yearbook or newspaper, which will help more?

diorable · 01-12-2006

hello!

i was wondering...is newspaper or yearbook better and beneficial for someone who would like to work in fashion editorial work later?

peacelover142002 · 01-12-2006

Depends on what you want to do exactly.

Diorling · 02-12-2006

Uhm...Both...

Just lie (thats what I did!)

Love your name too...

fourboltmain · 03-12-2006

I'd say newspaper. Tighter deadlines, and more room to grow creatively. A yearbook is once a year. Newspapers are far sooner than that.

mcflyandgemmafan · 03-12-2006

if you can do both that would seem to make the most sense.

fashionandstyle1 · 03-12-2006

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Originally Posted by Diorling

Uhm...Both...

Just lie (thats what I did!)

peacelover142002 · 03-12-2006

Yeah, I agree with fourboltmain. Newspaper. (I'm a little biased, as well. I was editor-in-chief of my high school newspaper, and I'm writing for my college newspaper.)

TheKiwi · 03-12-2006

I was a photographer for my high school's yearbook, and it was a great experience for me as a photographer because I had a lot of creative freedom (I basically just carried a camera with me at all times during school and snapped photos of anything exciting/interesting that was going on).

Yearbook seems more creative for photographers because it isn't all "Take photos of this teacher... Take photos of this sports team...", it's more about what you find interesting to capture. But, if writing is your thing, Newspaper is the way to go!

KhaoticKharma · 04-12-2006

At our school, they basically tell you that if you want to be a journalist, take newspaper/journalism, but if you want to be a photojournalist, take yearbook. Photography is best if you want to be a fashion photographer, obviously.

DernierCri · 06-12-2006

I've taken both courses in the past two years and found them to be thoroughly worthwhile. I took Journalism first, two years ago, and was the Graphics Editor. I wrote three articles per issue and was responsible for the front/back cover designs and layouts. I think that the course definitely encouraged me to pursue my interest in journalism/publishing.

Last year, I was the co-editor of the yearbook and we styled our book around Vogue/Teen Vogue, which definitely allowed me to apply my love for design, fashion, and journalism together. As an editor, I had the majority of creative control and was able to create pages that were my own take on my favourite fashion magazines. There were definitely a lot more deadlines with Yearbook than Journalism. We had photo/page proofs to sign off on and send back, but despite the stress, it was truly a labour of love.

If you can, definitely take both!

VainJane · 06-12-2006

IMO the newspaper would be more useful in the long run and would look better on your record.

I think it could also depend on how your school does yearbooks and newspapers. At my highschool, the yearbook/newspaper weren't a big deal. People at my highschool just used the yearbook/newspaper as a tool for 'popularity'. Especially the yearbook. If I remember correctly, it was run by all the freshman who were dying to be popular but weren't. So, in an effort to be popular they covered the yearbooks in pictures of the 'popular' kids, thus ruining the yearbooks for everyone else. Which is why I never bought any of the yearbooks. Or newspapers.

Hopefully your highschool is different

TheKiwi · 06-12-2006

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Originally Posted by DernierCri

Last year, I was the co-editor of the yearbook and we styled our book around Vogue/Teen Vogue, which definitely allowed me to apply my love for design, fashion, and journalism together.

I can't imagine that the boys at your school were too thrilled about that.

Or was it not so much inspired by fashion, but more inspired by the layout (type, columns, etc)?

DernierCri · 06-12-2006

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Originally Posted by TheKiwi

I can't imagine that the boys at your school were too thrilled about that.

Or was it not so much inspired by fashion, but more inspired by the layout (type, columns, etc)?

I go to an all-girls school so there wasn't any backlash when the books came out in the fall! It was definitely influenced by fashion as well as fashion magazine formatting, we did beauty and fashion features for all the pages we had left.

diorable · 06-12-2006

Thank you for the help, everyone!
I talked with the advisor, who is in charge of both yearbook and newspaper, and talked to some staff members of the papers, and I think I shall do yearbook. While both publications attend journalism camp in Columbia during the summer, the 400 page yearbook only has 30 people working on it, which means a lot of pages for each person. In contrast, I shall be regulated to a side column for my first few newspaper articles, and generally the yearbook is much better looking anyways. Also, the advisory is biased towards yearbook, and he guarantees that he will help us with attaining internships, but ONLY for yearbook and not for newspaper. I cannot do both, but I think yearbook will be very worthwhile :-). Thank you!!

DernierCri · 06-12-2006

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Originally Posted by diorable

Thank you for the help, everyone!
I talked with the advisor, who is in charge of both yearbook and newspaper, and talked to some staff members of the papers, and I think I shall do yearbook. While both publications attend journalism camp in Columbia during the summer, the 400 page yearbook only has 30 people working on it, which means a lot of pages for each person. In contrast, I shall be regulated to a side column for my first few newspaper articles, and generally the yearbook is much better looking anyways. Also, the advisory is biased towards yearbook, and he guarantees that he will help us with attaining internships, but ONLY for yearbook and not for newspaper. I cannot do both, but I think yearbook will be very worthwhile :-). Thank you!!

I'm sure yearbook will be a wonderful experience. It was honestly my favourite course last year. We had a class of 9 doing 400 pages, so we had plenty of space for creative freedom! It sounds like it will definitely be a major benefit as well with the workshop at Columbia and internship opportunities! Good luck!

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VainJane fashion insider Join Date: May 2004 Location: Virginia and Seattle Gender: femme Posts: 2,040	IMO the newspaper would be more useful in the long run and would look better on your record. I think it could also depend on how your school does yearbooks and newspapers. At my highschool, the yearbook/newspaper weren't a big deal. People at my highschool just used the yearbook/newspaper as a tool for 'popularity'. Especially the yearbook. If I remember correctly, it was run by all the freshman who were dying to be popular but weren't. So, in an effort to be popular they covered the yearbooks in pictures of the 'popular' kids, thus ruining the yearbooks for everyone else. Which is why I never bought any of the yearbooks. Or newspapers. Hopefully your highschool is different __________________ "But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."

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diorable rising star Join Date: May 2005 Location: Paris, France Gender: femme Posts: 101	yearbook or newspaper, which will help more? hello! i was wondering...is newspaper or yearbook better and beneficial for someone who would like to work in fashion editorial work later?

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Diorling V.I.P. Join Date: Feb 2005 Gender: homme Posts: 6,726	Uhm...Both... Just lie (thats what I did!) Love your name too...

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fourboltmain More Old Skool Than You Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Under an old Ford Gender: homme Posts: 4,181	I'd say newspaper. Tighter deadlines, and more room to grow creatively. A yearbook is once a year. Newspapers are far sooner than that. __________________ www.lynch455.com

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mcflyandgemmafan trendsetter Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Northeastern U.S. Gender: femme Posts: 1,427	if you can do both that would seem to make the most sense.

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TheKiwi Brooklyn, baby! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Williamsburg Brooklyn Gender: femme Posts: 6,058	I was a photographer for my high school's yearbook, and it was a great experience for me as a photographer because I had a lot of creative freedom (I basically just carried a camera with me at all times during school and snapped photos of anything exciting/interesting that was going on). Yearbook seems more creative for photographers because it isn't all "Take photos of this teacher... Take photos of this sports team...", it's more about what you find interesting to capture. But, if writing is your thing, Newspaper is the way to go! __________________ freja & siri. - aimee

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KhaoticKharma Amour Comme Hiver Join Date: Jul 2005 Gender: femme Posts: 5,378	At our school, they basically tell you that if you want to be a journalist, take newspaper/journalism, but if you want to be a photojournalist, take yearbook. Photography is best if you want to be a fashion photographer, obviously. __________________ "I say, let's have happy clothes. You could reply that's frivolous in this troubled world, but do you really think dressing like an existential nun with suicidal thoughts is going to solve Bosnia?"

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DernierCri rising star Join Date: Jul 2005 Gender: femme Posts: 116	I've taken both courses in the past two years and found them to be thoroughly worthwhile. I took Journalism first, two years ago, and was the Graphics Editor. I wrote three articles per issue and was responsible for the front/back cover designs and layouts. I think that the course definitely encouraged me to pursue my interest in journalism/publishing. Last year, I was the co-editor of the yearbook and we styled our book around Vogue/Teen Vogue, which definitely allowed me to apply my love for design, fashion, and journalism together. As an editor, I had the majority of creative control and was able to create pages that were my own take on my favourite fashion magazines. There were definitely a lot more deadlines with Yearbook than Journalism. We had photo/page proofs to sign off on and send back, but despite the stress, it was truly a labour of love. If you can, definitely take both!