Creative Editing
Chapter 11
Exercise 4
4. You are the news editor of the Daily News. Your newspaper has a six-column format, and the nameplate is six columns across and 2 inches deep. The headline type runs from 14 points to 72 points.
You have 10 stories and six pictures available for Page One (see table below). You cannot place all of them on Page One, so use your editorial judgment to select the most important stories while providing variety on the page. Keep in mind that you can jump stories. A 30-inch story, for example, need not be finished on Page One. How much of the story will appear on the front page is up to you.
| Story slug | Col. inches | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ahearn |
21 |
Local story. Karen Ahearn, president of the local university, announces her resignation after losing a bitter fight to get a better budget. |
| Streakers |
15 |
Wire story. Roundup showing a nationwide revival of the streaker craze. |
| Demos |
30 |
Wire story. Ben McClinton wins the party's nomination for the presidency at the Democratic National Convention. |
| Demo clash |
18 |
Wire story. Demonstrators and police clash outside the Democratic convention hall in Miami. |
| Hurricane |
12 |
Local story. The U.S. Weather Bureau warns that Hurricane Adam may come close enough to do damage. |
| Mayor |
10 |
Local story. Mayor Joyce Durham holds a press conference and says she supports salary increases for firefighters. |
| China–space |
20 |
Wire story. China announces that it has put its first spaceship into orbit. |
| Ransome |
25 |
Local story. William Ransome, local author and recent winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is interviewed by the Daily News. |
| Burglary |
8 |
Wire story. Burglars break into the Museum of Modern Art in New York and steal a valuable Picasso. |
| Diet |
15 |
Wire story. Physician in Atlanta, Ga., devises a new diet. The dieter eats nothing and drinks a gallon of sarsaparilla every day. |
| Picture slug | Size | Description |
| McClinton |
2 col. x 5" |
Wire photo. Presidential nominee speaking to convention delegates. |
| Ransome |
1 col. x 3" |
Local photo. Mug shot of the interviewed author. |
| Clash |
3 col. x 5" |
Wire photo. Action shot of the fight at the Democratic convention. |
| Streakers |
4 col. x 4" |
Wire photo. Streakers disrupt a viola recital; one of the incidents mentioned in the roundup story. |
| Ahearn |
1 col. x 3" |
Local photo. Mug shot of the university president. |
| Kids |
4 col. x 7" |
Local photo. Three boys, each 4 years old, try to boost a large dog into a bathtub; good stand-alone feature picture. |
A dummy sheet is provided below, or you may use a computer layout program like Quark or PageMaker to construct the page.
Download this dummy sheet as a PDF file: Dummy1.pdf
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