Goal for staff: Make each day your masterpiece. You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By applying yourself to the task of becoming a little better each and every day over a period of time, you will become a lot better. Only then will you be able to approach being the best you can be.

Goal for editors & advisor: Define success for those under your leadership as total commitment and effort to the team's welfare. Then show it yourself with your own effort and performance. Most of those you lead will do the same. Those who don't should be encouraged to look for a new team. — John Wooden

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Tuesday's computer lab work

1. If you have not printed your Letter in Nature project, please do so. If you need to finish it up, get 'er done.
2. If you have printed your Letters in Nature, here's your task at hand: create and design a simple business card for yourself.

Guidelines:
*3 3/4" x 2 1/4"
*Double sided (one side with a graphic/pattern/something classy & fun & personal;  and one side with pertinent information such as name, address, phone number, email, website, blog, twitter account, whatever else you think is important)
*Color or black & white
*follow the principles of good design (Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity)
*all work is done in InDesign

Due at the end of class. Please PDF your work (command + E), and save to the folder on the Voice server.
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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Week 13: Farewell April!

An amazing story from the SF Chronicle brought to me attention by Ella Storey. Thanks, Ella! What are your thoughts on this piece and what, if any, is the MA angle?

How Little Sleep Can you Get Away With? Great question!! And the NYTimes has an answer. There is surely lots to learn in this piece and some way to make this an MA piece. Do go beyond the little sleep slot in the planner, and think about some real way to bring this often repeated yet so important topic to the community.

Share, share, and share some more before May 1.
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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Week 12: April Showers?

Price of Perception: a great read from the NYTimes about the cost/price of college tuition. Where's the MA angle in this story?

Keep Your Thumbs Still When I'm Talking to You: Another gem from the NYTimes. Does this ever happen to you or friends? Where's the MA angle in this story?

One more post this month and then we're in the final month!
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Article Ideas

Same rules as the last time. Publication date will be late-May. Please keep that in mind when coming up with ideas.

Please post 6-7 ideas for the second edition of the year. You must have at least one article idea for each section (News, Sports, A&E, Features, Op/Ed, Center Spread). 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). Include an article idea for each section. Be specific and format each idea as such:

Article Idea:
Must interviews (be specific ... "students" is fairly obvious and somewhat lame):
Why will people want to read this:
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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Edition 8: Staff work

Here's all the information you need to know about our first two layout days.
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Week 11: April arrives

1. From Newsweek: The Great College Road Trip. And you thought you were the only one obsessed with this topic. Nope. It's gone mainstream. What are your thoughts on this profile? Does the Holland family represent a broad spectrum of people or does this play to privileged folks (keep in mind the soaring costs of such an adventure)? Where's the MA angle in this (and move beyond the copy cat idea).

2. From the Wall Street Journal: How to Get a Real Education at College. Another great piece of satire from Scott Adams. What are your thoughts on this thoughts? What's his thesis? And is there an MA angle in this piece?
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