The Dispatch Issue #5

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This story was about the recent premier of the movie "Love Simon".

And you must read the of the In-Depth page stories (page 8-9).

As you read the stories I want you to answer the following questions for EACH story:

First: write a two sentence summary of the story.

Second: answer the following questions:

1. Who was quoted in the story?
2. What quote was the strongest in your opinion?
3. Did the lead sentence make you want to keep reading?
4. Was the conclusion a quote or a statement?

Third:

1. What is your favorite photo in the entire paper?
1A. Why is this your favorite?

2. What is your least favorite photo in the entire paper?
2A. Why is this your least favorite?

3. If you were a photographer on staff, which event/photo assignment would you have liked to do for this issue? You will need to look through the entire paper and see the topics covered and decide which one you think would have been fun.

4. Overall, how would you rate the photography in this issue? What were the strong points and weak points.
Overall, I would rate the photography in the paper an 8/10. The pictures were all well-exposed and seemed to capture what the article was talking about pretty well, but there were a couple of pictures that didn't have a clear subject or could have used better cropping.

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