Whew – that sure was a boot camp with a lot of information! In this assignment, I was asked to review the basics in both Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign. I was then asked to complete a typesetting assignment in Adobe InDesign. We used Lynda.com to view this material. Lynda.com is such a great tool … Continue reading “Boot Camp”
This markup was fairly simple, yet incredibly informative! We were asked to find and identify certain things on a newspaper.
The only downside was that there were no subheads or jumplines included on this front page.
For this assignment, we were asked to duplicate an Adobe InDesign document to the best of our ability. It was great practice and insight into the tools we’ll be using over the semester. Here’s the original. And this one is mine!
Three ideas I took away from chapter two of the textbook are as follows: “Illiteracy does not breed respect.” I absolutely love this quote. I believe that it, and the section it was written in, perfectly explain why there should be more emphasis on learning to speak and write properly. I have always been “turned-off” … Continue reading PR Writing: Chapter 2 →
This week we were asked to watch a series of videos about Photoshop and InDesign and the then create a template newsletter. We also looked at typesetting and marked up a newspaper outlining different terms. At first I was intimated by this lesson and I was afraid I would be awful at it. I was […]
This week we were asked to complete more client research. We did the google trends analysis and the client competitor analysis. These were used to represent how our client is portrayed in society and the competitors it deals with. I found google trends helpful because it showed the trends that were present according to … Continue reading “Lesson 3- PR Writing”
Type Setting
This is my typesetting assignment. At first it took me a while to figure it out but the video provided helpful insight for completing this assignment.
Blog Post #2: Get to Know Your Industry. I have chose Non profit for my industry. What are your industry’s key publics and stakeholders? Who are companies trying to reach with their communication efforts? My industry’s key publics and stakeholders include company owners, board members, donors, staff members, and volunteers. Non-profit organizations are trying to … Continue reading Blog #2 Nonprofit Industry
TypesettingAssignment This assignment was very daunting at first glance. I wasn’t really sure how to go about it, or even start it. It turns out that beginning is the hard part. Once I started entering text boxes and arranging the font correctly it became a lot easier than I would have expected.
