The
test is worth a total of 150 points.
The paper
portion of the test is not cumulative. It will cover:
Lectures
from weeks 12 through 16. Dates are:
* April 4,
6, 11 ,13 ,18 (Neil
Brown / design), 20,
25 and 27
* May
2 and 4 |
* Chapters
7, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 13 of The Editorial Eye
* Chapter
14, Working with Words
Look
for main ideas.
| * Chapters
7 and 8 deal with macro editing, including finding
and sourcing stories, and helping writers identify and
develop focus, ledes and organization. |
| * Chapter
9 is about working with writers. |
| * Chapter
11 covers visual communication. |
| * Chapter
12 is
an overview of page design. |
| * Chapter
13 discusses jobs in editing, including those
in the PR and advertising industries. |
| * Chapter
14 of WWW discusses writing stories for print.
Mostly, it's about ledes. |
You
will not be able to refer to The Editorial Eye or WWW during
the paper portion of the test.
|
* The
Newspaper Designer's Handbook handouts.
You
should be familiar with Harrower's main points about what works
and what doesn't
-- and why -- in design and other visual aspects of editing. |
|
The
hands-on portion of the test will ask you to edit and lay out one story
with art, including:
* Micro-editing
the story.
|
* Designing
the portion of the page containing the story.
|
* Writing
the hed(s) and cutline(s).
|
| * Incorporating
other elements that you see fit. |
| There
may be one macro editing component, as well (but nothing nearly
so hard as putting together the Smoots!). |
This
part, which is open book, will be very similar to what you have done
on earlier exercises. It combines all the components of editing we
have
covered
this semester. |