The students in Dean Hume’s News Editors course wasted no time this week perfecting their class. After a brief exercise to strengthen their descriptive skills, the class split off into pairs to edit sports column made by students in the Sports Coverage class taught by Jim Woehrle. “When you get into the story, it’s a lot easier than you thought it would be,” sophomore … [Read more...] about Participants in the News Editors class put their editorial skills to work
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InDesign students design their own pages
So much information to take in, in so little time. The Advanced InDesign students were definitely up to the challenge, and plan to show off their skills during today's classes. If you've been keeping up with the Advanced Upstart Newspaper students (in my first and second stories on them), you know that they have learned basics, effects, techniques, and more in the InDesign … [Read more...] about InDesign students design their own pages
Advanced InDesign works on re-design
In addition to the basics from yesterday, the Advanced InDesign for Newspaper team is not looking back. This morning, they were given an example of a badly designed feature page, and they had to completely redesign it. From the headline to the selection of pictures, they had free reign to make it "jazzy." Reasons like this, and more, are why students like Catherine Habba … [Read more...] about Advanced InDesign works on re-design
Getting Advanced IN to DESIGNing Newspapers
Who knew it took to much to design a newspaper? With the desktop publishing program InDesign, you can compose your entire newspaper. There are several options in the program to make your newspaper pop! You have the ability to add photos, style pages, and of course, write stories. Nate Graham, a student here at MIPA, describes the "Advanced InDesign for Newspaper" class as very … [Read more...] about Getting Advanced IN to DESIGNing Newspapers
Advanced InDesign class begins with basics
Kicking off their time at the conference, the Advanced InDesign class spent their time reviewing the basics that “most kids already knew,” according to instructor Jim Woehrle. “It’s about designing the pages like they know how, but doing it faster and with more advanced tools,” said Woehrle. Learning new tips and tricks for speedy, streamlined page design is what Caroline … [Read more...] about Advanced InDesign class begins with basics