  22 Things Never to Say to a Newspaper Designer BANISH THESE PHRASES FOR A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER NEWSROOM! | |||
 It's not all about design. Link here to a list of things never to say to a newspaper photojournalist. Home page: www.ronreason.com (more tips on newspaper design, graphics and editing). |
The following is reprinted from "The
American Editor," the journal of the
American Society of Newspaper Editors. By Brenda Shoun Orange County Register 1. Can you take this and make it look good? 2. The story is 74 inches but there is a mug shot. 3. We're planning the package now and will involve you when we're
ready
to put it all together. 4. Maybe you can take this list and dress it up with some icons or
something. 5. I'll get you a headline later. 6. The story and pictures will be in tomorrow. Can't you start now? 7. Did you talk to the photo editor before you talked to the
photographer? 8. We have to make a last-minute switch and there's no art with the
cover story. Can you pull something together real quick? 9. We've worked on this story for a year. You have three
hours. 10. What's with the black clothes all the time? 11. Just leave that part of it to the content people. 12. Can't you run that picture any bigger? Just trim the story. 13. Can't you give mne more room for the story? Just make that
picture
smaller. 14. There's nothing to designing a news page. 15. After the work is done: "Oh, we forgot to tell you there's a
sidebar
and solicit to go with that." 16. I had this idea and this is what I want you to do. 17. We have to have SIX stories on the cover or we don't have enough
REAL content. 18. Can you fit in this half-page ad on that open page you're
designing? 19. Can't you make this news page more featurey? 20. Can't we just Photoshop their heads onto the other bodies? That'd be
cool. 21. That's a little too fun for us. 22. It's a hard story to visualize. How about an illo? Back to top of page |
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Updated: January 2006. | |||