Creating A Classroom Newspaper Page 8
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35Reporter’s Notebook – Planning the Newspaper
To the newspaper writer:
You will design and organize your own newspaper.
Your assignment:
Your job is to establish the specifications of your newspaper before you begin gathering the news. Complete
the following information about the organization of your newspaper.
Name of your newspaper:
What is the nature of your market? Who will be reading this newspaper?
(Your class alone? The entire school? Parents or teachers? School staff?)
Editor(s)-in-Chief (Responsibilities include designing
the layout of newspaper and deciding what stories to run,
where to place ads, etc.)
Copy Editors (Responsibilities include proofreading
Stories for spelling, grammar and punctuation, writing
Headlines.)
PRODUCTION/DESIGN DECISIONS
Page size (for example: 8 ½ x 11”, 8 ½ x 14”, 11x17”)
Number of pages:
Number of columns:
Type of production:
Typewritten
Word-Processed
Photocopied
Printed
Who will prepare materials for production? (typing, word-processing)
Who will be responsible for reproduction? (photocopying, printing)
Editorial/advertising ratio:
% editorial
% advertising
EDITORIAL DECISIONS:
Type of news sections:
Writers assigned
ADVERTISING DECISIONS:
Type of advertising
Ad designers assigned
Products/stores
Classified
ART/DESIGN DECISIONS
Task
Art designers assigned
Design newspaper flag
Locate or design art for stories
DEADLINES!!!!!
Date advertisements must be completed
Date news and feature stories must be completed
Date news and feature stories will be prepared for printing
Date newspaper will be sent to printer
Date newspaper will be distributed
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