Week 14: All about you CLOSED

This will be the final post for November. On Dec 1 there will be a new set of articles.

Growing up Digital: Wired for Distraction: A great piece on the influence technology will have on your generation. What do you think? Do you see this as an issue in your life? In the lives of your friends? Could this be a good article for The Voice to cover?

Teaching for America: An excellent opinion piece about the state of education (particularly teachers) in the US. The hottest opinion in this piece has to do with teacher pay and recruiting. What are your thoughts? What do you think of Friedman's opinions?

Can't Pick a College Major? Create One: Another great piece on the state of education at the college level. Have any of you thought about tailoring your college major? Is this the way of the future? Are the days of a standard liberal arts degree over? Share your thoughts?

Edition 4 article ideas

Same rules as the last time. Publication date will early January. Please keep that in mind when coming up with ideas.

Please post 5-7 ideas for the second edition of the year. Be sure to read the other ideas BEFORE you post your own. You can elaborate on another person's post (with a citation, of course). Be specific and try to format each idea as such:

Article Idea:
Must interviews:
Why will people want to read this:

Week 13: More fall fun CLOSED

The Defiant Ones: Here's a great review of a new book from this weekend WSJ. Thing is, this review is also a bit of a bio on the writer. What is your take on this combo review/profile? Does it work? Do the two stories naturally align themselves?

What the Internet Knows About You: A fascinating piece from Newsweek a few weeks back. It's all about what personal information you can find on the web and how, in the future, it might be used against you. Yikes. Do you think this fascination with internet information is a passing trend or do you think this is really the way things will go in the future?

Edition 3: In-class work for staff

Folks

Here is the assignment. We will go over this together as I know there will be questions.

Remember: this is about learning InDesign. You will struggle, but you'll learn as you go. The first hot key you need to learn is command + D. That's how you place text and graphics.

Edition 3: Editor Goals

Please post three goals you have for your section. Reflect on the last edition of last year, areas where you have the most to improve and areas where you're doing great work. These goals can be design related, deadline related, or anything else. BUT, make sure these are measurable, outcome goals.

General goals for everyone:
1. Visible difference in headline size (heads should be larger than 30 but no smaller than 30)
2. Photos anchored to headline (no floating graphics/photos)
3. Make sure exported PDF is high resolution (we had some issues with this last edition)
4. After you copy edit a page, make sure all elements/storylines are still on the page

Week 12: Fall has arrived! CLOSED

1. Every holiday season the NYT runs profile pieces called The Neediest Cases. These profiles are about New Yorkers in need. Here's the first one of the 2010 season. What are your thoughts on this profile? What does the writer do to present a full picture of the person?

2. Another piece from the NYT about efforts to end bullying and how some community sees these efforts as an agenda to push homosexual beliefs. Might this issue become a First Amendment fight? Can you make a school or office safe for everyone without a common vocabulary or belief system?

LOVE the over-heards going up. They're hysterical. Nice work!!

Week 11: Welcome November CLOSED

1. Here's a good piece from Neha. Here's what she said, "We make it to the world series and suddenly everyones a die hard Giants fan! Also the lead and closing have some nice style elements to them." Agree. What are your thoughts not only on the topic but also the style of the article? And who is this mighty Casey mentioned at the end? (yes, I know the answer, but do you?)

2. A powerful piece from the NYTimes about undocumented students at UCLA. This article delves into the Dream Act a bit, but it's really a profile piece on some young people and the struggles they face as a result of their undocumented status. What are your thoughts on the style of the piece? Does the journalist present a clear and unbiased picture of the situation?