News design is the process of arranging material on
a newspaper page, according to editorial and graphical guidelines and
goals. Main editorial goals include the ordering of news stories by
order of importance, while graphical considerations include readability and
balanced, unobtrusive incorporation of advertising.
News design incorporates principles of graphic design and
is taught as part of journalism training in schools and colleges.
Overlapping and related terms include layout, make-up (formerly paste
up) and pagination.
The era of modern newspapers begins in the mid-nineteenth
century, with the Industrial Revolution, and increased capacities
for printing and distribution. Over time, improvements in
printing technology, graphical design, and editorial standards have led to
changes and improvements in the look and readability of newspapers.
Nineteenth-century newspapers were often densely packed with type, often
arranged vertically, with multiple headlines for each article. A number of the
same technological limitations persisted until the advent of digital
typesetting and pagination in late 20th century
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I always feel that newspaper design has interested me from such a young age, reading the newspapers my dad would buy while often (and admittingly) read in the bathroom. The composition and layout often makes Newspaper Design an art from in itself. Seeing the columns and gridding system play-off the small pointed text that was often under the shadow of big bold headlines.
It had often been the design of newspapers that made me attracted to reading them, rather than such the content. I found myself growing up analysing newspaper designs as a Graphic Design student, what I felt about it and what I feel I could improve within the visual communication.
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