It's better to have too many stories than too few. Also try to assign at least 7 to ten feature photos for the smaller tabs. Story and photo assignments should be made at least one month before production deadline. Begin gathering art. While waiting for stories to come back, the group should work on gathering any art it would like to use in the tab.
Art includes clip art, line drawings, cartoons and graphic presentations.
Students can copy clip art and some line drawings from the Mac Lab, GAB 305. The group needs to work with the Daily's editor and graphic artist to develop theme-specific art for the tab. Make sure stories are coming in. The tab group needs to work closely with the feature writing and reporting lab students to assure that the reporters meet deadline. An appropriate deadline should be no less than one week before tab production deadline.