Final Project: Newspaper article

 Class Notes: We took notes on the format and parts of the newspaper in class. For example I have notes on headlines, body paragraphs turning into columns, bylines, and pulled quotes. Also have notes on the fonts, and texts I could possibly have used for my project.

Description: In this publishing project, we had to create an article of a current event and make it our own style. I used big words at the top of the article to make the title "pop" so to speak. The article itself was three columns and three pages, and the topic it was about was the New England Patriots losing in the AFC championship game against the Baltimore Ravens. I thought that me writing an article on this topic would be easy, because it was such an interesting topic because the two Harbaugh brothers were the coaches for the two teams. This was a good first project to the digital media class and gave me a feel for what the class would be like. The article is mainly about the Harbaugh brothers coaching in the superbowl.

Reflection: While doing the project, I ran into some trouble in organizing and putting together the article. Although the article was easy for me to write about, the organization and format was a little tough for me. It is not very often that I do a project like this publishing project, and have to put together an article like this of my own. The including of pictures, text, and "flash" to make the article less boring confused me a little while trying to complete the project. As I was typing and putting together the article, I did not know how to make pictures blend in with the article, and I learned how to make the article look like an actual newspaper by the formatting.

                    Although I have not done this type of work before, I knew how to use Microsoft word. Although I had experience with that, I still have learned a lot and taking positive knowledge out of this project. I have learned how to put together a newspaper article with text, pictures, and the format to make it look like an actual newspaper. I took a lot out from this project because this is something I would seriously consider wanting to do in the future as a reporter, or a writer for a newspaper. Im glad I could do this project on something interesting and something that I know a lot about. It is good now that I know more skills using the computer and putting together an article such as this publishing project. Learning how to make a newspaper like this means a lot because now I can further my knowledge and try to pursue this goal of mine and have something like this to put on a resume.

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