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We’re on to the next issue.  Be sure to keep up with beats, assignments, and story deadlines:

story #1 due Fri. 9/25

story #2 due 10/1

late deadline, all stories due 10/5

to printer 10/8

paper comes out 10/12

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 Update your “Beat” page  if you haven’t already this week.

Work on stories.  Y-day people have stories due on Monday.  A and B-day  people have stories due by Friday, 9/4.  Y-day people have a second story due Friday, 9/4.

Work on assignment #5, writing captions/cutlines. (See Fall Assignments page.)

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Make sure you’ve brainstormed story ideas and listed them on the assignments page.  New assignment this week on headlines.  See the Assigments page for details.

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This week we’ll all be learning about the technical “stuff”:  Using Adobe Photoshop and InDesign, formatting and saving stories and pictures, and style guidelines.  We’ll also be discussing how to write headlines and captions.

See the Assignments Page for 2 assignments this week.

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First week off class: 

  • assignmment #1– apply for a job on newspaper staff. (See the Assignments Page.)
  • We’ll be discuss the basics: how to write a news story, a lead, interviewing, quoting, etc.
  • By the end of the week you’ll be assigned a job and a beat.
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This is our last issue. Let’s make it the best! Research all stories thoroughly, add quotes, get action pictures, write good captions, and, most importantly, meet you deadlines!

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Newspapers come in tomorrow.  In the meantime, work on the new assignment on the Spring Assignments page.

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Be sure you have sold your 25 newspapers and turned in the money.

Also, be sure you have completed assignment #6.  Then complete assignments # 7 and 8.  These two assignments review the journalistic practices of writing headlines and captions.

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As we wait for our March issue to arrive, work on your post-production packet, reflecting on the work you did for this issue.  We will begin selling papers when they arrive on Wednesday.  Also, work on assignment #6.

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We start on the March issue this week with story ideas due by Wednesday.  Be sure to complete this assignment (#5).  Also, there will be a quiz on Wednesday (and Thursday for A-day people)  over assignment #4.  Be sure to complete the assignment before taking the quiz.

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