Overall i think the paper was really good this week. Well put together, the stories were a good read and the design and pictures were good. I think the article on John Bruner was really good. Devin did a good job of being sensitive to the subject but still getting the news out there.
I really enjoyed the features this week. The picture of the theater is amazing..great photography, the story was very informative and entertaining as well. I really like the closing paragraph in it! Good job!
The graphic on the "students fight high temperatures was great! i like that its in a health box! Good idea! The interview/review of Corey Smith was really goood. It wasn't your normal review...liked it!
The picture on the "Players plot murder, comedy" is really fuzzy..idk if it was the printing or the actualy photo, but its not good quality.
Good quotes in the Flag Football article, but there is a date wrong there. It is a little confusing, it says they met on wednesday, august 31...have they already met? did they met last wed, or will they be meeting next wed? and the 31 is friday..not even a wednesday!
oh and the ad about the polls in the colonnade is amazing!! haha..well it will be even more amazing when i get the polls set up..ha
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Missing the Big Picture
After reading, "Do Big Pictures Miss the Big Picture" and looking in our newspaper design book, there are def. many aspects of The Telegraph's layout that aren't the standard. our book has three design goals, two of which are not taken into consideration for this article.
I agree with Jackson in that big articles need big pictures if they are available. And this picture and this article are very important to the people of Macon/Middle Ga. b/c their kids/neighbors/friends are heading to the world series. Thats a big deal. And this picture captures the teams excitement prefectly! But...I dont think they should have put the picture of the mothers/fans above the already large picture of the boys, also there shouldn't be another story, of Lindsely Lohan none the less, right next to the large picture. One of the rules from the design book is "avoid confusion with any other story parked beisde the photo."
Once you get past the main story of the little league team there are a bunch of little exerpts from other stories, its a little confusing.
I think the paper accomplished their goal in making this story the most eye catching, but it loses a little interest in the confusion below the article. In all of the examples Jackson gave in his critique he shows front pages with only ONE large photo and he is critical of it, I think if he had seen this one, he might have been driven mad. There are several pictures and six different stories all on the front page. Yes, all six may be important but if their goal was to showcase the little leaguers so much, then the number of pictures and articles should have been limited.
I agree with Jackson in that big articles need big pictures if they are available. And this picture and this article are very important to the people of Macon/Middle Ga. b/c their kids/neighbors/friends are heading to the world series. Thats a big deal. And this picture captures the teams excitement prefectly! But...I dont think they should have put the picture of the mothers/fans above the already large picture of the boys, also there shouldn't be another story, of Lindsely Lohan none the less, right next to the large picture. One of the rules from the design book is "avoid confusion with any other story parked beisde the photo."
Once you get past the main story of the little league team there are a bunch of little exerpts from other stories, its a little confusing.
I think the paper accomplished their goal in making this story the most eye catching, but it loses a little interest in the confusion below the article. In all of the examples Jackson gave in his critique he shows front pages with only ONE large photo and he is critical of it, I think if he had seen this one, he might have been driven mad. There are several pictures and six different stories all on the front page. Yes, all six may be important but if their goal was to showcase the little leaguers so much, then the number of pictures and articles should have been limited.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Let us now praise editors
So this started out more about editors than writers, and ended more about writers having confidence in themselves to allow editors to edit. That confidence is something I usaually lack quite a bit. Even when I am proud of a piece I don't even like my friends to read it, let alone someone who will possibly rip it apart.
As much as I might have enjoyed peer editing the last class, I still go through something very much like Kamiya described...the whole having my internal organs moved around, ya, thats about how it feels as you turn in a paper to be edited or even worse, graded, by a teacher or read by a peer.
No, all editors aren't the "bullies, ignoramuses or diggers" as described, some of them actually do provide insight, help, and encouragment along with their critisim. And I think that was the point Kamiya was trying to make, and did make. Writers do need to have more confidence in their work and be able to hand it off to an editor or peer to be looked over and checked. At the same time though, editors do need to have a check on themselves, need to make sure they dont try to become the power hungry, "I'm going to make this better" (and end up changing the meaning) fearful people, that they know they can be.
It is hard to look at both perspectives, as Kamiya said in the beginning, but I think having done both, writing and editing, he did pull a lot together about the two that are true for each. Something, I as a college student learning to do both of these tasks, should take into consideration when I write and edit.
As much as I might have enjoyed peer editing the last class, I still go through something very much like Kamiya described...the whole having my internal organs moved around, ya, thats about how it feels as you turn in a paper to be edited or even worse, graded, by a teacher or read by a peer.
No, all editors aren't the "bullies, ignoramuses or diggers" as described, some of them actually do provide insight, help, and encouragment along with their critisim. And I think that was the point Kamiya was trying to make, and did make. Writers do need to have more confidence in their work and be able to hand it off to an editor or peer to be looked over and checked. At the same time though, editors do need to have a check on themselves, need to make sure they dont try to become the power hungry, "I'm going to make this better" (and end up changing the meaning) fearful people, that they know they can be.
It is hard to look at both perspectives, as Kamiya said in the beginning, but I think having done both, writing and editing, he did pull a lot together about the two that are true for each. Something, I as a college student learning to do both of these tasks, should take into consideration when I write and edit.
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