Thursday, March 27, 2014

newspaper notes

two sizes of newspapers 
Broad sheet = eagle eye/ Traditional (folds in middle)
tabloid = (open like a book)

front page 
Broad (front page ) - at least four or five.
Teasers

photos
headlines (complete sentences)
subheadline
Story
Text
date
Title of paper (flag)
caption
info bar
teasers
lines
(folio) reference info.
attention grabber & captions
by line - name and title of writher
Jump - ex: See pg.10
kicker - tag about story #hashtag
info graphic - picture with info

7 news values

Fourth person dies following SXSW crash

http://www.statesman.com/search/?q=Fourth+person+dies+following+SXSW+crashHuman Intrest - This is an article about something tragic, therefore pulling in readers emotions. 


Person shot in hand at Waffle House in NE Austin
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/person-shot-in-hand-at-waffle-house/nfDW2/
Novelty - Someone getting shot in the hand in a waffle house is definitely something out of the ordinary. So this article gets readers attention. 



Boston starts investigation into 9-alarm blaze that claimed the lives of 2 firefighters

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/03/27/boston-starts-investigation-into-alarm-blaze-that-claimed-lives-2-firefighters/?intcmp=latestnews
Timeliness - according to this article this happened today, therefore making that breaking news. 

Onion Creek residents press Austin city officials to speed up buyouts after Halloween flood

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/onion-creek-residents-press-austin-city-officials-/nfL7q/
Proximity - This is right down the road from where i go to school and live. 

Former Williamson County sheriff John Maspero dies

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/former-williamson-county-sheriff-john-maspero-dies/nfL9s/
Prominence - According to the article this was a good officer and he was a good man and a great police officer. 

Fact check: Obama mixing and matching insurance stats

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/03/18/fact-check-obama-insurance-stats/6575537/
Impact - This is about health care, that is all over the country being signed and this could affect many if not most people in our country. 

Iraq: Bombings kill 26 people in Baghdad

http://www.statesman.com/ap/ap/top-news/iraq-bombings-kill-19-people-in-baghdad/nfMWF/
Conflict - This is going to start a problem if there isn't one already between Iraq and Bagdad. 

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

News Value notes

Timeliness -
how recent did it happen

Proximity -
how close it happened/ Near by

Conflict -
people fighting

Prominence -
important or famous people

Human interest -
drama

Impact -
how it affects people

Novelty -
unusual

Monday, February 3, 2014

photoshop notes

SAVE AS- Rename your image make sure the image is saved as a .jpg at the highest (maximum) image quality

SAVE- you do not have to rename the image at this point. save often and regularly.

NESTLE- tools are stacked on each other - to access those tools you have to left click and hold

**USE COMMAND KEYS**

command + = zoom in
command - = zoom out
command o = open
command c = copy
command v = paste
command z = undo
command, option, z = step backward
command s = save
command p = print
command l = levels

To turn an image go to
image> image Rotation
cw and ccw
cw=clockwise
ccw=counter clockwise
180 = 1/2 rotation

Adjusting Levels
>image>adjustments>levels
Channel blue
channel green
channel red
moved just the black and the white hersheys kiss

Adjusting contrast
channel RGB - moved just the brown hersheys kiss (just a little lighter)

REsolution guidelines
yearbook = 300
newspaper = 150
web = 72

to make a photo black and white
use grayscale
image>mode>grayscale


                                                                       web

                                                                         newspaper
                                                              yearbook