Design
My junior year as editor-in-chief marked my transition from a base-level section editor to one who oversees and creates the design for the whole newspaper. During my senior year, with the absence of print issues, I assumed the task of redesigning our website to make it look far more professional and easy to navigate for our readers.
Header Changes: Print
Old Print Header (2017/18)
Old Print Header (2019/20)
Old Print Header (2018/19)
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New Print Header (2020/21)
My old editor-and-chief and I worked to re-design the header of our print issue in honor of our issue's 50th year anniversary in 2019. After tinkering with the design, we settled on a visual that represents our anniversary as well as our social media and website in order to promote our online content. It was a bit cluttered, so for 2020, I reverted to a more simplified version with just the social media icons for the one print issue we were able to create in May.
Header Changes: Online
Old Online Header (2018/19)
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Old Online Header (2019/20)
New Online Header (2020/21)
In 2019, I made the switch to purple, as I felt that the black theme of the website did not match our trademark school colors. I also made significant changes to the menu portion of the header, adding many subsections beneath each of the six parent sections that normally appeared in our print issues, as well as adding several other parent sections for just the website. I also made many changes to the rest of the website's design, which is highlighted further in the "web content" section.
Page Design
During my junior year, I designed the front page of our monthly print issues. For the 2019/2020 November and December issue, my story ran on the front and back pages (our sports section), so I figured I'd design both pages as well. I quickly realized that there had to be sub-heads or the readers would quickly get lost. I also chose a few action shots that I thought represented the emotions of the student section well. For the back page, I also experimented with a self-made infographic and cut-out.
Font Change
Old font (Corbel)
New font (Century Gothic)
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Based on inspiration from JEA/NSPA DC convention in 2019, my old co-editor-in-chief and I felt it was time to make a change for fonts. Our previous font for everything except story body text was Corbel, but we swapped it for the more professional Century Gothic font in between our October and November/December issues. Journalism is about professionalism and concision, which is exactly what we were aiming for here by replacing the soft, flowing, curves of Corbel with the sharp, rigid and concise Century Gothic font.