By Hope Thompson
The Occidentalist
Traverse City West Senior HS
1st Place Division 1, News Design
Front Page/Newspaper Style
JUDGING CRITERIA
- Attractive nameplate, harmonizes with design, includes date, issue, volume, school, city, and state
- Page generates reader interest; showcases important content
- Sound, journalistic style of writing
- Maintains visual interest in lower half of page
- Consistent use of headline styles/type faces
- Photos effectively cropped, of varied size, shape, emphasizing action
- Demonstrates effective graphic style, with graphic devices contributing to impact of page
- Clear relationships demonstrated between story and related pictures/art
- Cutlines stand out from body copy; effective lead-ins used for longer cutlines