1. Thursday/Friday, April 24-25
Interviews, information, headline and lead due Mon/Tues
These four things (25 pts) will be used for in-class activity!!
Lots of 5 W’s and H about your event
Lots of ‘why’ quotes from people who matter
How many? How much?
Depends on your topic!
Enough to write at least a 400 word story
Rough story due Wednesday, 4/25, end of class
Writing time Wednesday/Tuesday (30 min) and Wednesday
Requirements
Newspaper style headline, good lead
Follows AP rules
Lots of facts and quotes (varies depending on section)

2. Today’s job Sign up for NewsU, Typography for News Design
(THIS IS MY FAVORITE UNIT. LOVE IT!)
What should I write down?
Key topics: The Basics and Contrast/Hierarchy
New Terms: Bannerhead (yes), ligature (no)
Find for Notes: Rules of Thumb, Seven Principles
Definitely look at: Test your vocab, fix this page, Inspiration Gallery (Features especially)
I will check notes from this NEXT THURSDAY/FRIDAY
(20 pts)
Keep working on page/plan (sidebar? photo?)
Type story parts (see previous slide)

3. Important fonts/sizes for BluePrint project
(Don’t write this down, just remember where this is later)
Body copy – 9 pt. Times New Rmn justified
Headline – AWPC Helvetica, 24+ pt.
Byline – Times New Rmn bold italic 10 pt.
(.5 pt. line underneath)
Cutline (caption) – Arial 10 pt. Cutline lead in bold.
Photo credit – Times New Roman 6 pt.
You can break these basic rules, but only for special emphasis (display header, special sidebar…)