Republic of the Philippines

CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY

Imus Campus
Cavite Civic Center Palico IV, Imus, Cavite
 (046) 471-66-07 / 4366584
www.cvsu-imus.edu.ph

Department of Languages and Mass Communication

JOUR 100 – NEWS EDITING AND PRODUCTION

FINAL REQUIREMENT

Tabloid Newspaper Making

Topics covered:
1. The Stylebook 3. Layouting the Newspaper
2. Designing Newspaper

Instructions:
 Your class will be divided into three. Each group should have
o Editor (EIC) who is accountable for all of the content of your newspaper;
o Managing Editor who will supervise the publication and determines the
importance of article;
o Editorial Page Editor who’s responsible for the editorial pages;
o 5 News Reporters who will collect information about news stories and write an
article;
o Chief Copy Editor who’s in charge of the news desk;
o Photo Editor/ Graphics Editor who will select the photos that the newspaper will
publish administer, the graphics and illustrations of your newspaper.
 After assigning the designations of each members of the group, reporters should start
researching and collecting information.
 When the reporters are done, they should start writing their news article.
 News reporters will then copy read their own articles, write headlines and caption for the
photos (if applicable).
 When done, the new articles will be passed to the graphic editor who will also be the one
who will decide on which photos match the news article (if applicable).
 The graphic editor will now illustrate the newspaper and lay them out for printing.

Newspaper format:
o You will just submit a tabloid newspaper where the articles are published. You are free
to add editorial section if the EIC and Graphic Editor permits.
o Your tabloid newspaper should contain
 Cover Page  Local News Section
 General News  International News Section
 Editorial Page  Entertainment Section
o The newspaper should be in a A4 paper, with the font size of 8 or 9 (headlines/titles can
be a bit bigger), and Arial as the font style.
o The staff of your newspaper (Organizational Chart) should be included in the Editorial
Section of your tabloid newspaper.
 Republic of the Philippines
CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY
Imus Campus
Cavite Civic Center Palico IV, Imus, Cavite
 (046) 471-66-07 / 4366584
www.cvsu-imus.edu.ph

Department of Languages and Mass Communication

JOUR 100 – News Editing and Production

First Semester, A.Y. 2021 – 2022

Publication: Date:
Year and Section: Score:

Category 20 15 10 5
Who, What, When, All articles 90-99% of the 75-89% of the Less than
Where & How answered the articles articles 75% of the
5 W’s. answered the answered the articles
5 W’s. 5 W’s. answered the
5’Ws.
Articles – Interest The articles The articles The articles The articles
contain contain contain do not contain
headlines, headlines, headlines, headlines,
captions (if captions (if captions (if captions (if
applicable), applicable), applicable), applicable),
facts, figures, facts, figures some facts or facts or
and/or word and/or word figures but figures that
choices that choices that are marginally might make it
make the make the interesting to interesting to
articles articles read. read.
exceptionally interesting to
interesting to readers.
readers.
Spelling and No spelling or No more than No more than Several
Proofreading grammar a couple of 5 spelling or spelling or
error after the spelling or grammar grammar
copy editors grammar errors remain errors remain
read and errors remain after copy after copy
correct the after the copy editors read editors read
articles. editors read and correct and correct
and correct the articles. the articles.
the articles.
Design Appearance The design The design The design The design
was very was complete was was
 attractive and shows organized unorganized
which creativity and with a simple and the
exceeds organization. presentation graphics were
expectations. and little not unique at
creativity. all.
Pictures and A variety of All pictures A few pictures No pictures
Mechanics pictures are and captions are present. present.
present. are clear. One Two spelling Three or more
Absolutely no spelling or or grammar spelling or
spelling or grammar errors. Did not grammar
grammatical error. credit errors.
errors. websites for
pictures.
Requirements All of the Almost all of At least 75% Less than
required the required of the 75% of the
content was content was required required
present. present. content was content was
present. present.
Individual Effort and Team Team Team Team
Participation member fully member member did member did
contributed. contributed little work. not contribute
but not to anything.
fullest extent.
Total Points: Remarks:

Prepared by: Approved by :

Angela Mitzi N. Ramos Leslie Anne N. Gatdula

Instructor Officer-In-Charge