Collaborative Desktop Publishing

(Elementary & Secondary, English & Filipino)

Contest Direction: Create a four-page publication using Publisher (Elem.), Pagemaker or
InDesign (Sec.). Using other graphics applications like Photoshop, CorelDraw, Powerpoint, etc.
is allowed in enhancing photos and artworks.
Time Allotment:
Four (4) hours
Number of Team Members: Seven (7) Campus Journalists who are not participants in
any of the Individual Writing Categories

News/Sports Writer

Editorial Writer
Feature Writer
Columnist
Copyreader/Headline Writer
* Photojournalist/Layout Artist
* Cartoonist/Layout Artist
Maximum of four (4) laptop or desktop computers
News Page (front page)
Editorial Page (page 2)
Features/Literary/Science & Technology Page (page 3)
Sports Page (back page)
4-5 News Stories
* 1 Provincial News
* 1 DSPC News
* 1-2 School News
* 1 Community News
1 Main Editorial
2 Columns/Opinions
1 Editorial Cartoon

Number of Units:
Required Sections:

Contents: News Page:

Contents: Editorial Page:

Contents: Features Page:

Contents: Sports Page:

Page Dimension:
Font Size:
Font Type:
Margins & Column Rules:

Local Festivity in the Province, Anything about

Environment, The Path of a Campus Journalist, 1 article
(writers choice)
3-5 Sports Stories
* Sports Editorial
* Meet/Events/Hosting
* Native/Traditional Sports
* Sports Icon in the Province, Division or School
9 x 12 inches for Elementary
12 x 18 inches for secondary
10 - 11 points for Elementary
11-12
Any Serif font for body text, heads or titles maybe Serif or
Sans Serif
For features section, stylish fonts are allowed.
Left, Right, Top, Bottom = 0.4 inch for Elementary
Left, Right, Top, Bottom = 0.5 inch for Secondary
Column Rule or Gutter = 0.167 inch or default for both
levels