Feb. 5 issue
NEWS
— Contract housekeepers may take over Chance (horizontal photo)
— Administrators respond to student information center rumors (horizontal photo)
— Staff Council questions admissions services move
— Senate discusses two-fer trustee policy
— Bookstore responds on backpack policy
— Center offers transfer assistance
— Choices abound in service learning (horizontal photo)
— Pay single tuition; enroll in multiple colleges
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Checklist for reporters
PREMIERE
— New Chill Lounge offers spot to relax in Chance (multiple photos)
— Students to compete in Japanese
— Black History Month events begin today (art)
— Geometric sculpture artist's thank you (photo)
— Movie Review (graphic)
— Longwith leaks again in KSYM suite (photos)
— Alumni Association plans fundraisers
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Features
PULSE
— Officials urge H1N1 vaccination for students
— Two photos of volleyball and basketball, no stories
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Sports Writing
BLOTTER
— Students assaulted by three students (horizontal photo)
— Criminal Justice Association sets date for officer election
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Media Law
DECISION TIME
Which story should be the Top Story on the front page? The Premiere section front? The Pulse section front? Blotter? Should the assault story go on the front page? What determines news value of the stories?
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Managing Time Better
News values
If you want to place a news feature on the front page, which would it be? If you want a Tab (see one at right) on the front to showcase inside stories, which four stories would you select?A QUESTION
Note that almost every photo is horizontal. Should the web editor request at least one vertical photo in every shoot or be authorized to crop the horizontal if he/she thinks the design demands it?
Here's an example of a web editor's effort to change an awkward front page layout on June 15, 2010.