Sunday, January 24, 2010
Editor Goals -- Edition 5
Please post 3 goals you have for your section. Reflect on the last edition, 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.
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1) Write interesting headlines that capture essence of the article
2) Continue to create more interesting layouts than two article/two photo basic layout, preferably with a cohesive color scheme
3) Get at least three people to copy edit.
AMANDA
1. Help out with other sections!
2. Make sure there are no obviously avoidable errors!
3. Try to have a more interesting (less blocky) page design.
Awesome goals, Amanda and Julia! Great way to start us off this semester.
1) Keep trying to make layout more interesting
2) Cut out editorializing when editing
3) Finish page more quickly so that more people can copy edit
1. Play with fonts more (in all sections)
2. More directly link the cover and the center spread
3. Be bolder (huge pictures, constructive white space, interesting lines, etc. - but keep things lined up)
BONUS As we finish the layout process and move into the next edition, we should expect more of the staff and make this clear to them. Rough drafts have been rougher than rough, and correcting the errors later in the cycle detracts from graphics/layout time.
Sarah Strand
1) Help with the cover and center spread, but also help Max out with his page(s).
2) Take a colorful, picture-centric approach to the center spread.
3) Keep the small errors to a minimum.
1. Keep graphics interesting
2. Don't be too boxy
3. Stay organized and on top of deadlines
The Kids Will Be Alright:
I thought this article was quite fascinating. The statistics to back
up their information helped me understand the article better. I found
it exciting that there is finally some positive news for the United
States, rather than all of the negative news about us that has been
circulating lately. I had no idea that by 2050, the United States
will be 50% diverse. This shocked me. As a mainly white culture
school, MA should look at this statistic and see the future of MA.
Although, this should not be a problem since we are a very
progressive school. I think it is great how our country is accepting
of all people, and that we are continuing to grow in population and
diversity.
Nancy Pelosi Doesn't Care if You Like Her:
The writing style in this piece was very original. It felt like a much
more modern style that I rarely read. The title is also quite captivating.
The Voice could definitely benefit from an inventive title like this one
to grab the reader's attention. The way the quotes were incorporated
throughout the article was also nice. Another refreshing piece was the
description of the banker. Rather than a bland introduction, he used
short, choppy sentences when saying, "He's wearing the uniform of a
sixty-four-year-old retired white guy: jeans. Baseball hat."
Interviews like the ones in this article could easily be incorporated into
Wildcats of the Issue. Perhaps coaches, students, and other watchers of
the interviewee's game could give their input on the athlete.
This is probably the most successfully I have been able to accomplish my goals this year.
1) I did not have to help Max out too much with his pages (Jackson and Riley did an admirable job), and, as a result, I was able to focus my efforts on the cover and center spread.
2) If the center-spread was not colorful and picture-centric, I do not know what is. I think we did a great job of making the spread pop off the page this past edition.
3) This was something that I've been trying to do for a while, but I believe that I have now found the solution: just read the paper. Sarah and I simply read through every single page before they were uploaded and ready to go, and I think that this made a huge difference. I was probably able to find about 6-7 small errors in the quick read-through I did.
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