Newspaper reflection

First of all I want to say that my groups newspaper came out looking really professional looking. I was incredibly proud of the final product, and even prouder of the effort it took to get there. I personally contributed a very fair amount to our group. The biggest chunk of my contribution was my article analyzing the debate tactics uses by both Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. This took up the majority of my time as i also formatted it on the page of our newspaper, added a headline, and made it as aesthetically pleasing as i could. After finishing my article I helped Jacob our group computer wizz come up with other headlines and captions for various articles and pictures on the page. I also had a say in choosing which picture of Abraham Lincoln we used.

I am most proud of the whole layout of the newspaper, including the name of it, the headlines, and the photos we used. The final product looked very professional, almost as if it were a legitimate newspaper. I give Jacob a lot of credit for our newspaper looking so good. I am proud that i had helped make a newspaper of that caliber.

If I had done this project over I would have spent more time on my article adding more evidence to support my claims and analysis. Though it looks very good I do not think it is my best quality work as i did write it in a rush. To help make my work better i would take advantage of the time given to us in class to review and revise our work with our peers. I think it would also help to have a better understanding of the Lincoln/ Douglas debates as i was struggling to understand much of the stuff that they were saying.

I think that this project was a great way to collaborate and understand the debates as well as news style writing techniques and layouts. I really enjoyed this project as a whole.