CAMPUS JOURNALISM

M.T 31401418

PARTS OF A NEWSPAPER Front Page Editorial Page Feature Page Literary Page Sports Page

FRONT PAGE Nameplate

Ears

Banner

Headline

Deck

Columns

Column rule

Index

Folio

* In place of date, volume and issue number, write your year and section, school year, and quarter.

Cutline and Creditline

REQUIEM FOR HEROES. Rescuers dig out of the muddy rubble the bodies of a fireman, an engineer and a volunteer who died trying to save the victims of a landslide at Sitio Buyagan in La Trinidad, Benguet, on Friday. EV ESPIRITU/INQUIRER NORTHERN LUZON

Byline

150 die in Benguet slide

Baby’s body in sack moves mayor to cry

By Delmar Cariño, Vincent Cabreza, Frank Cimatu

EDITORIAL PAGE Folio

(Write the school year, quarter and page number instead.)

Editorial cartoon

Editorial liner• A short statement/

a quote/a saying

• Written at the bottom of the editorial page

• Drives home a message

EDITORIAL LINER

Letter to the editor

Masthead/Editorial box

Editorial ProperEditorial Cartoon

Editorial Column• Personal opinion by the columnist

himself

• May attack, teach, entertain, or appeal

Characteristics of an Editorial Page

Dignified and formal appearance Small masthead or editorial box Larger types for editorial proper Masculine appearance (not the italic

or the script type)

FEATURE PAGE Article Topics

• Arts and leisure• Religion• Entertainment• Comics• Reviews

Parts of a Feature Page Section’s name

Folio Columns/ feature

articles

Byline

Photos

Captions

Characteristics of Feature and Literary Pages

Feminine appearance ( e.g. italics and script types)

Wider columns (usually 3 wide columns)

LITERARY PAGE

Article Types:

Poems

Short story

LAYOUTING

Conceptual Model of An Excellent Layout

Extraneous factors that harm an excellent layout Tombstoning -placing two or more

headlines on approximately the same level specially if they are of the same font size and typeH1 H3

H4

H2

*Put a cut /picture between columns; use different font size and style for headlines.

Bad breaks – breaking stories to the top of columns.

H1

H2

H3

*The top of every column should have a headline or a cut.

Separating related stories and pictures

News story(H2)

H2

Cut or picture for H2

Gray areas or sea of gray

*Use fillers instead.

Screaming headline – one that is too big for a short or unimportant story

H2

H1 H3

H4

*Use only the banner or streamer structure for the most important headline.

Heavy tops ( Don’t make the page top heavy.)

H1 H2 H3

*Proportion texts and pictures.

Fit them all

*Avoid many headlines of the same size on a page.

*There should only be 5- 7 headlines on the front page.

Placing small heads on rather long story

*This refers to headline font size.*Proportion headline font size or type to the

news story length.

Layout Designs

The X Format

The Curve Format

The L Format

The J Format

The Umbrella Format

References:Cruz,C. J..(1997). Campus journalism and newspaper advising. Manila: Rex

Bookstore.Editorial column. October 12.2009, from http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images.

Editorial page. Retrieved October 10, 2009,from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/print/ editorialpages/index.html

Editorial page pictures. Retrieved date October 10, 2009 , from http://blog.publish2.com/images/2009/09/News- Tribune-Opinion-Page.png.

Feature page articles. Retrieved October 12, 2009, from www.teletronic.co.uk/tvt63ab5.html

Fetalvero, Eddie G.. (Sept. 11-12, 2003). Layouting a newspaper: A lecture delivered during the Echo-seminar Workshop of The Harrow. RSC Library.

Writing a letter to the editor. Retrieved October 12, 2009, from www.essortment.com/all/lettertothe_rvet.htm

Letter to the editor.Retrieved October 12, 2009 ,from http://www.google.com.ph. 

Front page layout. Retrieved October 15, 2009, from tft layout fron...ge jpg.

Tanodra, E.Q.. (1993). Principles of campus journalism. Philippines: ABC-EPSDA.