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Designers do more than just Make it look pretty. HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM INSTITUTE JULY 2012 CONDENSED VERSION

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Condensed slideshow, High School Journalism Institute, Indiana University, July 2012.

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Designers do more than just

Make it look pretty.

HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM INSTITUTE • JULY 2012

CONDENSED VERSION

HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM INSTITUTE • JULY 2012

What good designers do1. Advocate for readers.

2. Understand how visuals introduce stories.

3. Appreciate brevity, depth and storytelling in all forms.

4. Tap the elegance of simplicity, in both form and function.

5. Value packaging, white space, alignment and grids.

6. Know news judgment — and when to break the mold.

7. Show off the good stuff.

Paolite, Paoli HS (Ind.)

National Post, Toronto

Designers do more than just

Make it look pretty.

HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM INSTITUTE • JULY 2012