Title: Newsletter about your life as a student at TUJ
Due date: June 13, 2012 (Wednesday)
Objective: Use InDesign to create a 3-4 page (A4) newsletter which reports on various aspects of your life as a student at TUJ. Please write about yourself in the third person. You should give yourself a pen-name as the writer of the newsletter. You are even welcome to write as multiple authors – each with a slightly different viewpoint and voice. Additionally, you might consider using a fictitious name for the student you are reporting on if you are concerned about your name showing up in Google in the future.
First Steps: Take a look at several different newspapers and newsletters to get a sense of formatting and layout. We will be discussing such design questions in class. Your newsletter should be easily recognizable as following a newsletter format. Pay close attention to how pages are presented to the readers in terms of the following: banner at the top of the first page, how headlines are written for each of the stories, paragraph formatting and indentation, use of columns, use of images, other elements such as announcements and advertisements.
Standards: I am looking for two things in this. First is the level of creativity and imagination you use in designing the layout and presentation of the information in your newsletter. Second is the quality of writing. It should be error free and written in a contemporary journalistic style. You are encouraged to consult tutors at The Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) to assist you with the development of your ideas and the revision of your writing.
Newsroom Management - SU12 