Name: ______________________________________ Grade & Section: ________________

Subject: Journalism 8 Guro: _______________________________ Score: ______________

Lesson : Quarter 2 Week 5 LAS 1

Activity Title : Designing the news page
Learning Target : Discuss the different styles in designing the news page SPJ8MP-II2e-33
Reference(s) : https://www.slideshare.net/jam18/journalism-guidelines-and-steps-in-page-
designing, Juanico, R., Carisma, K. & Alix, Abigail. Colllaborative and Desktop
Publishing
Writer : Cristine A. Hapulas-Ansa

How to design the news page?

1. Inside news pages should be designed as facing page units rather than as single pages.
2. The principle of contrast and balance should be applied in planning the make-up of facing
pages.
3. Inside news pages generally DO NOT use large headline like in the front page.

How to style the news page?

1. Formal and masculine
2. Graded Articles
3. Pictures are impactful
4. Establish personality

What is inside the news page?

1. News (interview from mini press conference)
2. Local news/National news
3. News from your school

Sample of News Page Design

Directions: Write T if the statement tells fact about designing the news page and F if the statement
tells opposite idea in designing the news page.

____1. News pages must be formal and masculine.

____2. Pictures play an important role in a news page; thus, it needs to be impactful.
____3. Large headline like in the front page can be also used in the news page.
____4. In planning the make-up of placing, principles of contrast and balance should be applied.
____5. News pages should be designed as single pages.
____6. Local news are those significant events happened in the nation.
____7. News can also be found at school.
____8. In styling the page design, graded articles should be applied.
____9. There is no need to establish personality in designing the news page.
____10. Editorial articles can be included in the news page.