Things have been going fairly well for my project, and so far I’m in the planning stages. I’ve picked a cover and a theme: “But who’s counting?” The theme throughout the book will have references to numbers. Inspiration can be fleeting, but I found it when I met with a representative from SDSU. I was handed a brochure for the college, and on the back it featured a table entitled ‘SDSU by the numbers.’ It had several facts about the school, like student to faculty ratio and the like. I’m hoping to make a general table of facts in the introduction of the yearbook, and I can add other relevant numerical statistics throughout. One thing I’ve counted and intend to include is the number of steps to the Rambler Stop. The other day the journalism staff walked there and averaged our numbers. I think, if memory serves, the average number of steps was 327. I did write it out in a word document and put it in the journalism file server for future reference.
I also had the idea of having the same font on featured on the cover of the book be repeated on division pages. (Division pages throughout the book summarize a section. Examples are Academics, Student Life, Fine Arts, etc.) Unfortunately, I couldn’t figure out exactly what the font on the cover was. Luckily, Josten’s included a list of fonts to peruse, and I found a match! The font’s called Jasper.
Next, my job will be to pick the main colors for the book. Usually the editor picks around 7, depending on the number of Division Pages that are in the book. I have several color options bookmarked, and I hope to narrow down the choices in the next journalism class.
The book assignments are also complete. Hallelujah! Josten’s sends out a yearbook setup box at the beginning of the school year, and included was a paper Page Ladder chart. I spoke to each of the staff members and they all picked out which articles they wanted to write and pages they wanted to create. (The staff helping with the project consists of Ashley Krogstad, Sierra Trower, Jaynie Spier, Shelby Weston, Dacey Black, Christina Maher, and myself.) Once the written copy of the ladder was finished, I went online to Yearbook Avenue and entered in all the staff as members and helped them to create their accounts. One feature I love about Yearbook Avenue is that you can filter the view of the pages so only the ones assigned to you are visible. I think that will definitely help me and the staff stay organized.
I also gathered some information about the faculty changesProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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I have also been busy finishing my research paper. I feel like it really helped me to understand the Josten’s website a lot better. I received a 94% on the paper.
I met with an obstacle for my project: Jordan Hall (my mentor) was promoted. This was great news for Jordan, not so much for me. His promotion meant that he moved to Kansas. As far as I know, my mentor selection won’t be altered, and hopefully I can still keep in touch with him via email. That’s about all I have for now!
