i just finished the wc studio thumbnail and i was thinking of doing the intro to the main cabin tomorrow! kit, would you be interested in doing the intro for the wc studio? it doesn't have to be anything complicated, just a short introduction!

additionally, if each of y'all could provide me with a small blurb about yourself for your bios in the desc that would be amazing!

oh my gosh kit, i absolutely love the icons <3
by the way i'd love to do a sign-up/promo project/cabin trailer, if that'd be cool
here's my lil intro
“helloo everybody!! i'm cd, one of your cos for this incredible session!! i'm a jazz-loving basketball enthusiast with too many other interests to count i can't wait for this session to begin- #journalismftw!”

a promo sounds great!!

Aah thanks CD, I'm glad <3
A promo sounds awesome!

Sure, I can do the wc intro.

Okay, blurb:
“Hello! I'm Kit, and I'm delighted to be one of your co-leaders! I'm a neurodivergent homeschooled nerd who enjoys reading, drawing, and obsessing over various fandoms and interests. I'm super excited for this session Journalism FTW!”

currency list:

Complete a daily - 5 ✎

Win a word war - 5 ✎

Critique writing in the critiquitaire - 5 ✎

Complete a weekly - 15 ✎

Participate in cabin wars - 10 ✎

Reach your word goal - 15 ✎

Enter writing competition - 25 ✎

Ad price – 20 ✎

schedule:

1st – 7th – CJ

8th – 14th – CD

15th – 21st – Kit

22nd – 31st – CJ

lmk what you guys think!

works great for me!!

That all looks good to me!

oh hey, did you have anything in mind for the WC intro? I also tried doing a bit of googling on actual print rooms but found nothing useful ahaha

KitVMH wrote:

That all looks good to me!

oh hey, did you have anything in mind for the WC intro? I also tried doing a bit of googling on actual print rooms but found nothing useful ahaha

hmm I was thinking something that was just like welcome to the print room and then we're all working with the printing presses? and then we're like oh here's where we make the newspapers! and then the campers are like oh yay cool

Sounds good!

ok kinda random question lol but does our newspaper have a name? (like The Times ect)
wondering for the promo hehr

alright, wc studio intro! maybe kinda rough draft-y but I wasn't sure how to improve it- feel free to edit it if you want

You come to a door marked “Print Room.” You can hear a whirring noise coming from behind it. You push it open and step inside.
Huge machines take up half the room, apparently emitting the noise. Several people are working on it; one seems to be feeding it a giant roll of paper. Several others are working with large metal plates on a worktable.
One of the people — Kit — looks up. “Oh! You’re here.”
“Welcome to the print room!” says another — CD.
A third — CJ — grins, and gestures at the room around you. “This is where we make the newspapers.”

ForestPanther wrote:

ok kinda random question lol but does our newspaper have a name? (like The Times ect)
wondering for the promo hehr

not yet! here's part of my post from last week that mentioned it, if y'all could share your thoughts

and for the cabin activities, our main activity is going to be the weekly edition of our newspaper! one idea i had for the name was the swc chronicles, or something of the sort. thoughts?

also i'm really sorry about my inactivity, i've been super busy this week preparing for my hosa competition, which is this friday :') however, this weekend, I plan on introducing a lot of new storyline ideas, so be prepared!

KitVMH wrote:

alright, wc studio intro! maybe kinda rough draft-y but I wasn't sure how to improve it- feel free to edit it if you want

You come to a door marked “Print Room.” You can hear a whirring noise coming from behind it. You push it open and step inside.
Huge machines take up half the room, apparently emitting the noise. Several people are working on it; one seems to be feeding it a giant roll of paper. Several others are working with large metal plates on a worktable.
One of the people — Kit — looks up. “Oh! You’re here.”
“Welcome to the print room!” says another — CD.
A third — CJ — grins, and gestures at the room around you. “This is where we make the newspapers.”

looks amazing, thanks kit!

i think swc chronicles works great for what its worth haha
i released a promo (sorry it's late!!) but lmk if anything should be changed! )
https://scratch-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/projects/1134516836

looks amazing!

i made a template for the newspaper. let me know what y'all think!

additionally, i was thinking that when we publish them we could do it in a similar format to CD's promo, with a scrolling mechanism!


template:
https://www.canva.com/design/DAGfTABIxUE/mC_3k1xQUrd_Ph285M1Hkg/edit?utm_content=DAGfTABIxUE&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

Looks great!

anddd going back to workshops now, which i mentioned earlier in the session! i was thinking that we could each write a workshop and have one every week. personally, i'd like to write one about news writing!

i think two other good topics would be opinion writing and interview conducting. do either of you guys have a preference? or, if you have some alternate ideas, i'd love to hear them!

Here's my workshop!

Introduction

Welcome! This workshop will teach you everything you need to know about news writing, an essential skill in journalism.

The Inverted Pyramid

People tend to write stories chronologically; thus, one of the most important things to remember when writing news is that it should not be written in a chronological fashion. Picture an upside-down triangle, with the broad base representing the fundamental, important information and the narrow tip representing the less crucial information.

This is the “inverted pyramid” method, where the most important or juiciest information begins the story, and the rest of the information is given in order of descending importance. When structuring your news story, it is critical to use this method. 

Lead

The lead is the start of your news story. Think of it as the introduction, the establishing shot that tells people what the story is about using the most significant piece of information. It should represent the “base” of your inverted pyramid.

When writing a lead, it is helpful to use the “tell a friend” strategy. Imagine you had to sum up to a friend, in one sentence, what your story is about. How would you sum up quickly what happened? A story’s lead answers the “Five W’s” in a specific order: Who? What? When? Where? Why?

For example:

The Atlanta Police Department will hold a memorial service Wednesday at Holy Christ Church in Buckhead for fallen officer Lt. James Montgomery.

WHO: The Atlanta Police Department
WHAT: will hold a memorial service
WHEN: Wednesday
WHERE: Holy Christ Church in Buckhead
WHY: for fallen officer Lt. James Montgomery

Other Examples:

Gwinnett County Public Schools was awarded $250,000 early Wednesday as a finalist for what’s considered the Nobel Prize of public education.

After you have written your story’s lead, order the information that follows in terms of most important to least important. There is no formal conclusion in a news article the way there is in an essay or analysis paper.

Determining Newsworthiness

Journalists usually use six values to determine “how newsworthy” a story or elements of a story are. Knowing the news values can help a journalist make many decisions, including:

- What information to give first in a news article
- Which articles to display on a newspaper’s front page
- What questions to ask in an interview

The six news values are:

1. Timeliness - Recent events have a higher news value than less recent ones.

2. Proximity - Stories taking place in one’s hometown or community are more newsworthy than those taking place far away.

3. Prominence - Famous people and those in the public eye have a higher news value than ordinary citizens.

4. Uniqueness/oddity - A story with a bizarre twist or strange occurrences. “Man bites dog” instead of “dog bites man.”

5. Impact - Stories that impact a large number of people may be more newsworthy than those impacting a smaller number of people.

6. Conflict - “If it bleeds, it leads.” Stories with strife, whether it’s actual violence or not, are more interesting.


Attribution

Newswriting traditionally doesn’t express opinions unless they're attributed to a source. Make sure that you're staying unbiased and factual throughout your story. Anything that’s not a verifiable fact, like quotes or opinion statements, must be attributed to someone in the story.

Headlines

Headlines should be short and preferably snappy, as should paragraphs. Additionally, they should come out of information in the body of the text and not present new information. Headlines are usually not in the past tense; a headline about a past event is generally in the present tense; one about a future event generally includes to (to meet, to decide, etc.) Furthermore, articles (a, an, the) are usually not used in headlines.

Closing

Thank you for taking the time to read this workshop! I hope it helped you learn a little bit more about news writing, so you can be more successful when tackling your next news story!

Your workshop is great, CJ!

I'd prefer to do the workshop on interview conducting.