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Print Re-Design of The Phoenix

In the spring and summer of 2012, I was a member of the re-design team that spent the spring semester and the summer transforming the visual layout of the print newspaper of The Phoenix. 

February 3, 2012 Issue

September 6, 2012 Issue

The Phoenix is Swarthmore College’s print and online newspaper since 1881. I was Editor-in-Chief in 2011 and served as Managing Editor in 2012.

After multiple interviews with editors and advisers, editorial and design meetings, and design sketches and template iterations, we completely revamped the look and function of our print newspaper to reflect a clean and modern design that evoked a traditional newspaper and moved our original design away from a news magazine layout.

Above, you’ll find the original layout and design from an February 2012 issue, featuring the cover story I wrote on Joshua Bennett. The second image is an example of the re-designed and re-formatted layout that I helped put together alongside the team of editors, designers, and artists for Fall 2012. I served as publicity coordinator and writer during that semester.