Monday, February 29, 2016

Lone Star Dispatch #4

Front Page: SL Parade on March 10
The Student Leadership class has planned a parade and rally to gather awareness about bullying and discrimination. The class has been planned this event since September and have had many hoops to jump through to get this plan in motion. Many school groups will participate in this event and there is a small competitive element in designing the banners.

  • The student leadership class.
  • Organized a No Place for Hate parade. 
  • At Bowie
  • Since September, parade is on March 10
  • As a part of their No Place for Hate project
  • Aleka Neptune, Benson, Patricia Maney
  • "The class is trying to unite our students and bring awareness to our camps that we have students that are isolated. By participating in the parade, the ideas is to keep that from continuing to happen."
  • The lead sentence doesn't make me want for read more.
  • It ends with a statement. 

News: Freshman Katelyn Dill takes home grand champion award
Bowie students were able to judge elementary science fair projects in order to inspirer them to continue in science. Students were also able to participate in the Bowie science fair with the projects that they completed. Katelyn Dill won the Bowie Science Fair and she's new to Austin. 
  • Katelyn Dill
  • Created the winning science fair project
  • The Bowie Science Fair
  • January 13, 2016
  • The judges chose her project above the others. 
  • Her project was about the effect of fertilizer on the height of wheat, and the project impressed judges
  • Alonna Beatty, Cardenas, Gause, Katelyn Dill
  • "My science fair project this year was on the effete of the distance of fertilizer on the height of tritium aestivum (wheat)."
  • The lead sentence does not make me want to read more.
  • It ends with a quote. 
Sports: Swiftly overcoming obstacles
Two freshman are involved in parkour as well as their church and different teams in school. The boys are good people and are focused on what they are involved in. Their sport is also really dangerous and they take proper precautions to ensure that they don't get hurt.
  • Joseph Killeen and Seth Leifheit
  • Participate in parkour
  • At the BAM Academy
  • They have done parkour for the past few months 
  • They enjoy the sport
  • They train in a safe environment with coaches who guide them
  • Joseph Killeen, Matthew Willis, and Seth Leifheit
  • "They are quick studies and I put them in my advanced parkour class. I have worked with them directly as well as my coaches to give them the best learning experience at a safe rate, but also learning some very impressive skills." 
  • The lead sentence does make me want to read some more. 
  • It ends with a statement. 
Entertainment: Silver stars continue to practice throughout the year
Silver stars have to be ready to practice by 7:30 every morning and they don't get to sleep in on late starts. The team is always perfecting and improving their programs. The silver stars are also hosting a competition that requires lots of outside work, time and effort from everybody associated with the program. 
  • Silver Stars.
  • Practice every morning and through late starts, bonding through this practice time.
  • At both Bowie and Burger.
  • Every morning from 7:30-9:30.
  • To perfect their dances.
  • By going over each section and fix all the mistakes.
  • Director Courtney Allison, Kendall Franz, Lynsey Gagner, and Morgan Andrews.
  • "We have to utilize every single minute of practice, which means being extremely focused and quiet throughout so that we can make the most out of the short amount of time we are given to ensure we look our best come competition day."
  • The lead sentence does make me want to read some more.
  • It ended with a quote. 
Commentary: Painted parking spots aren't going to persuade
The incentives won't convince people to keep their attendance up. The students may not care about the incentives or the incentives won't apply to them. The current incentives are okay, but could be better.

  • Bowie students
  • May not be persuaded by the incentives
  • At Bowie
  • This school year and the following years
  • The incentives may not apply to the students, or they may not care
  • Nobody
  • There were no quotes
  • The lead sentence did make me want to read more. 
  • It ended with a statement.  

Newspaper Design II

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Introduction to Newspaper Design

My favorite newspaper cover was the Montgomery Advisor because of the graphic of the money tornado and the placement of the photos.

My favorite headline from this newspaper was Storm Savings because it made me want to read the story and the headline and the graphic paired got me interested in the article.

There are three stories on the front page.

One common thing among the front pages is the name of the newspaper is on the very top of the paper. Another one is horizontal dominant pictures with the story beneath it. Text size seems very consistent throughout the different newspapers.

Picture size varies greatly to either diminish the amount of text or to allow for more text. Another thing that varies is the number of stories on the front cover.