Wednesday, 12/10

Hello students,

Unfortunately, I am unable to be with you again today...the day after more history (this time, not so good) was made here in the state of Illinois.

Obviously, today I would like you to do some reading on the Blagojevich arrest. Both the Sun-times and the Tribune are covering it beautifully. This piece especially speaks to our ethics unit, and is incredibly rare. Make sure you read it. Also, check out some of the editorials on the subject. This one by John Kass from the Tribune is pretty good at poking fun at G-Rod.

Finally, I know you are still hard at work on your front page replicas. Here is some information for you that you probably could have used yesterday. Several of these fonts will be unavailable in the version of InDesign you have, so search for a comparable font to use instead. I know Avenir and Adobe Garamond Pro were unavailable on Monday.

Fonts:

- "Kaleidoscope" is in Palatino 68 pt. Bold, though the "K" is 98 pt.

- "THE KENWOOD ACADEMY" is in Palatino 18 Bold

- "Inside" Box is in Avenir 16, info below in box is in Avenir 11

- "Issue" and Date in between lines are in Palatino 10

- First Headline is Avenir 36 Bold

- 2nd Headline is Avenir 29 Regular

- Bylines are in Adobe Garamond Pro 10 pt. Bold

- All Body text is in Garamond 11...remember to use the Lorem Ipsum generator at designerstoolbox.com and use the linking device I showed you in class.

- Photo credits are in Adobe Garamond Pro 7 pt. regular

- Photo captions are in Arial 10 Italic

- Jumpline for 1st story is in Avenir 13

- "Obama Coverage" info in bottom photo box begins with Avenir 19 pt.

Make sure all text lines up on the page and that your placement is closely comparable to the front page of the Kaleidoscope.

I will show you how to fill boxes with "color" when I return to class tomorrow and we can hopefully wrap up this activity!

See you all tomorrow - 

Mr. Rhodes

Feature Stories

Journalism Students,

I've posted links to five different feature stories below. You took notes on Monday on five different types of feature stories. With a partner or by yourself, you are to read the stories and determine which type of feature each of the linked stories is.

1. Here's one

2. Here's another

3. Here's your third feature

4. Here's one about social networking

5. This is the last story you need to take a look at

Once you've finished determining which story is which, you are to brainstorm 2-3 possible feature stories for each of the 5 categories. This will give me 10-15 ideas to include on our next story draft board.

You will hand in these brainstormed ideas and the correct labeling of the five stories above by the end of the period. Have fun!

Get to WORK

Okay Journalism students...I got the substitute teacher I wanted. This is great news for us as it means we can forge ahead with our PowerPoint projects on our journalists! So, presentations are ON for MONDAY. Remember, if you do not have your own USB drive, send me an attachment of your presentation...jarhodes@cps.edu.

Get started - you all probably have alot of work to do. If your group isn't ready to present on Monday, your grade may soon resemble this guy's elbow...messed up!

P.S. Current Events quizzes will resume next week with some additional questions on Libel. Please be sure to have all necessary notes and a strong grasp of what they mean for you as journalists.

See you Monday!