The present invention enables persons with little or no previous knowledge inthecorresponding field to produce professional looking newspapers and newsletterson afrequent basis. The present invention comprises a kit used in creating thepage layoutsfor the pages of a newspaper edition. The page layouts according to thepresent inventionemploy a simple format based on two columns and standard sizes forphotographs, flagsand copy. The page layouts may be produced with a variety of technologies,includingcomputer programs, typewriters, stencil duplicators (e.g. Gestetner.TM.) andtransferlettering (e.g. Letraset.TM.). The associated production technique, based onsimplifiedtraditional newspaper paste-up, permits use by people without any formaltraining. Thecompartmentalized, over-all design facilitates the group's conceptualizationof the basicreporting skills which bring in raw material for the newspaper. The simple,repetitiveformat and the production techniques require no training so volunteersthemselves maydo the work.
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