Newspaper Design Notes

• Broad Sheet - tall and skinny, narrow
• Tabloid - short, broad sheet on its side if you open it up.
• Folio - reference information (slogan, location, name, etc.)
• Front Page Elements - flag, photo, headlines, stories, lines
• Teasers - preview stories on the inside of the newspaper
• Byline - contains name and title
• Jump - shows you where to find rest of story
• Infographic - polls, questions answered by students

Front Pages of the World

1. My favorite newspaper is the one from Harlingen, TX because the cover doesn't look boring, it's very attractive and the colors, font, and pictures make it stand out from the standard newspapers.

2. My favorite headline is "More attacks planned?", referring to the Boston bombing, I like this because they didn't have to state what the event was but everybody knows that it has to do with the Boston bombing, it's a very interesting story.

3. 6 stories

4. All newspapers follow somewhat of the same format, a big spot for their newspaper name on top, followed my multiple smaller pictures and several stories in the standard newspaper font. Most times the biggest story is the most drastic story. Most are split into two or three sections.

5. Some have a big dominate picture, looking more like a magazine cover while others have a less smaller one. Some also have more colors than others. A lot of them vary with their text amount, putting a lot more stories than others.

Lenses and Photographic Vocab

I would use a telephoto lens when you have a large landscape area and you're trying to focus on the small details and you have bright lighting.

I would use a prime lens where you have low light and where you want to have fine details.

I would use a wide-angle lens when I have a lot to fit into a frame, like a big group picture.

DEFINITIONS

• depth of field - distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear sharp
• light - element that makes things visible
• shadows - dark area or shape produced by a body between a rays of light
• diffusion - refraction of light or an erratic display of light passing through an element
• Exposure - amount of light allowed to fall on each area of a photograph
• Aperture (f-stop) - opening that allows light to pass through a lens and reach the camera sensor
• Shutter speed - length of time the shutter of the camera is open
• ISO - sensitivity to light of a camera's sensor

7 News Values

Timeliness - One dead, one injured in East Austin shootings

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/police-continue-to-investigate-northeast-austin-sh/nXHg2/

This is timeliness because this event and investigation just happened earlier this morning.

Proximity - Possible shooting reported in South Austin

 http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/possible-shooting-reported-in-south-austin/nXHTG/

This is an example of proximity because the shooting happened right here in South Austin.

Prominence - IVF pioneer Robert Edwards dead at 87

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/04/10/ivf-pioneer-robert-edwards/2070437/

This is prominence because Robert Edwards was an important figure and his death is a big deal.

Impact - Postal service delays plan to end Saturday mail delivery

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/10/us-postal-service-saturday-delivery/2070407/

This is an example of impact because cutting down the postal service on Saturdays can impact many people that still highly depend on mail delivery.

Conflict - South Korea and U.S. Gird for Missile Test by North Korea

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html 

This is an example of impact because the safety of many people are at risk because of the two country's conflicts.

Human Interest - The Blotter: Two arrested in Round Rock jewelry store robbery attempt

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/blotter-two-arrested-in-round-rock-jewelry-store-r/nXHSR/

This attracts human interest because people are interested in hearing stories about crimes and big dramatic events, such as robberies at a jewelry store.

Novelty - Georgia high school still does segregated prom

 http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2013/04/10/2070453/

This is an example of novelty because its very rare that schools still have segregated events to this day.