Carol T. Fletcher@hofstra.edu Communications Department Hofstra University 313 Dempster Hall (516) 463 - 6464

PLEASE PRINT OUT THIS FORM!

Interests and Strengths

Name:

Please note: You are not required to answer any question. However, the more I know about you, the more likely I am to be able to place you in a position in which you will thrive and be happy. Thanks!

Year:

Why you are taking this course:

Areas you love to write about:

Areas in which you have special expertise or access to resources:

Journalism courses you have taken, and grades received in each:

Desktop publishing and/or computer graphics courses you have taken, and grades received:

Art and/or photography courses you have taken, and grades received:

Did you take copyediting? If so, grade?

Other journalistic experience (e.g. The Chronicle, internships, etc.):

Do you own a camera? What type?

Do you know how to focus a camera?

Do you know what speed film to use in a dimly lit room?

How well do you know Quark? (Please answer: not at all, a little, pretty well, very well.)

Do you know how to make a multipage document on Quark and link pages of text so that the text jumps from one page to the next automatically?

How well do you know Photoshop?

Do you know how to silhouette a photo on Photoshop, create a clipping path, and import the clipping path on Quark?

Do you know how to lighten and sharpen images on Photoshop?

How well do you know Pagemaker?

How well do you know how to use the scanner in Dempster?

Do you know what DPI means?

Are you the sort of person people turn to when they can't get the computer to work?

How much do you like computers?

Do you know how to use the program, Suitcase?

Would you know how to send a font by email?

Do you own a car?

Do you live on campus? If not, what county do you live in?

What is your e-mail address? Do you check it daily?

Do you like calling strangers on the phone when reporting articles?

Do you like editing?

Please be honest: How many newspapers do you read a day?

Please be honest: How many magazines do you read a week?

Please be honest: Do you use a thesaurus and AP Style Guide when you write?

What is the best phone number to reach you at, and at what hours?

Do you know how to use Nexus? (Please answer: No, a little, or very well.)

Do you know how to use Dow Jones?

What would be your ideal job when you graduate?

How often do you do research on the Internet?

See Addendum: Which staff positions would you most like to hold?

Which staff positions would you do best?

Which staff positions would you like least?

Is there anything else I should know about your experience or interests?

Magazine Terminology

Head, hed

Deck, dek

By-line

Pull-out quote

Folio

Dept head

Masthead

Masterhead

Air

Editor's letter

Contents

Font (ours is rotis serif for "body type")

Pica (6 to an inch)

Points (12 to a pica; our body type is 10 points)

Leading (ours is 13)

Drop cap

First line indent (we use 1 pica)

Runaround (try 2 picas - more than desktop publishing!)