Design editing
As the 2019 Editor-in-Chief of the Legend yearbook, it is my job to review and edit all spreads, stories and captions before they are sent off for print. In regards to design, consistency is key for all spread designs as consistency in design is a harshly judged aspect of the journalism world, specifically for yearbooks. With each spread, there is a set list of requirements that must be met, but are simply overlooked by designers as they focus on the big picture for pages. With even the most perfect of pages, it is my job to find the mistakes, even if that mistake is a picture being 1/10 of a pica off from other pictures.
Before Editing
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This page was turned into me by a clubs editor covering the Bee Club. While the concept of this spread is amazing, there are many small details that falter from the consistency we have in our book. These details may be tedious, but they make all the difference in a spread.
1) There is no title for the step-by-step
2) There are no lines surrounding the pull quote from the story, an aspect we have on every spread
4) The pull quote is not in all caps, another consistent aspect throughout our book
3) The quotes for the spread's mugshots, the three circular pictures quoting students from around our school, are not justified to the right
4) The middle mugshot of Sarah Missroon is not centered
5) The quotation marks and apostrophes throughout the spread are in the incorrect font
6) The text for the step-by-step is not wrapped around the images, giving it an awkward spacing
7) The "spotlight" effect we put on mugshots was not placed on the spread as we do with every spread
8) The byline is not aligned with the subhead of the story
9) The image packaging is not consistent with arrangement we have for full page spreads and awkwardly crops the images
10) The text in the "How to Help" package is not centered, leaving awkward spacing
11) The captions for the image package are not placed 1/2 pica away from the images
12) The text box is touching the black bar we have on the page when there is supposed to be at least a pica spacing between
13) The background image is a little harsh and takes attention away from the action shots
14) Last, but not least, the folio is not added to the page, but we generally leave this job up to the Editors-in-Chief
1) There is no title for the step-by-step
2) There are no lines surrounding the pull quote from the story, an aspect we have on every spread
4) The pull quote is not in all caps, another consistent aspect throughout our book
3) The quotes for the spread's mugshots, the three circular pictures quoting students from around our school, are not justified to the right
4) The middle mugshot of Sarah Missroon is not centered
5) The quotation marks and apostrophes throughout the spread are in the incorrect font
6) The text for the step-by-step is not wrapped around the images, giving it an awkward spacing
7) The "spotlight" effect we put on mugshots was not placed on the spread as we do with every spread
8) The byline is not aligned with the subhead of the story
9) The image packaging is not consistent with arrangement we have for full page spreads and awkwardly crops the images
10) The text in the "How to Help" package is not centered, leaving awkward spacing
11) The captions for the image package are not placed 1/2 pica away from the images
12) The text box is touching the black bar we have on the page when there is supposed to be at least a pica spacing between
13) The background image is a little harsh and takes attention away from the action shots
14) Last, but not least, the folio is not added to the page, but we generally leave this job up to the Editors-in-Chief
After Editing
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After editing, all corrections were made to the page. This page is now consistent with the rest of our book and has a better overall design. This is one example of the over 200 spread designs I have to edit, not including the portrait section of our book which has profile stories on each spread.
STOry Editing
On top of editing design, I review and edit all stories before they are put onto the pages. This is a process of initial editing where I make grammatical and overall edits to a story before sitting down and working personally with the writer to strengthen their story. Below I display the editing process of a profile that was turned into me. I first show the initial story, followed by edits I make, and finally the story placed on the page after I've sat down with the writer to complete the work.
Initial Story
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Story with edits
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Finalized story after story discussion
