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Journalist 3 & 2 - Introduction to Journalism and other reporting practices
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Figure 8-5.—Formats of ship and station newspapers. program  and  have  a  good  graphics  file  and  a  large selection of type fonts from which to choose. NEWSPAPER  FORMATS LEARNING  OBJECTIVE:  Recognize  the  types of formats of ship or station newspapers. The   three   formats   used   in   ship   and   station newspapers are full format, tabloid and magazine. These formats are shown in figure 8-5 and are described in the following  text. FULL FORMAT A   full-format   (also   known   as   broadsheet) newspaper is one that measures 16 or 17 inches wide and 21 to 22 inches deep. A fill-format newspaper can be made to have five columns, six columns, seven and one-half columns, eight columns or nine columns. TABLOID A  tabloid  newspaper  is  about  half  the  size  of  a full-format newspaper. It measures 10 to 12 inches wide and 14 to 18 inches deep. A tabloid format newspaper can have two, three, four, five, five and one-half and six columns. MAGAZINE A   magazine-format   (also   known   as   compact) newspaper is about half the size of a tabloid newspaper. It measures 7 to 8 inches wide and 10 to 11 inches deep. It can be made to have one column, two columns and three columns. NEWSPAPER  DESIGN LEARNING   OBJECTIVE:   Detail   the techniques  used  in  ship  or  station  newspaper design   and   any   specific   considerations, respectively. Other  important  considerations  (beyond  the  news gathering,  news  writing  and  copy  editing  aspects covered in the preceding chapters) are the techniques for putting   the   material   together   so   that   your   paper emphasizes  what  is  important.  You  will  also  need  to know what makes an attractive appearance and draws and holds the reader’s eye. All of this is done through good layout and makeup designed to achieve the best overall appearance and style of the publication and to allow the reader to obtain the maximum information in the shortest time. Layout is the planning of the position and page that each piece of copy or art will occupy in your publication. This  includes  your  choosing  the  styles  and  sizes  of headlines desired, the kinds and sizes of type to be used and deciding how to use them, and indicating these plans on the layout sheets. Makeup is normally the execution of that layout by the publisher (the compositor), although sometimes the terms layout and makeup are used interchangeably. For instance,  the  name  “makeup  editor”  is  used  on  some newspapers instead of “layout editor.” THE  DUMMY Indicating on the layout sheet where each element will be placed (sometimes called dummying or roughing in)  may  be  done  as  each  segment  of  material  is forwarded to the publisher. Some publishers will even give you rough proofs of galley type, headlines and art and let you make a paste-up dummy on a layout sheet. Paste-up dummies ensure a high degree of accuracy in page makeup because they give the publisher a better 8 -6







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