Layouting Your School Paper

CAMPUS JOURNALISMCAMPUS JOURNALISM

PARTS OF A NEWSPAPERPARTS OF A NEWSPAPER

Front PageFront Page Editorial PageEditorial Page Feature PageFeature Page Literary PageLiterary Page Sports PageSports Page

FRONT PAGEFRONT PAGE NameplateNameplate

EarsEars

BannerBanner

HeadlineHeadline

DeckDeck

ColumnsColumns

Column ruleColumn rule

IndexIndex

FolioFolio

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

Cutline and CreditlineCutline 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

BylineByline

150 die in Benguet slide

Baby’s body in sack moves mayor to cry

By Delmar Cariño, Vincent Cabreza, Frank Cimatu

EDITORIAL PAGEEDITORIAL PAGE

FolioFolio

(Write the school year, (Write the school year,

quarter and page number quarter and page number

insteadinstead.).)

Editorial cartoonEditorial cartoon

Editorial linerEditorial liner• A short statement/ A short statement/

a quote/a quote/a saying a saying

• Written at the bottom Written at the bottom of the editorial pageof the editorial page

• Drives home a messageDrives home a message

EDITORIAL LINER

Letter to the editorLetter to the editor

Masthead/Masthead/Editorial boxEditorial box

Editorial ProperEditorial ProperEditorial CartoonEditorial Cartoon

Editorial ColumnEditorial Column

• Personal opinion by the columnist Personal opinion by the columnist himselfhimself

• May attack, teach, entertain, or appealMay attack, teach, entertain, or appeal

Characteristics of an Editorial PageCharacteristics of an Editorial Page

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

or the script type)or the script type)

FEATURE PAGEFEATURE PAGE Article Topics Article Topics

• Arts and leisureArts and leisure• ReligionReligion• EntertainmentEntertainment• ComicsComics• ReviewsReviews

Parts of a Feature PageParts of a Feature Page Section’s nameSection’s name

Folio Folio Columns/ feature articlesColumns/ feature articles

Byline Byline

PhotosPhotos

Captions Captions

Characteristics of Feature and Characteristics of Feature and Literary PagesLiterary Pages

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

Wider columns (usually 3 wide Wider columns (usually 3 wide columns)columns)

LITERARY PAGELITERARY PAGE

Article Types:Article Types:

PoemsPoems

Short storyShort story

LAYOUTINGLAYOUTING

Layouting is dressing up a windowLayouting is dressing up a window..

Layout Definitions

•Make-up or window dressing of a page

•Arrangement of illustrations, texts and graphics on a page to be printed

•Selection of font styles, sizes and colors

Importance of Layout

•Gives prominence to the news in proportion to its importance

•Makes the pages appear attractive

•Gives the paper a personality/individuality of its own

•Makes the different contents easy to find and read

Conceptual Model of An Excellent Layout

UNITY/UNITY/ HARMONY HARMONY

The content of every page and of every double page spread should blend into a harmonious unit.

Headlines should complement each other.

Pictures should not distract the eye too much from the type.

No one part of the page should overshadow entirely another part of a page, although there should be one dominant point of interest.

BALANCEBALANCE

Pages should not seem top or bottom heavy.

They should not lean to the left or to the right

Perfect balance is achieved by having like units balancing each other.

EMPHASISEMPHASIS

Display news according to its importance.

The news value of every story must determine its page in the newspaper, its position on a page, and the size and style of headline it is to have.

Do not distort the news value of a story by giving it a more important position or a larger headline than it deserves.

All stories on page one should be more important than other stories, except those in special sections.

The upper right-hand corner of the first page is usually considered the most important position. The upper left is second.

Positions above the fold are more important than below, boldface type gives more prominence than light-face-type.

PROPORTIONPROPORTION

The general format of the paper must be in pleasing proportion.

The body of a story should occupy at least twice as much space as the headlines.

Banner headlines should be used only when the news really justifies them.

Pictures must be sized properly.

The lengths of articles should be considered. Although you should try to avoid jump stories, a jump story is better than a poorly-proportioned page.

MOVEMENTMOVEMENT

Effective makeup should not be stiff or monotonous.

One of the chief criticisms of perfect balance makeup is that there is no movement. Everything is balanced.

CONTRASTCONTRAST

Both light and dark headlines should be used.

Every head and cut on a page should contrast with adjoining material.

Contrasting adjacent headlines will help to emphasize the importance of each other.

Boxes and pictures between heads are sometimes good makeup devices.

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

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

H4

H2

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

Bad breaksBad breaks – breaking stories to the top of – breaking stories to the top of columns.columns.

H1

H2

H3

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

Separating related stories and pictures Separating related stories and pictures

News story(H2)

H2

Cut or picture for H2

Gray areas or sea of grayGray areas or sea of gray

*Use fillers instead*Use fillers instead..

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

H2

H1 H3

H4

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

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

H1 H2 H3

*Proportion texts and pictures.

Fit them allFit them all

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

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

Placing small heads on rather long storyPlacing small heads on rather long story

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

news story length.news story length.

Layout DesignsLayout Designs

The X FormatThe X Format

The Curve FormatThe Curve Format

The L FormatThe L Format

The J FormatThe J Format

The Umbrella The Umbrella FormatFormat