Journalism (The Shield) 2008
Instructor: Mr. Andy Evans
Phone (408) 626-3406 X6258
e-mail: aevans@cuhsd.org
Issue 1!
Tuesday, August 26 28
Page 1 News (Ashley)
Construction – Maya
This Day in History – Hilly
Upcoming Events – Kelly D.
ASB President: Chelsea – Shan
Drama Update – Amber
Ecology Column – Chelsea
Page 3 News (Hilly/Elyse)
Pop Culture Grid – Hilly/Elyse
Muse News – Melissa
Alumni News – Ashley
Chronicles of Mr. Earhart – Anna
College Focus: NYU – Elyse
Leftovers
Page 4-5 Future Page (Shan/Ariel/Melissa)
Quotes Looking Forward (each grade)– Chelsea
Tips for Freshmen – Amber/Ashley
Sports – Daniel
Speech and Debate – Trang
Clubs – Elyse
College App Tips – Ariel
Marching Band – Maya
Page 6 Worst Case Scenario (Chelsea/Daniel)
Everyone!!!
Page 7 Interview with Redmond (Anna/Maya)
Half Page Ad
Interview – Johnny
Page 8 Collage (Trang/Kelly D)
Photos!!!
Photos!!!
Page 1: Chelsea: Shan
Page 2: Ashley: Ariel
Page 3: Pop Culture: Hilly/Elyse
Muse News: Melissa
Earhart: Trang
Page 4-5: Quotes: Chelsea
Tennis: Trang
Volleyball: Melissa
Drum Major: Shan
Page 8: Everybody (no current seniors…get others)
Deadlines!!!
All Stories/Photos Wednesday June 4
All Pages Friday June 6
Templates!!!
Walking into the Wrong Classroom (100 word limit)
By Shelly Watershed
It’s the first day of school, and you think this is really math class, when you discover this is nude art. Slightly awkward…but don’t worry – there are steps you can take to rectify this situation!
1. Double check your schedule.
2. DON’T PANIC
3. Think quickly of an excuse: “Are we verifying the idea of the Golden Proportion? Or is this not classroom 206?”
4. Exit slowly, then run as fast as you can to escape any stalkers!
5. Locate an official who can point you in the right direction.
•Collection of Stories: on the date that your story is due, you must follow the following steps or your story will be considered late and you will receive and “F” for that assignment.
1. Be in your seat when the bell rings.
2. Print two copies of your story. Print the page number that the story appears on at the top of the page. Give one copy to Mr. Evans and one copy to the page editor.
3. Have your story saved on a disk.
4. Email your story to yourself (both in-text and as an attachment).
•Absent/sick: To meet a deadline, please email your assignment (both in-text and as an attachment) to:
1. Yourself.
2. Veronica Garcia: asoccerchick90@aol.com
3. Vidya Kaipa: musicmuncher@gmail.com
4. Kelly Langstaff: Kellybelly2@sbcglobal.net
•Format for Stories for newspaper:
•Size: 10 font.
•Style: Times New Roman.
•Allignment: Justified (both sides).
•Spacing: Single-Space.
•Always edit/spellcheck/proofread.
•Title: in bold.
•Byline: in bold By John Lennon (note that the By is in bold).
•Student names: All Westmont student names should be in bold the first time the name appears in the story. Use their first name in the rest of the story, unless the last name is used in a quote. Example: We are fortunate to have the incredible Sarah Hardt in our class. “Sarah is a dedicated person. I mean Hardt is so trustworthy,” says her classmate Hannah Scott. “Sarah provides creativity with her great writing,” adds Ian Berry.
•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 is used in a quote). Example: History teacher Liz Jarrett likes soccer. Jarrett also drives a Jetta. “I learned so much in Ms. Jarrett’s class,” adds Nicole Sudyka.
•Magazines, Books, Newspapers, Movies, CDs: These appear in Italics.
•Songs, Poems, Short Stories: These appear in quotes.
•Present Tense: Always try to write in present tense. It makes the story appear newer. Example: Veronica says President Bush, “is an incredible leader.” ...instead of Veronica said President Bush, “is an incredible leader.”
•Photo captions are 8-point Arial font. Period at the end of the parentheses. No bolding. Example: Eric works quickly to complete his task (Photo by Kelly Langstaff).
•Inserts are italics and 11 point font.
•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.
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