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What Is: Collaborative Desktop Publishing?

This document provides information about a collaborative desktop publishing competition for campus journalists. It describes how teams of 7 students will work together using desktop publishing software like MS Publisher and Adobe InDesign to produce a 4-page newsletter. Each student will take on a role like news writer, editor, photographer, or layout artist. The teams will have 4 hours to gather information at a mock press conference, write their articles, and layout the newsletter before submitting their final PDF. Time management will be important to complete the project on deadline.

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10K views18 pages

What Is: Collaborative Desktop Publishing?

This document provides information about a collaborative desktop publishing competition for campus journalists. It describes how teams of 7 students will work together using desktop publishing software like MS Publisher and Adobe InDesign to produce a 4-page newsletter. Each student will take on a role like news writer, editor, photographer, or layout artist. The teams will have 4 hours to gather information at a mock press conference, write their articles, and layout the newsletter before submitting their final PDF. Time management will be important to complete the project on deadline.

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  • Introduction to Collaborative Desktop Publishing
  • Team Structure and Roles
  • Sample Newspaper Pages
  • Equipment Needed
  • Submission Guidelines
  • Contest Procedure

Collaborative Desktop Pub: the

Basics

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

Form a group of seven


journalists. Since the
objective is to create a
four-page paper,
designate the
following positions:
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

Here are what


you’ll need:
(4) laptops
(2) digital/DSLR cameras
(1) inkjet printer
(1) card reader
(1) empty flash drive
extension wires
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

How does the


Contest
Proper
Work?
Collaborative Desktop Pub: the
Basics

The team will be given


2 hours for data
gathering and writing
and 2 hours for lay
outing and editing.
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

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.

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