Collaborative Desktop Pub: the

Basics

What is
Collaborative
Desktop
Publishing?
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Basics

A competition
designed to
encourage teamwork
among campus
journalists and
simulate the
workplace of an
editorial department
of a publishing house.
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In collaborative
publishing, a team of
seven will be tasked to
produce a four-page
newsletter using MS
Publisher (for
Elementary) and
Adobe InDesign (for
Secondary).
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Form a group of seven

journalists. Since the
objective is to create a
four-page paper,
designate the
following positions:
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News Writer
Editorial Writer
Feature Writer
Sports Writer
Photojournalist
Cartoonist
Layout Artist 
NEWS
Page
EDITORIA
L
Page
FEATURES
Page
SPORTS
Page
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Here are what

you’ll need:
(4) laptops
(2) digital/DSLR cameras
(1) inkjet printer
(1) card reader
(1) empty flash drive
extension wires
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Output should be in
PDF format and submit
it to the contest
committee. Contestants
should ensure that
there are no identifying
marks about their
school, district, division
or region.
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How does the

Contest
Proper
Work?
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The team will be given

2 hours for data
gathering and writing
and 2 hours for lay
outing and editing.
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TIME WILL
BE YOUR
GREATEST
NEMESIS!
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A mini press
conference will be held
to become the basis for
the actual writing of
editorial, feature and
news articles. A video
or an actual game will
be shown of the sports
writers.
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This will be their basis

in writing their articles.
Pictures of the mini
press conference shall
be taken by the
photojournalists in a
designated area.