Ryan Grindle
While most students were sitting in their second class of the day, 28 Pembroke students began their first set of classes at Columbia University in New York.
Because of traffic on the five hour drive, everyone missed the first classes of the day. By the time we arrived, the second session was already underway so a group of us took this opportunity to explore the main part of the campus. After the second session ended, we made our way to the conference hall for the “Student Swap Shop”, where people could view publications from different high schools all over the country.
That afternoon, five members of the Pembroke Sentinel staff were present to see the newspaper critiqued by an expert from the university. Overall, the critique went very well and there were some suggestions that could greatly improve the quality of the paper.
Over the course of the next few days, there were a few classes that stuck out more than the others. The first was a class on Adobe PhotoShop, a computer arts program that is used often in newspapers. Beforehand, it looked like it would be extremely helpful and interesting. However, during the class, many lost focus and later said that what was taught was basic and widely known. This class was nowhere near as good as a class properly titled “From Boring to Interesting”. Taught by a writer for the New York Daily News, “boring to interesting” focused on making dull, statistic based stories into attention-grabbing stories that more people would want to read.
The final session of the convention offered a chance to see national, award winning publications and how Pembroke measured up to what was considered the best. Seeing these newspapers, along with the critique, presented a few ideas that would make the newspaper even better than it is now.
My first suggestion is to have bigger, better graphics that stick out more than the business card sized ones that are normally seen. Another idea is to vary the way columns are shaped. This could be wrapping text around graphics or having columns that take up more than one leg.
Overall, the convention was very helpful and was still very fun.
While most students were sitting in their second class of the day, 28 Pembroke students began their first set of classes at Columbia University in New York.
Because of traffic on the five hour drive, everyone missed the first classes of the day. By the time we arrived, the second session was already underway so a group of us took this opportunity to explore the main part of the campus. After the second session ended, we made our way to the conference hall for the “Student Swap Shop”, where people could view publications from different high schools all over the country.
That afternoon, five members of the Pembroke Sentinel staff were present to see the newspaper critiqued by an expert from the university. Overall, the critique went very well and there were some suggestions that could greatly improve the quality of the paper.
Over the course of the next few days, there were a few classes that stuck out more than the others. The first was a class on Adobe PhotoShop, a computer arts program that is used often in newspapers. Beforehand, it looked like it would be extremely helpful and interesting. However, during the class, many lost focus and later said that what was taught was basic and widely known. This class was nowhere near as good as a class properly titled “From Boring to Interesting”. Taught by a writer for the New York Daily News, “boring to interesting” focused on making dull, statistic based stories into attention-grabbing stories that more people would want to read.
The final session of the convention offered a chance to see national, award winning publications and how Pembroke measured up to what was considered the best. Seeing these newspapers, along with the critique, presented a few ideas that would make the newspaper even better than it is now.
My first suggestion is to have bigger, better graphics that stick out more than the business card sized ones that are normally seen. Another idea is to vary the way columns are shaped. This could be wrapping text around graphics or having columns that take up more than one leg.
Overall, the convention was very helpful and was still very fun.
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