RAYMOND S.

BERMUDEZ
arbybermudez@gmail.com
09325334311
 Know the ABCs of
Collaborative
Publishing
What is
Collaborative
Publishing?
• The competition in collaborative publishing is
designed to encourage teamwork among
campus journalists and simulate the
workplace of an editorial department in a
publishing house.

• It puts the writers’ skills and artists’ talents in a

team.
Team
Composition
The Collaborative publishing team is
suggested to be composed of:
• Layout Artist/s
• News Writer/s
• Feature Writer/s Although, you can freely create
your own organization of team
• Editorial Writer/s members and who will lead the
team. But since the Layout artist
• Sports Writer/s will have the burden of managing
• Cartoonist/s the time, it is suggested that
he/she will lead the team.
• Photojournalist/s
Equipment and
Materials
needed
• Laptops (max of 4 in the • Pen and Paper
contest) • Drawing materials
• Adobe InDesign software • Camera (preferably DSLR)
or MS Publisher installed
in laptop to be used (any • Printer
version but latest version is • Scanner
recommended)
• Extensions
 CONTENT (50%)
 Exhibits appropriate balance of news, editorial, features, sports, and

Criteria for
other appropriate and interesting content.
 Utilizes facts from interviews, document review, data analysis and
other reliable sources

Assessment
 Highlights originality / uniqueness
 Shows a variety of stories that fit the section where they are placed
 Cites statistics, relevant names / facts to bolster credibility of
statements, assertions, arguments and/or narratives
 Provides balance of light and serious topics.
TECHNICAL (30%)
 Includes articles that are arranged according to importance
 Presents headlines that are clear and free of bias
 Makes use of pictures that are clear, properly cropped and captioned
 Utilizes graphics, illustrations and cartoons that are relevant
 Exhibits clear focus and coherent organization
 Observes the rules of grammar and syntax
 Observes proper journalistic style and format
ETHICS (10%)
 Observes standards of journalism in terms of fairness, relevance,
accuracy, non-libelous statements and obscene content
 Observes intellectual property rights
TEAM (10%)
 Plans out the content and design of the publication based on the
press kit given by the NTWG and can accomplish different tasks
within the given time.
 Shows ease in the use of variety of computer software and equipment
to lay-out and design the publication.
Activities involved
• A mini press conference will be held to become the basis
for the actual writing of the editorial, feature, and news
articles.

• Either a video or actual game will be the basis for the

sports articles.

• Photo journalists will get photos to be used in the

publication only in the press conference and in the
video/actual game.
Activities involved
• The team will be given two (2) hours for data gathering
and writing and another two (2) hours for lay-outing and
editing.

• Each group will be required to convert their output into

PDF format, print and submit it to the contest committee.
The collaborative publishing team shall submit both hard
and soft copies of their entries. They should ensure that no
identifying marks about their school, division or region
can be found on their output.

• The output of the contest is an A4-size four-page

publication.
Gathering Information for
Write ups
NEWS Some reminders in writing
news article
ARTICLES
• Play up the dominant points.
• Be accurate and truthful.
• Avoid editorializing and
writing libelous materials
• Giving the source
(attribution) of the news.
• Make your paragraph short.
Usually it only composed of
one sentence.
NEWS Some reminders in writing
news article
ARTICLES
• Your story is recommended
not to be too traditional. A
good news should not only
present bare facts, but
explains and analyzes the
facts. It will answer the
question ‘WHY?’
• Observe the guidelines of
clear and effective writing.
 EDITORIAL
Some reminders in writing
editorial articles ARTICLES
• Make the editorial interesting enough
to read.

• Develop it from one specific, limited

area, phrased in one sentence, and
expand in into the body of the
editorial

• Organize all data into well-reasoned

arguments, with each argument
leading up to the conclusion.
 EDITORIAL
Some reminders in writing
editorial articles ARTICLES
• Peg the lead sentence or a recent
relevant news for its impact value.

• Present both sides of an issue

and clarify tricky aspects with a
widely understood analogy or
with an illustration that makes for
easier understanding.

• It should be simple, direct, clear

and forceful.
FEATURE ARTICLES
Characteristics of a good feature articles
• It may inform, instruct, or advise, but its
primary purpose is to entertain. It is
usually read after the news in a leisure
moment.
• It may be of any length – from s short
human interest story to a rather long
magazine article.

• It may be written in any form or any

style.
• It usually uses the novelty lead rather
than the summary lead.
FEATURE ARTICLES
Characteristics of a good feature articles
• The reporter may use any of the
following devices – suspense, dialog,
description, narration, exposition,
argumentation, climax, and the like in
presenting his story.
• Although the writer applies his
imagination to the facts, the feature
story is not fiction. It is based on facts.
• It uses specific nouns, adjectives and
verbs to create vivid images, sound and
feeling for the readers.
SPORTS
ARTICLES
Sports articles should:
• Answer the five W’s and 1H
• Usually showcase the highlight
of the game
• It has a structure of an action
story, but with greater freedom
od style in writing
• It uses Sports Lingo
• Not just report the story. Break it
down and analyze it for the
readers.
SPORTS
ARTICLES
The lead of the sports news should be either of
the following:
• The key play lead
• The outstanding player lead
• Analytical approach lead

The body of the sports may include the following:

• Team and/or individual standing
• Decisive Play
• Best scores for the day
• Play-by-play
• Quotations
Tips to
1.Take down notes.
gather
enough and 2.Knowing the issue / topic
sensible of the press con is an
advantage.
data
3.Be focused. Get all the
information discussed
before the mini press con.

4.Ask questions that are

answerable by YES or NO.
Tips to
5. Clarify first the issue
gather before asking other
enough and issues.
sensible 6. Listen carefully to the
data statements of the speaker.

7. Listen also to the

questions of others.

8. Be a keen observer.

9. Ask questions that may

lead the speaker to
discuss other issues
Pointers to consider in
covering sports event

• The score or outcomes.

• The significance of the
outcome
• Highlights of the game
• Comparisons of the
teams
• Individual stars
• Weather conditions
• Crowd and celebration
Photos, Cartoons and Layout for
Visuals of the
Newsletter
Pointers in Photos to use

• Photo should be cropped tightly to

eliminate unnecessary details and to
focus attention to its message.
• The crowded, posed photograph
should be avoided, unless it has to
get in. If you decide to use it, crop it
tightly and blow it up.
• Action pictures are better than posed
pictures.
• Avoid firing line or firing squad. They
are dead! Prefer candid shots.
• Retouch whenever necessary.
• Keep caption short.
Suggestions for Cartooning

• If you decide to use a cartoon,

make sure that it is done in
good taste, and that it should
say something.

• Like an editorial, it should deal

with only one topic.

• The purpose of a cartoon is to

visualize an idea. Limit the use
of words and labels. Unlike a
photo, in the new page, a
cartoon does not need a
caption.
Suggestions for Cartooning

• You may use symbols. But be

sure that the symbol is
universal; i.e., it is easily
understood even by an
ordinary reader.

• Be original. Don’t plagiarize.

Develop your own style.
Layouting (Page Make up)
Types of Front Page Makeup
(New Page)
•Perfect Balance (balance
or symmetrical) Makeup
•Brace or Focus Makeup
•Broken Column Makeup
•Occult Makeup
•Streamlined Makeup
•Circus Makeup
Layouting (Page Make up)
For Editorial Page
• These page should have a distinctive,
dignified, and formal appearance. The
masthead or editorial box which should be
relatively small, may be anchored in any
corner as done in streamlined newspapers.

• Traditionally, the editorials appear in the first

two columns. They are of larger types. Heads
or title of editorials, just like the headline of
news stories, should be of the masculine
appearance, not the italic or script type.
Layouting (Page Make up)
For Feature Page
•This page have a literary and
feminine appearance. The
columns are often wider.
Roman and italics types are
used for text.
Layouting (Page Make up)
For Sports Page
•This page has a bolder but
more lively appearance that
the other pages. Their makeup
should suggest their content,
action, speed, and color. Large
bold heads, even streamers
are used.
Do’s and • Avoid tombstoning; i.e: placing
Don’ts in two or more headlines on
approximately the same level in
Page adjacent columns especially if
they are of the same point and
Layout types.

• Avoid bad breaks – breaking

stories to the top of columns. The
top of every columns should have
a headline or a cut.

• Avoid separated related stories

and pictures.
Do’s and • Avoid gray areas. Break these up
Don’ts in with the use of subheads,
indented, boldface paragraphs,
Page and use of short articles with
short headlines.
Layout
• Avoid using a banner headline
unless the story deserves it.
Screaming headlines should not
also be used. A screaming
headline is one that is too big for
a short or unimportant story.
Do’s and • Don’t make the page top-heavy;
Don’ts in i.e., making the top half of the
page heavy with cuts and big
Page headlines. A spread head beneath
the fold will help you prevent this.
Layout
• Avoid many headlines of the same
size on a page.

• Avoid placing small heads on

rather long stories.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH

RAYMOND S. BERMUDEZ
09325334311
arbybermudez@gmail.com