Pub Design

What does designing have to do with journalism? Everything!! There are several things that you do with design. Newspapers have there pages designed and special inserts and websites. A lot of time is put into making designs for newspapers. But also magazines, websites, fliers, and much more Journalist use for there daily jobs. Design is a huge thing many of us need to learn. Trying to understand this concept takes a little time. Where to put the words and the pictures and graphics on the page to help get the most attention. Just putting stuff in the right position can draw a persons attention. Design is one thing that journalist really need to understand to be a successful paper/magazine/or just a daily flier. Make sure you understand this so you can be very well rounded.

Designing

When writing /designing a newspaper page is a lot of fun. Even though I didn't have to write that much, i had a blast designing. To figure out what goes into designing a paper, it is hard work but a lot of fun and a huge payoff.
When trying to decide were to put the articles, what is the lead story where can the beats go? I have no clue, but then I started to look at it logically. The bigger story gets top priority. And then went down from the size there but i realized the longer the store the bigger the importance.
I realized that liked balancing out the pictures and stories. And made sure my spins were well played, but i still have one problem doing the page. I cant right Headlines to save my life. They are so difficult and I cant think of any ideas.
But i really enjoyed designing the newspaper page! Cant wait to do it again!!!!

Food Column

Why do I have a problem writing about food? I eat it everyday why can I not just put it into word? What I tasted, smelled, felt, saw, and heard, bringing the whole experience to life for the readers.

I started off of writing it with of course WRITERS BLOCK. Why can't I just start, but instead I think way to much about the experience. It is like I am describing it in great detail but not really telling anyone about it in the same situation. I am just going the wrong direction. Then I started to think, if i was reading this what would i want to here.

Is there food great?
Was it made right?
Did i get it fast and accurate?
How much did it cost?
Is the service that great?

Now i just have to apply all of these questions in my column. Which i did by slowly telling about my experience, and one by one i answered all of the questions that i think i would want to hear if i was a reader.

It wasn't easy to write though. I had a difficult time describing all that happened to me while i was eating. Especially using my 5 senses to make sure the reader could experience what i did. And in return it was a success even though it had tons of mistakes. But that is what copy editors are for right. But i really enjoyed the experience in food journalism.