Presents five basic newspaper design rules and illustrative diagrams. (GT)

This is an introduction to American newspapers. It starts with a history of newspapers and the tradition of American journalism that challenges authority. The article offers a description and discussion of major American newspapers and the different sections of a typical newspaper. There is also a section introducing some famous American…

Explains how a photo wheel can speed newspaper layout. (FL)

Examines the front pages of a national sample of dailies in the United States, describing their use of news attributes and determining if any news-use patterns are evident. Finds three news-use patterns: hard news, interpreter news, and prominence news. Identifies timeliness as the most important attribute for front-page news. (RS)

Asserts that editorial pages need a distinctive look so that the reader knows the difference between the editorial page and any other page in the paper. Offers ideas for creating the design, the masthead, the editorial itself, editorial artwork, personal columns, letters to the editor, and photo polls. Discusses eight types of editorial styles.…

A study examined the graphic devices used on the front pages of 78 American newspapers with a circulation of 25,000 or more and explored editors' attitudes toward the importance of front page appearance and graphics to newspaper readers. Questionnaires were sent to the newspapers' staff members primarily responsible for front page layout and…

A how-to manual for people interested in the mechanics of newspaper production, this book was produced by the editors of a small town newspaper. Chapters about content, printing, typography, pasteup, design and layout, advertising, circulation and distribution, financial matters, and deadlines contain practical discussions of details such as what…

Discusses the merits of publishing the school newspaper in the local newspaper. (RB)

Suggests that headline writers explore graphic possibilities of feature stories. (AEA)

Reports the results of an analysis of appearance characteristics of a sample of joint ownership newspapers, which yielded information about factors related to the adoption of modern newspaper design. (GT)

Analyzes the visual form of three newspapers' front pages from 1885 to 1985. Finds that front pages became a more uniform, more efficient map of the news. Concludes that ideas behind this "design revolution" (with their sources in design theory and news ideology rather than in economics or technology) have been influencing front pages…

Presents the acceptance speech for the 1974 Citation of Merit awarded to the Knight Newspapers by the American Society of Journalism School Administrators. (RB)

In a study of jointly-owned morning/evening newspapers in 96 United States cities, it was found that those morning/evening newspapers that were similar in content and appearance reached higher proportions of dual subscribers than those that were dissimilar. (GW)

Discusses the use of quantitative graphs in newspapers and identifies 10 common problems to avoid in the use of informational graphics, including (1) the tilted graph; (2) the stacked graph; (3) the convention-violating graph; (4) the unnecessarily three-dimensional graph; and (5) the overly complex graph. (MM)

Finds that overall, American newspaper front pages are more graphically pleasing today than ever before and that the revolution in design that began 20 years ago is continuing. (FL)