Category Archives: Layout and Design

A look back at my favorite newspaper graphics, packages

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Referendum

‘Cedar Grove’s 14.8M referendum at a glance.’ We wanted to strip away all the talk and focus on the numbers. This graphic won a 2014 New Jersey Press Association award for “Fresh Approach to Routine Reporting.”

Njoku_jump

How high can Cedar Grove athlete David Njoku jump? Pretty high, it turns out. We thought this would be a fun way to illustrate the story. This graphic won a 2014 New Jersey Press Association award.

A Decade Later

The Times took a look back at a decade-old movement to secede from the county.

Hidden Gems

A two-page spread about the hidden gems found at the Verona and Cedar Grove public libraries. The Verona-Cedar Grove Times won a 2014 New Jersey Press Assocation award for this project.

 

A1: using graphics as dominant art

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Here’s my latest A1 design from the April 24th edition of the Verona-Cedar Grove Times.

Many designers worry that they don’t have a strong enough photograph to use as dominant art. That’s when a good graphic comes into play. In this centerpiece, I used a map of New Jersey as my main image and worked a timeline into the design. The timeline is simple: lines and circles.

VCGT_April2014