BACKGROUND
Imagine you are designing the front NEWS page of the Everywhere High School Omni Times, an 11-by-17-size tabloid. Below and attached are the stories and pictures to choose from. Fake text and/or real pictures can be found in the digital storage space that your proctor will explain to you about. You have TWO HOURS to decide how to lay out the stories and pictures using InDesign OR whatever app you’d like to use.
INSTRUCTIONS
You must select stories from the list provided, BUT don’t feel obligated to use every single story on your page. Use your NEWS judgment.
Select the photo or photos you feel belong on this page from the sheet provided (a digital version will also be available—the layout instructor will explain to you how to access them). You may crop or enlarge them using Photoshop or any other app on your device as as long as you maintain the proportional shape of the original. You can also do cutouts if you know how. You may use any number of photos.
Label your page dummy.
PHOTOS AND ART: On your dummy sheet under each photo, be sure to leave space for a cutline (or captions) with an explanation of what the image is about using filler text. Leave space for photo credit as well. Just make up a name like, “Photo by John Smith” or use whatever photo credit style your publication normally uses.
COPY: Write a key word or slug to indicate each story. Use filler text to show the flow of copy. Make sure to indicate a jump (if necessary).
HEADLINES: Plan to use your school paper’s headline type style or create your own. Give the headline point size and specification (italic, bold, condensed, regular). Write the number of columns, point size and number of lines if you know how (e.g., 3-36-1). Or, you can also just insert the exact headline and point size you want for each story.
You may use a 5- or 4- or 3-column layout or vary column width within the page.
Once you are done or when time is up, you MUST SAVE your work and keep the file name the same as your ID NUMBER on your contest sheet.
Make sure your CODE is written/typed on all pages: grading rubric (top) and digital layout (bottom). You will be asked to save your work as a PDF and name the file your code number and then turn in your judging sheet to the proctor.
You CANNOT use anything from the Internet to help you with your design. This will automatically disqualify you. See the instructor if you have more questions about this.
FINALLY, IMAGINE YOUR FRONT-PAGE NEWS LAYOUT WILL COME OUT ON (DATE TO BE DETERMINED BY CONTEST MAKER). THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE FLAG, SUCH AS ISSUE NUMBER, VOLUME NUMBER, DATE AND THE SCHOOL’S ADDRESS HAVE ALL BEEN ADDED FOR YOU. YOU CAN CHANGE THE FONT OR POINT SIZE OF ANYTHING ON THE FLAG.
STORY RUN SHEET
SPIKEBALL FINAL
A story about the ASB’s annual lunchtime sport. Only two student teams are left to play spikeball with the last doubles team standing as the ultimate spikeball champions. The final game will be played next Monday, March 6, during lunch.
STAY POSITIVE WEEK
A preview of next week’s first-time event sponsored by the district’s mental wellness coordinators. Each day of the week, mental wellness coordinators from the Everywhere Unified School District will be available throughout the school day in the gym to conduct activities to help students stay positive. On Mindfulness Monday, for example, five to 10 couches will be set up for students to lie down and talk about their problems with a credentialed counselor/therapist. Teachers have been encouraged to recommend students who’ve been struggling emotionally and academically to go to the gym to get tips on how to stay positive.
RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE
A story about Thursday’s blood drive in the library. This is the first time the school has brought back such an event since the pandemic started in March 2020.
MOCK TRIAL
A story about how the 12-member Mock Trial team from Everywhere High School did last Saturday, Feb. 25, against its rival from Anywhere High School. The Everywhere squad was soundly defeated and was eliminated from the next round of Mock Trial this weekend at the state capital.
STUDENT PENCIL TWIRLER
A profile of a junior boy who volunteers his Saturday mornings at the Everywhere public library entertaining kids with his pencil twirling tricks. Victor Wright picked up this “hobby” after watching a series of TikTok videos. After graduation, Wright plans to start his own school of pencil twirling to teach the craft to others and get paid for it. He still plans to be a headliner at the local library post-high school but he insists he doesn’t perform any tricks when he’s in class.
MOVIE REVIEW
A review of “Children of the Corn,” a reimagining of the 1984 movie based on a Stephen King short story; the film was originally scheduled to hit theaters in October 2020 but because of the pandemic, it had a limited run; brief synopsis: a high school teenager stands in the way of a girl’s campaign to rid her community of all the adults.
LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW
Unprecedented snow has fallen onto the Everywhere community throughout the school week (from Feb. 27-March 2). It has also led to a phenomenon known as “thundersnow,” in which lightning flashes and thunder roars while it’s snowing. This has been occurring throughout the school day, causing teachers to pause instruction as students ooh and aww over the lightning and thunder show.
GERMAN CLUB
To encourage more students to join German Club, the group’s cabinet members have come up with a rap song completely in German. They hope to teach it to prospective members during their once-a-week lunch meetings on Friday, March 10, in Room 200.
EVERYWHERE’S OWN METEOROLOGIST
A profile of the school’s earth science teacher, who works as a weather forecaster on weekends at the local Everywhere cable TV station. David Weathersby has become quite popular lately with a large number of students showing up in his classroom during lunch to talk about the week’s snowstorm and whether any more strange weather will hit the Everywhere community the rest of the school year.
SMARTPHONE MINI-LOCKERS
With approval from administration, a math teacher has spearheaded a campaign to have campus custodians install mini-sized lockers in each classroom for students to store their electronic devices so students don’t get tempted to use them during a teacher’s instructional presentation or a test/quiz. The pilot program will start in Roberta Jones’ class. Only Jones, who teaches Advanced Placement Calculus and Statistics, has the digital key to open any mini-locker, each of which is numbered. If this works without much disruption of instructional minutes, school officials plan to make it a school policy for all students to follow when entering each class. Jones said she hopes this will deter students from cheating or texting their friends while a teacher is talking. The lockers cost $10,000, all paid for by a PTSA donation.
PICTURES RUN SHEET
MUG SHOTS (FILE NAME IS IN BOLD)
Everywhere High School earth science teacher – David Weathersby Mug
Everywhere High School math teacher – Roberta Jones Mug
Everywhere High School pencil twirler – Victor Wright Mug
Everywhere High School German Club adviser – Janet Cronkite Mug
PHOTOS OF STAY POSITIVE WEEK
Photos of student volunteers holding or showing positive messages that will be used to decorate the gym – positive1, positive2
A photo of a custodian holding up a couch to bring to the gym – positive3
PHOTOS OF RED CROSS DRIVE
Photos of Red Cross nurses – nurse1, nurse2
Photos of students giving blood – blood1, blood2
PHOTOS OF SPIKEBALL TOURNAMENT
Photos of spikeball lunchtime games from earlier in the month – spikeball1, spikeball2
Wild Art of spikeball, equipment, etc. – spikeball3, spikeball4
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOS/INFOGRAPHICS
Photos of Feb. 25 mock trial event – mock1, mock2, mock3
Infographic showing basic steps for pencil twirling – pencil1
Film stills from “Children of the Corn” movie –corn1, corn2, corn3
Photos of the surprising snow on the Everywhere campus this week – snow1, snow2, snow3, snow4, snow5
Infographic explaining what is a thundersnow (you got permission from USA Today to use one of the images) – thunder1, thunder2
Images of cell phone lockers – cell1, cell2
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