COLLABORATIVE
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Collaborative desktop publishing is a
group category wherein a team
composed of seven members is
tasked to create a four-page
newspaper within just four hours.
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About CDP
The competition is designed to encourage
teamwork among campus journalists and
simulate the workplace of an editorial
department in a publishing house.
The team will be given four (4) hours for
data gathering, writing, layouting, and
editing.
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TEAM COMPOSITION
01 NEWS WRITER 04 SPORTS WRITER
02 FEATURE 05 PHOTOJOURNALIS
WRITER T
03 EDITORIAL 06 CARTOONIST
WRITER
0 LAY-OUT ARTIST
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Orientation
All participants are required to attend the
short orientation before the contest proper.
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Source of data
A mini press conference will be held to
become the basis for the actual writing of
the editorial, feature, and news article. A
video of sports events will be to the sports
writer.
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Hardwares and softwares
Each team will be required to bring a
maximum of 4 laptops installed with either
ADOBE PAGEMAKER OR ADOBE IN
DESIGN and ADOBE PHTOSHOP for
secondary level.
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Hardwares and softwares
The laptops of the participants will be
checked by the TWG for official
applications and pre-written documents or
references.
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FILe Format
Each group will be required to convert
their output into PORTABLE
DOCUMENT FORMAT and submit it to
the contest committee.
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ANoniMITy
The group should ensure that no
identifying marks about their school can be
found on their output.
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MAterials needed
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required sections
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required sections
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CONTENTS OF NEWS PAGE
4-5 News Stories
• 1 Provincial News
• 1 Press Conference
• 1-2 School News
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CONTENTS OF EDITORIAL PAGE
• 1 Main Editorial
• 2 columns/opinions
• 1 Editorial cartoon
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CONTENTS OF Feature PAGE
• Local Festivity
• Anything about
environment
• 1 article (writer's
choice)
• Literary
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CONTENTS OF SPORTS PAGE
2-3 Sports Stories
• Sports Editorial
• Sports Meet/Event
• Native/Traditional
Sports
• Local Sports Icon
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Technical aspects of lay-outing
Page Dimension: 9x12 inches (Elementary)
12x18 inches (Highschool)
Font Size: 10-11 points (Elementary)
11-12 points (Highschool)
Font Style: Sans Serif (Body Text)
Serif or Sans Serif (Title/Headline)
Stylish Fonts (Features)
Margins: 0.4 inch (Elementary)
0.5 (Highschool)
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SAMPLE NEWSPAPER OUTPUT
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ELEMENTS OF NEWSPAPER
MASTHEAD Details of the publisher, place of publication, editorial staff, and
information about the newspaper. A.K.A. Editorial Board
FLAG The printed title (i.e., name and logo) of a newspaper at the top of the
front page.
FOLIO Newspaper name, date and page number that appear at the top of each
page.
WHITESPACE Areas of a page free of any type or artwork
HEADLINES Brief description of the story
BANNER A headline stretching across the top of a page.
PHOTOGRAPHS The main illustration of the news
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ELEMENTS OF NEWSPAPER
FLAG/ NAME
PLATE
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ELEMENTS OF NEWSPAPER
FOLIO
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ELEMENTS OF NEWSPAPER
WHITESPACE
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ELEMENTS OF NEWSPAPER
HEADLINES/
BANNER
HEADLINE
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ELEMENTS OF NEWSPAPER
PHOTOGRAPHS
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ELEMENTS OF NEWSPAPER
CAPTION/ CUT
LINE
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ELEMENTS OF NEWSPAPER
BODY TEXT
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ELEMENTS OF NEWSPAPER
BY LINE
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REMINDERS
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WRITERs
•Keep your articles short but comprehensive.
•Learn to prioritize. Decide which news should be
placed as banner news.
•Remember the basics in writing
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PHOTOJOURNALIST
•Bigger images are better.
•Take 2-3 shots of each subject (portrait and landscape)
•Remember the basics in photography (rule of thirds).
•Before taking photos, consider the articles written so you can
write a good caption for each photos.
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CARTOONIST
•Keep your drawings free from unnecessary marks.
•Make pencils marks heavier.
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LAY-OUT ARTIST
•Experiment.
•Use 2-3 colors only as much as possible.
•Remember the elements of balance.
