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Sometimes keeping it simple works best, as it does with today's front page of The Holland Sentinel.
This page is clean and symetrical with three stories anchored around an informative centerpiece item written by Lisa Ermak. Read her story here.
A faded image of a beach dune serves as the perfect backdrop for their package on Lyme disease. The checklist on ways to protect yourself against the disease flows effortlessly around the "where's Waldo-ish" graphic. The map clearly shows the areas in Michigan that pose the greatest risk while the image of a tick digging in for a warm meal is all you need to know, and don't want to experience, about the danger. A bulleted list on "what to do if" sits perfectly along this secondary image.
I would have liked to have seen a weightier headline for this piece. Moreover, none of the photos or illustrations are credited... which is a no-no.
Over all this is a strong, valuable and informative package. Good job, Holland.
Joe Greco is corporate design director for GateHouse Media.
Contact Joe at jgreco@gatehousemedia.com.
Scott Hardesty is special project manager for GateHouse Media and is filling in for Joe.
Contact Scott at shardesty@corp.gatehousemedia.com.
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When it comes to newspaper design, our Corporate Design Director Joe Greco knows the score. He brings his award-winning eye to pages produced by GateHouse newspapers both inside our Design Houses and out. Also contributing to this blog on regular basis are:
• Doug Gass — Content/delivery manager
• Bruce Heisel — Central desk dayside manager
• Adam McHugh — Metro Design House manager/common content editor
• Matt Torman — Central desk nightside manager
