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Beginning Journalism students learn the basics about layout from a book called Newspaper Designer's Handbook. They also
have access to several other books. In addition, they read several local newspapers and we talk about the layout and design of each of those and how effective layout helps to transmit the message.
Learning layout is extremely important. It empowers students to create a beautiful presentation of the material they
wrote and shows them how important "packaging" is to making the article attractive. Many say "Don't judge a book by its cover," however many people do buy books based on appearance. Good
layout is critical to enticing readers to the article.
At the end of Beginning Journalism each sophomore "cubby" is paired with an advanced student for a one-on-one PageMaker
workshop. After much trial-and-error this seems to be the best configuration for learning a new software program.
[Under construction: Text link to advanced journalism students' instructions for working with cubbies. Text link to a
sample cub page]
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