1. Final Project & Design unit

2. Newspaper design masthead

3. Newspaper design Headlines (not title) subheads

4. Newspaper design photos

5. Newspaper design Cutlines (not caption)

6. Newspaper design Teasers/previews

7. Newspaper design Unit includes… Headline and cutline writing Story/photo placement (newsworthiness) Story/photo layout Entire page design Entire newspaper layout (Replaces final exam exam)

8. Newspaper design Unit includes… Work with Microsoft Publisher text box manipulation columns, borders, inset, tracking, etc.

9. Headlines Some terminology… Font size 36-42 point font 22-24 point font

10. Headlines Some terminology… Decks (number of lines) 1 deck headline

11. Headlines Some terminology… Decks (number of lines) 4 deck headlines

12. Headlines and Design Some terminology… Columns

13. Headlines and Design Some terminology… Columns

14. Headlines and Design Some terminology… Columns

15. Headlines-DO’s To write a good headline, try to… intrigue, inform, and invite the reader be professional use downstyle (first letter, proper nouns) use present tense use active verbs (subject+verb) left justify (don’t center it … ever*) use all available space**

16. Headlines-DO NOT To write a good headline, do NOT… use articles (the, an, a) use state of being verbs (is, are), whether linking or helping be redundant (repeat words) split prepositional phrases between lines

17. Obama to abdicate in January

18. Obama to abd- icate in January

19. Text goes here

20. Puppies are nice

21. Labradoodles make good pets

23. Obama plans Afghanistan war Obama plans

24. Afghanistan war Obama plans

25. Afghanistan campaign Obama plans

26. Afghanistan intervention Obama plans

27. News Vs. Features Headlines Similar to leads, NEWS headlines are straightforward, informative (who, what, when, where, why, how) Subject + Verb + Object FEATURES can have more fun! (puns, etc.)

28. New vampire film shows no fangs Homeless man arrested for bank robbery, $6000 taken

29. Conant adjusting to new ID policy Barrington Hills police department enforces

30. Man Robs Home; Barrington Warns Criminals Speeding to blame for collision with bus

31. Green for Grades motivates students Abboud promises to keep Barrington Hills safe

32. Assignment: Open a blank page in Microsoft Publisher. Create a one-deck headline for YOUR news article. Create a 2-4 deck subhead for the same news article. Follow all the rules we discussed! Save this for later! On other parts of the same page, do any of your other articles and headlines (Extra credit!)