1st Place, Mod or Sidebar Coverage
2024-25, Division 1, Yearbook Visual and Verbal
By Norah Lacher
The Charger
H. H. Dow HS
Y-24. Mod or Sidebar Coverage
A single coverage element that supplements or adds related content to another story on a page or spread, or to the topic of the page or spread, or, in a chronologically organized book, to the time period covered on the page or spread. Mod or sidebar may appear in a traditional, narrative copy block form or as an alternative format. Submit the entire spread and CLEARLY INDICATE WHICH ITEM YOU WISH JUDGED in the Additional Information field. Submit a PDF or image file of the page(s).
If any element of the entry was not produced by students (including images and/or page design templates) please indicate that clearly on the entry form in the “Non Student Work/Copyright” field. FOR SPREADS (a spread is two facing pages), if possible save your entry as a spread, creating a single horizontal page out of two vertical pages. Otherwise, the judges may not see both pages of your spread together and will not get the full impact of your design.
JUDGING CRITERIA
- The mod/sidebar should have its own mini-headline, which often verbally supports the theme statement and/or explains the content of the mod
- Type sizes for the mod’s primary/secondary headline combination is appropriate for the design and reflects knowledge of design hierarchy.
- Content is in a form that makes it appealing as well as easily accessible to the reader
- Evidence of adequate research
- Contents enhance spread coverage by adding meaningful information and/or insights either to the topic of the spread or additional chronological coverage.
- Adheres to rules of good journalism including: short paragraphs, effective transitions and use of active voice, freedom from editorial comment, careful editing and proofreading to eliminate mechanical errors, correct use of grammar