Textbook - Preface

Question 1

List the current trends in newspaper design.

Answer 1

1) The use of color. (Color photographs, diagrams, illustrations, etc.)
2) Packaging - Designing briefs, round-ups, promos, themed pages. Keeping like content with like and simplifying the page.
3) Modular layout - Keeping things in boxes.

Question 2

What are the three main page one design philosophies?

Answer 2

1) Traditional - Four to six stories on a page. Takes photos and stories and puts them in a straightforward style. There’s usually a lot of text.
2) Magazine Cover - Big art and dynamic headlines to highlight a special centerpiece. Usually only one big story.
3) The Information Center - Volume and variety of graphics, photos, promos, and briefs. A window into all the rest of the paper.

Question 3

What are the different feature sections and pages in most newspapers?

Answer 3

1) Lifestyle coverage
2) Entertainment News
3) Food
4) Comics
5) Columnists
6) Crossword

Question 4

What are the different sections in a Sports Page?

Answer 4

1) Statistics - Score, standings, records, etc.
2) Calendars and Listings - Future games.
3) Columnists - Opinion pieces about sports
4) Inside gossip - Things not easily available anywhere else.

Question 5

Define an editorial.

Answer 5

Unsigned opinion pieces representing the paper’s stance on topical issues.

Question 6

Define an opinion column.

Answer 6

Written by the paper’s editors, local writers, or national columnists.

Question 7

Define masthead.

Answer 7

List of the paper’s top brass along with the dress and phone number.

Question 8

What are three types of special topics and sections?

Answer 8

1) Previews - Coverage of Big Events Published in Advance.
2) Special Reports - Wrap up news event that just occurred.
3) Special Enterprise Packages - Investigative stories that take a team of reporters and designers months to assemble.

Question 9

What are the four sizes of printed newspaper pages?

Answer 9

1) Broadsheet - Conventional Newspaper Size
2) Berliner - Slightly smaller than the broadsheet.
3) Tabloid - Think close to a magazine size.
4) The 3V - Smallest Size of All.

Question 10

What are the five things online news sites need to be?

Answer 10

1) Informative - Accurate and useful information needs to be present.
2) Aesthetically appropriate/pleasing - This means understanding that every design choice has an impact on the reader.
3) Usable - Readers need to know how to navigate the platform to find what they are looking for.
4) Quick - The site needs to be speedy or else readers will leave.
5) Credible - Has to be “clean” and well-organized. There also has to be a visible way for the readers to get in contact with those who organize the site and its content.