Editorial Topics

Omar Abbs - Teen Depression
Sarah Bianchi - Singers
Giselle Bonilla - Summer dress code for WJPS
Livianette Carbrera - Obsession with plastic surgery
Chris Caraballo - Selling sidekicks
Tanya Castillo - If teens should be allowed to work
Adriana Crotty - Facebook
Kaitlin Cusanelli - Animal Cruelty
Melissa Iachetta - New generation of technological products interfering with our learning and personalities
Andrew Jimenez - DIR
Max Llorente - A million tress in NYC
Ariana Medunjanin - Darwin vs. Religion
Manpriya Nahal - Lack of summer jobs
Erin O'Driscoll -Killer whales
Vinny Gatto - Shark Fin Soup
Georgia Papazafiropoulo - Ownership to school
Anastasia Papis -Why teens should be ban from tanning
Shazia Rahaman - Now music affect us
Victor Rivera - High school dropouts
Eirene Skocos - Paparazzi problem
Jamie Torney - Energy drinks
Eric Vasquez - Are people willing to go green

FREE TOPIC FOR WHOEVER DOESNT HAVE ONE FOR NEWS!!!!

Okay well today i found out that what ever is left from the morning breakfast given out befor 7:50, that hasen't been given, out get thrown out.. so that can be an issue of wasted food. For instance cereal doesnt have a reason to be thrown out.. its dry.. it can be saved for a while.. they can give it to soup kitchen or something; or a progam that needs food why throw it out? so i thought it might be a good idea. its open to anyone who doesnt have a news topic yet, maybe even editorial. Just let Ms. Sackstein know so we dont have 2+ people doing the same topic..

thankss- Georgina.

News Topics

Omar Abbas - Skin disease from playing video games 

Sarah Bianchi - WJPS on twitter 

Giselle Bonilla - Licenses

Livianette Cabrera -  Teen strip search goes to Supreme Court 

Chris Caraballo - Spirit week

Tanya Castillo - Less jobs for teens this summer

Adriana Crotty - Student sports prevent obesity 

Kaitlin Cusanelli - Getting soldiers 

Melissa Iachetta - Councilmen Avela running for Mayor

Andrew Jimenez - Dance in June 

Max Llorente - The heat Problem in School

Ariana Medunjanin - Class elections 

Manpriya Nahal - End of the year chorus concert

Erin O'Driscoll - Swine Flu

Vinny Gatto - After school program 

Georgia Papazafiropoulo - North Korea launch 

Anastasia Papis - A.P. Exams

Christian Quintiana - Crime rate 

Shazia Rahaman - Explosion in Floral park

Victor Rivera - MTA issues

Eirene Skocos - Trips for less

Jamie Torney - Mr. Merdel's computers

Eric Vasquez -  Pirates                                                                                            

Task 3- missing page

http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/engre/2-605.pdf - here is page 5 of the task

Tips for design

http://www.ronreason.com/asne/basics.html



http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/02/11/award-winning-newspaper-designs/ -really visually appealing pages... maybe not what you were expecting... but very good



http://www.newsdesigner.com/blog/



https://www.ijnet.org/ijnet/training_materials/ten_tips_for_better_newspaper_design



http://newspaper-journalism.suite101.com/article.cfm/basics_of_newspaper_design



http://www.freep.com/legacy/jobspage/high/index.htm

Independent Reading due Thursday

April independent reading is due on Thursday

Task 3 is due on Wednesday.

You will be getting a task 4 on Wednesday due next week.

We will be doing task 1 last.... we need class time to work on that.

4th issue problems

I know you had issues yesterday with the computers... continue to work on the project until it is completed. I will be back in school on Wednesday. I have been out with strep. I am online if you need me...

Any students who are not helping with layout or finishing their articles...

NEWS folks in particular... finish your articles. I've seen drafts... make sure that Melissa gets your finished articles. The News section is essential.

We can also use students drawing pictures to go with articles if we can't get pictures... so my artists... get to work. we need to break the pages of text with some kind of graphic... maybe start considering new graphics for heading breaks... I have other papers to show you.

5th issue deadlines

News-

Topic- April 27

First- May 5

Second- May 11

Final- May 20

Editorials-

Topic- April 27

First- May 1

Second May 6

Final- May 12

Entertainment-

Topic- May 5

First- May 8

Second- May 13

Final- May 20

Feature-

Topic- May 5

Frist- May 11

Second- May 15

Final- May 20

Sports-

Topic- May 12

First- May 18

Second- May 22

Final- May 26

I will be setting up folders on the shared drive and you are expected to have these on the time they are due... you will conference with me or Ms. Cea.

Layout can begin in a section as soon as articles come due. I would suggest us shooting for 40-44 pages... as we will also have the Global history section. This will be a pilot opportunity for other classes to see how they can contribute to the newspaper and an experiment for us. We won't use everyone's but we will use at least 4 pages of global...perhaps even 8. I will leave that up to each of you doing the project.

Pictures are essential to this paper, so please once you figure out what you are writing about, make sure you write down the kind of picture you need for the article so that I can have the photojournalism kids take the specific pictures you need.

you can also draw your own pictures

Online now...

Hey guys,
If anyone is on the blog... I am online now if you have questions. Email me at mssackstein@yahoo.com and I will try to answer your questions ASAP.

Thanks,
Ms. S

Please check your email as well.

Topic ideas

Please post what you are writing about for the fifth issue for your news articles and opinion pieces...

Anastasia and Erin, please make sure no one is doing the same thing.

Thanks

Monday's class

Sorry guys, but I have to take care of my son today.

We still need to meet deadlines and try to get the whole paper laid out by Tomorrow, Tuesday afternoon.

Please work diligently in class to make sure that work is completed. Stay at lunch if necessary and after school.

Please email me about the progress at the end of the day section heads... once pages are completed, please convert into PDFs and email to me.

Thanks again. I will try to be online during class if I'm not at the doctor with Logan.

Due for Monday, 4/27 - Reminders

Make sure to have topics ready for discussion on your opinion and news articles.

You do not have to do anymore current events unless you haven't completed all of the assignments that were already due.

Your task 3 is due on Wednesday.

Your independent reading assignment is due on Thursday.

Editors and section leaders meeting

Sorry ladies, I got called into a last minute meeting with Schneider. Please discuss together possible deadlines for the 5th issue among yourself...

The copy needs to be done by June 8th - work backward from that please...
set deadlines for first drafts - for each article (5 articles)
set deadlines for second drafts - for each article (5 articles)
set deadlines for final drafts and layout - for each article

Let me know what you decide on by Friday and we will post the dates to the blog and put them on the calendar.

Class headshots

I will be taking a headshot of everyone in class today for the newspaper.

Just a reminder.

Regent Tasks 2 and 3

Today in class you will be given a copy of the Task 2 Rubric and a sample level 6 response to the essay you read. Please review the rubric and read and annotate the sample essay.

Comment to this post about what you notice is necessary to achieve a level six.

You will be given the Task 3 today in class. Read the directions carefully and do all that is asked of you. This Task 3 will be due Wednesday next week, 4/29

Critique Reflection

Please read the critique given out in class. Reflect on the comments the judge made on our paper... please be specific. We should try to make these changes immediately.

Town Hall on Wednesday

We will have class on Wednesday as the Town Hall meeting is period 1 not period 2. Please come prepared. I won't be letting people go to their lockers... so bring all newspaper related work.

Thanks

Welcome back

I encourage all students to continue working dilligently through the rest of the school year. I know as the weather gets nicer, each of you will have the inherent want to pay less attention to school and more attention to the world around you...

I strongly recommend that in these times, you focus more clearly and directly at the task at hand and finish the school year strongly. We are officially in the home stretch.

Keep up your hard work.

For your consideration

http://coveringeducation.org/schoolstories09/?p=200

This is from when the student came to visit our class... what do you think?

What do you think of this study?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAPRIL 6, 2009
NEW NAA FOUNDATION RESEARCH SHEDS LIGHT
ON WHAT TEENS WANT FROM ONLINE NEWS SITES

Latest research conducted by the Media Management Center at Northwestern University

Arlington , Va. – New research sponsored by the Newspaper Association of America Foundation finds that teens have a strong desire to be knowledgeable about the news, but their tendencies to feel “time-starved” and overloaded with information options drive them more toward the “quick news fix” such as search engines or generic portals and less toward newspaper Web sites.

The study, which was conducted by the Media Management Center at Northwestern University , used 90-minute focus groups with 96 teens ages 13-18. Participants were asked to comment on various prototype news site home pages and individual story pages. The participants identified three approaches they typically look for in news Web sites:

A site that encourages interest in the news by focusing attention on a few important stories that are accompanied by photos.
A home page that provides a general sense of the day’s relevant news with simple but enticing pitches for individual stories.
Individual story pages that supplement stories with background and related information, illustration and multiple entry points – all broken into manageable sizes.

“In our focus groups, it was clear that teens were not looking for a ‘youth news site’ that focuses mostly on lifestyle and entertainment content,” said Jeanne Fox-Alston, vice president of the NAA Foundation. “What they really want are news sites that do news well – not dumb the news down or pretend that the writers of the site are experts in teen culture.”

The 12 focus groups were held in six U.S. cities: Denver ; Philadelphia ; Fort Lauderdale ; Fresno , Calif. ; Springfield , Ill. ; and Orangeburg , S.C. Responses from the teens were similar to those of adults who are light readers, according to the researchers. Therefore, the report recommends creating a new type of site – not just for teens, but for all people who lack experience with news and have a limited amount of time to get engaged in it. This approach not only would serve teens better, but also would attract a larger underserved adult audience.

The study -- “Teens Know What They Want From Online News: Do You?” – builds on previous studies of young people conducted in 2008 by the Media Management Center . It was released today during the annual meeting of the Newspaper Association of America.

About the NAA Foundation

The Newspaper Association of America Foundation strives to develop engaged and literate citizens in a diverse society. The Foundation invests in and supports programs designed to enhance student achievement through newspaper readership and appreciation of the First Amendment. The Foundation also endeavors to help media companies increase their readership and audience by offering programs that encourage the cultivation of a more diverse work force in the press. Information about the Foundation and its programs may be found at http://www.naafoundation.org/.

Task 2 diagnostic

Things to keep in mind while doing this task 2:

• be mindful of the time - you will have approximately 1 hour and a half to do each task (3 hours each day for 2 tasks)
• make sure to read the article thoroughly... annotate and take notes on the side knowing full well what you are looking for.
• read the questions first without looking at the answers
• make sure you use both the chart and the article as well as prior knowledge to write the essay
• make sure all information taken from the chart or article is properly cited either directly or indirectly (make reference to both at least once)
• Do not use any other research
• Remember this is an opportunity for you to show me where you are now... cheating helps no one.

Reminders

In class tomorrow you should be working on completing your editorials. Once editorials and section articles are completed, please drop the final drafts into the shared folder's appropriate folder.

Section leaders, please proofread the final documents before you put them into InDesign so that we have less typo issues.

Final drafts of section due Monday, 4/20

Task 2 from the Regents due on Wed. 4/22 (when we return from break)