In the realm of the ideal

The first issue of the semester, from what I can tell is going well. I'm excited.

Here's the ideal schedule for the production week. We all know that situations come up, so communicate with each other, Sarah, Jana and Chris, and me if anything you are working on is going to not hit these goals:

Goals

Monday

• Writing - Get rough drafts of all written pieces (including editorial) into InCopy. These don't have to be 100% copy edited and perfect, but they should be pretty close to the final size.

• Photos - Everything is shot, selected, and being edited. Photographers have been contacted and are working on cutlines.

• Graphics - Artists have been contacted about illustration / cartoon assignments.

• Layout - White board has been copied into InDesign. All InCopy assignments are made. Layout is being adjusted for size as assignments are checked in. There is a box for all photos and photo editor is in agreement that there will be appropriate content. PRINT a small B&W version of the layout as it stands at the end of the day.

Tuesday

• Writing - Final edits of all stories are being made in InCopy. Start working on headlines.

• Photos - Cutlines due from photographers. Photos continue to be edited.

• Graphics - Artists working on graphics.

• Layout - Continue adjusting layout and placing edited photos. PRINT a small B&W version of the layout as it stands at the end of the day.

Wednesday

• Writing - All writing copy edited. Final edits done in InCopy. Headlines being worked on.

• Photos - All photos edited and placed. All cutlines placed.

• Graphics - All graphics placed.

• Layout - Everything placed and adjusted with only minor adjustments and improvements needed.
  
  
• Print - Two Large format color version of layout for markup.

Thursday

All marks / corrections fixed - Final to printer by 4:00 pm.


-- Again, this is an ideal timeline. If you aren't going to hit this, communicate. I really think we can come very close. --


Keep up the great work!