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Verona-Cedar Grove Times named best weekly in NJ again

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From left, editorial assistant Joseph Klieber, editor Joshua Jongsma, sports editor Zach Gewelb, and former editor Lillian Ortiz.

For the fourth consecutive year, the Verona-Cedar Grove Times was named best small weekly in New Jersey during the annual New Jersey Press Association Better Newspaper Contest for 2015.

Since Lillian Ortiz became the newspaper’s editor in 2011, the Times has secured more than 100 editorial awards, including the top honor each year.

During this round, Ortiz earned a first-place award for “Editorial Section Layout and Content,” and third place for “Graphics and Illustrations” and “Front Page Layout.”

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.

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