No grades for a journalism club, so what can make the deadline for copy mean something? I thought it would be the layout day. That is, after the writers missed two deadlines designed to give the editors time to read the articles before layout. Not effective, when the writers just don't show up for layout and those who do show up have very little to work with.
My friend and InDesign coach Jay Gamel suggests that layout cannot be scheduled until articles are in hand. (Of course, they told me the articles WERE in hand.) Would that make the deadline count?
My Editor and Assistant Editor are both almost as frustrated as I am. We just can't seem to get the articles finished. One of the members of the journalism teachers' listserve mentioned contracts. I guess we can try this next year, to see if an individual commitment can make a difference.
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