Sunday, April 15, 2012

Making the newspaper easier to navigate through visual literacy

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010094593_apuswashingtonpostredesign.html

This article talks about how the Washington Post was redesigning their paper for easier navigation, because they know that  "their readers are busy." They mention making the typeface bigger, adding more graphics, labeling sections, and making headlines more informative. The article is a few years old, so at this point these changes have probably been made, but I thought that it was interesting because so many people read the Washington Post and it makes sense to make it as easy to navigate as possible.

1. Do you think these changes were necessary?


2. What other ideas can you come up with to make a newspaper more accessible for readers?

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