Page design
​Being a newspaper editor, I had to be quick on my feet — both for me and my publication — as I learned to design. The more I wrestled with InDesign, the more akin I felt to the staffers who reach for the pen tool not the pen.
Spread by Zana Kennedy
Briefs pages
Each issue of the newspaper, we have a spread that serves as a table of contents for our publication called "Briefs." The name comes from the “brief” glace readers get of the newspaper before reading and the short stories featured​ at the bottom.
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This page design includes generating QR codes, organizing multiple stories and advertising other publications.
Standard pages
Even the most basic newspaper pages have to meet a certain criteria.
They must include compelling visuals, interesting sidebars and use white space effectively.
Here are a few of my own.
Spreads by Zana Kennedy
Photo spreads
These spreads can be difficult to execute because of spacing. For this page, I had to fit several photos and captions in a way that would match the grid and feature all images equally. I also went the extra mile of cutting out the background of the golf picture to make the image pop. This process really felt like putting together a jigsaw puzzle.
Spread by Zana Kennedy