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What is
Collaborative
Desktop
Publishing?
Collaborative Desktop Pub: the
Basics
A competition
designed to
encourage teamwork
among campus
journalists and
simulate the
workplace of an
editorial department
of a publishing house.
Collaborative Desktop Pub: the
Basics
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).
Collaborative Desktop Pub: the
Basics
News Writer
Editorial Writer
Feature Writer
Sports Writer
Photojournalist
Cartoonist
Layout Artist
NEWS
Page
EDITORIA
L
Page
FEATURES
Page
SPORTS
Page
Collaborative Desktop Pub: the
Basics
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.
Collaborative Desktop Pub: the
Basics
TIME WILL
BE YOUR
GREATEST
NEMESIS!
Collaborative Desktop Pub: the
Basics
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.
Collaborative Desktop Pub: the
Basics