. DO NOT move the insert after this point. If you do

•Baseline Standard (photo format)1. Edit your picture in photoshop. 2. Go to "save as" or "save a copy," select that you want it as a JPEG. 3. Press save and a box labeled "JPEG options" should pop up. 4. Under Format Options make sure "Baseline ('Standard')" is selected. If "Progressive" is selected, pagemaker won't let the picture be placed.





•Format for Pages:

•Open the templates folder on the journalism network. Pick Odd template if you are an odd numbered page. Pick Even template if you are an even numbered page.

•Enter correct heading (title, date, page #).

•Lock the guides.

•Save As under correct issue and page folder.

•Example: Page 04. Notice the space between the page and the number.



•Watermark Instructions

If you already have a picture saved, open it in Photoshop and start at step 6.



1. Copy Picture

2. Open Photoshop

3. Go to “File”

4. Go to “New,” then “Ok”

5. Go to “Edit,” then “Paste”

6. Go to “Image,” then “Mode,” then “Greyscale”

7. Go to “Image,” then “Adjust”

8. Select “Brightness/Contrast”

9. Move sliders to the right (for Brightness) and left (for Contrast) until image becomes transparent

10. Go to “Save as,” then save in your folder

11. On your page in Pagemaker, go to “File,” then “Place.”

12. Select your saved watermark from your folder



••Linking Graphics

1. Open a file and click/select a graphic on the page.

2.Select Links Manager in the File menu. A line will be selected. If it says "NA", then click Info. Find the graphics file that is supposed to go there and select it. Click OK.

PAGEMAKER

Placing and linking

The Place command is the primary importing method. When you place text or a graphic, PageMaker establishes a link to the source file on your

hard drive (unless the file is an HTML document). The link allows PageMaker to update the version of the document that is in your publication, and

it can minimize the size of your publication by allowing you to store an imported graphic outside the publication.

Use the File > Links Manager command to manage the updating attributes of almost any file you place. Check the link status, and relink or unlink

source files as necessary. Together, the Place and Links Manager commands support most of the features of the other importing and linking methods.

See Managing linked text and graphics for more information.

Before you place a file, make sure that you've installed the import filters that support the file formats you use. To find out which filters are installed,

press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) while choosing About PageMaker from the Help menu (Windows) or Apple menu (Mac OS).

To place text or a graphic in layout view:

1. Choose File > Place.

If you use the text tool to click an insertion point in a text object before choosing Place, and then you select a graphics file, it imports as an

inline graphic contained within the text object. To override this default, select As Independent Graphic in the Place Document dialog box, or

select the pointer tool before you choose Place.

2. Select the file you want to import, select importing options, and then click Open (Windows) or OK (Mac OS).

You may be prompted to specify additional options in another dialog box. For example, if you want to place a text-only file, PageMaker displays

the Text-Only Import Filter dialog box. If you want to place a story from a publication created in a previous version of PageMaker, the

PageMaker Story Importer dialog box appears. Select options, and then click OK. See About options for placing for more information.

3. Do one of the following:

To make the graphic or text independent of a frame, position the loaded icon where you want the upper left corner of the graphic or text block to be, and then click.

To position the item within an existing frame, click within the frame.

To size the graphic or text block as you place it, drag the mouse and then release the mouse button.



Linking Part 2

Directions if “File, Place” fails:

· Go to “Edit” and click on “Insert Object”

· Choose “Create from File” and click on “Browse”

· From the list, choose the image you want to insert on the page

· After you choose image, say “ok” and check the “link” box and click “ok”

· Once the image is on your page, check the links manager. If the there is no description under the category of “kind” then continue with the following steps

· Right click on your mouse and select “export graphic”

· In the section “save as type” make sure it is “JPEG”

· For the “file name” keep the same title except add the word “final” Example: If your file name is “picture.jpg” save it as “picturefinal.jpg”

· Once done, click save



****Lasso vs Magic Wand

1. Use when erasing background to focus on one part of the picture: But which one do I use?

2. The magic wand guesses what you want to cut.

It is not always right.

3. The lasso tool is you deciding what you want to cut.

It is always right, but it is very difficult to be perfect.

4. Use Magic Wand when:

-solid background

-clear shapes of what you want to cut

5. Use Lasso tool when:

-very close cuts (i.e, around hair, faces, etc.)

-The magic wand is wrong, or the background is not a solid color.



6. Examples! Someone wearing a black t shirt against a white background, use magic wand. It will recognize the two separate things because they are very different.

Someone wearing white shoes while standing in the snow, use lasso tool. The magic wand won’t be able to tell which is the shoes and which is the snow, and won’t know which to cut.