News Editing and Design
Since I teach News Editing and Design, I thought I would share Ron Reason’s Web site with everyone.
I really like Ron’s first point, “Put yourself in the place of the reader.” I used to be a TV news producer and although I teach Newspaper design, I think it really helps me teach students to think visually. No matter what you are doing, print, TV, film, etc, you must look at the whole picture and ask yourself, what can I use to make this story pop out to readers? An eye pleasing story, TV or print will reel readers into a story that words alone might not.
Take a look at Ron Reason’s Top Ten Tips:
Design With Reason: “Visual Thinking for Writers and Editors”
