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04/20/2012
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OHIO UNIVERSITY, THE POST

Front Page: The Post 4/20/12

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Last night was rushed and frantic and, well, crazy. I didn’t get home until around three this morning and that wasn’t the worst part.

There is always something to tweak but in the case of last night, things had to down right change. I allowed my designers to leave earlier (I believe the last designer left at midnight) and told them I would fix any problems that the editors saw. Well, it turned out there were photos that needed to be replaced and stories that needed to move pages. So, after switching photos out and changing stories, it was about two or so.

I noticed my editor didn’t want to stay there all night (which is understandable) so I thought quick to end up with what you see above. I think it could have been done differently, however, I don’t mind how it turned out. It may not be my best piece of work but it will defiantly be remembered to me as the quickest turn around.

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04/13/2012
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Front Page: The Post 4/13/12

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This one was a doozie.

This weekend is the Post Reunion, meaning every Post alum returning to Ohio U for the weekend will be looking at this issue. Talk about pressure.

My goal for this front was to fit as much as possible while giving CP a large amount of space to shine. Let’s not even talk about how our jump page turned out (I made a joke to my editor about it looking like the NYTimes).

I went with the blue after my editor thought the bars had a money value when in fact the bars deal with student applications and attendance. The color blue was chosen because it simply looked the best.

We will see how the alums take it, but I think it turned out well. There is a large amount of content but the graphic components of the center piece balance it out well.

Stay posted! Get it…

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04/06/2012
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OHIO UNIVERSITY, THE POST

Front Page: The Post 4/6/12

So last night was sort of difficult, sort of not. The length of the stories were so short that it was hard to not run every single story on front (leaving the “jump” page empty). After awhile of playing around with it I got all the stories to fit on both pages.

My next concern was the lack of art on the page. In my opinion it still looks incredibly text heavy, however, the way it turned out was one of the best possible ways to do it (in my opinion).

My editor and I were trying to decide whether the white space bellow the headline of the center piece story (Herman Cain). I wanted to keep it, she wanted to get rid of it. What we decided in the end was that because it was such a text heavy page, the little bit of white space give CP a little bit of breathing room.

On a side note, I am working on getting through the first couple weeks of the quarter, so you may have to wait a couple more weeks for Jake Newton originals (wink!).

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03/30/2012
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OHIO UNIVERSITY, THE POST

Front Page: the post 3/30/12

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This page has to be one of my favorites. This topic is an extremely sensitive one for the bobcats, which made it really hard to design it in a way that showed we weren’t exactly happy to let him go. The black is obviously a symbol of OU “mourning” and the graphic at the bottom goes from green to orange (a nod to his recent hire at Illinois).

I think this page turned out really well, however I have yet to see it in print. Finger crossed though, I hope the black doesn’t bleed to bad.

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02/28/2012
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OHIO UNIVERSITY, THE POST

FRONT PAGE: THE POST 2/28/12

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So, last night was my first front page as a designer for the OU newspaper (The Post). After about 6 or 7 hours I worked to create this. The stories included are about the Chardon killings, a deer taxidermist (classic south-eastern Ohio topic), a feature on Men’s Basketball, and five (or so) buildings OU is planning on improving.

We used the deer taxidermist as the centerpiece (they had to have their reasons for that [what they were, I do not know]). I gave the headline a pair of antlers, just to dress it up a little. I then gave it some white space around it to stand out a bit.

The graphic on the bottom I plan on posting separate just so you guys can see it up close. The illustrations took a surprisingly long time to do and the amount of detail probably wasn’t necessary for the amount of space I had to work with.

Overall, I think it went really well for my first front. Definitely portfolio worthy.

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