Young Journalists- Spreading the Word about

`Good Practices

The students from the Journalistic and Photography Club at the National College of

Computer Science were given the task of making a magazine capturing the activities performed in the college during the 2011 National Computer

Science Olympiad.

Andra Lerghievici Diana Turnea Marina Terente

Cristina Ioan Raluca Caia

Lorena Caia Adrian Apostu

Sergiu Leustean Stefan Pletosu

Stefan Aradavoiaicei

Team:

CriteriaCriteria

*Photos must be clear and render a wholly perspective an the event;

*Photos must clearly state the idea expressed in the article;

*The interviewers must address questions in such a manner that the answer is simple but bring new information at the same time;

Stages performed in order to obtain the final product (the magazine)

1. Selecting the team members according to hobbies and skills;

2.We have learned to work together and in this way we formed teams made of one photo-reporter, one reporter and a video-reporter, each of them performing a clearly-settled task.

From reporters we have turned into editorsFrom reporters we have turned into editors

Each interview had to be listened on the recorder and typed in a Word Each interview had to be listened on the recorder and typed in a Word Document in order to write articles based on gathered dataDocument in order to write articles based on gathered data

After gathering all the necessary data we had to edit it and in this way…After gathering all the necessary data we had to edit it and in this way…

From photo-reporters we have turned into graphic editorsFrom photo-reporters we have turned into graphic editors

Each of the photos had to be re-evaluated according to the given criteria and Each of the photos had to be re-evaluated according to the given criteria and selected in order to be attached to the interviewselected in order to be attached to the interview

From video-reporters we have turned into video-editorsFrom video-reporters we have turned into video-editors

Each of the HD format interviews had to be converted into mp4 Each of the HD format interviews had to be converted into mp4 format in order to be edited and used as material for the format in order to be edited and used as material for the

website website

““For us, the chance to experiment the job of a video-For us, the chance to experiment the job of a video-reporter offered the opportunity to understand and reporter offered the opportunity to understand and appreciate the work done both in front and behind appreciate the work done both in front and behind

cameras. This experience proved that working in the cameras. This experience proved that working in the media is not as easy as it might seem at a first glance. media is not as easy as it might seem at a first glance.

However, we can state that “playing the video-However, we can state that “playing the video-reporters” was entertaining as well as constructive reporters” was entertaining as well as constructive

and every time this kind of opportunities appear we and every time this kind of opportunities appear we will enthusiastically accept them”.will enthusiastically accept them”.

The final product of this project was the Olympiad magazine