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#nutip Learn from each story form you publish. What worked? What didn't? What can you do better next time?

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Learn from each alternative story form you publish. What worked? What didn't? How can you do it better next time?

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192

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Beyond the Inverted Pyramid: Creating Alternative Story Forms

#nutip A brainstorming meeting is best done face-to-face. Use e-mail to outline the idea in advance.

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A brainstorming meeting is best done face-to-face. An e-mail ahead of time--about the idea and purpose of the meeting and how long the meeting may take--can be useful.

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175

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Beyond the Inverted Pyramid: Creating Alternative Story Forms

#nutip Be sure your story form has a clear focus by the time you have finished planning.

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Be sure your story form has a clear focus by the time you have finished planning. There's still room for revising and polishing, of course.

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171

Course:

Beyond the Inverted Pyramid: Creating Alternative Story Forms

#nutip Use different percentages of one color to create a sophisticated, modern feel.

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Create a feeling of depth and dimension by using different percentages of one color. This creates a sophisticated, modern feel.

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Color in News Design

NewsU Next

One Step Closer to Our New Site

11:10 AM Jan. 22, 2010 — by Howard Finberg

We made a big step yesterday. At 5:30 p.m., Eastern Time, we made the first of two technology changes to the new site and technology platform for Poynter's News University project: We turned off the registration system on the old site and are now signing up folks only on the new platform.

After 133,804 users, our final sign-up on the platform was a student from the journalism school at the University of Minnesota. Go Gophers.

We think our new registration is easier. There is one big change, however.

Tags: Aten Design Group, design, E-Learning, Knight Foundation, NewsU, Poynter