Redesign: Nearly a month
September 14, 2007
Boy, time flies.
On Aug. 21, The Herald launched its redesign, an effort that was about four months in the making … yet something we still weren’t 100 percent ready for. But I learned from a very good editor once that you’re NEVER as ready as you want to be. If you’re comfortable with it, go with it, and you can improve it along the way.
We’ve been working on improving the redesign each day, and there are still some kinks. Some of the mistakes are errors on our part (we can’t seem to find a home for the sudoku answers, can we?), while others have to do with new software (you’ll see the occasional photo missing a frame or a line appears out of nowhere).
But overall, I’m very happy with where we’re at, and our readers have been in favor of the changes by at least a 4-1 margin.
We will continue to work on the new product, and I appreciate our readers’ patience along the way. You’ll notice in Saturday’s paper we’ve tweaked the front page rail to get more into it, and our sports rail will include local high school standings. Little things, but things that help our paper nonetheless.
Below is some of my favorite front pages we’ve done since the redesign, designed by myself and News Editor Kevin Degon with photos from photographer Brooke Wolfe.
If you have suggestions or comments, please feel free to leave them on here or e-mail me.
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Kim Pritt | September 14, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Hi, Billy! Suggestion – you have a section every Thursday for area clubs and every Friday for churches to publish their news and updates – how about considering adding a similar section for non-profits to do the same? I recognize that there are a ton of non-profits in Sanford and that space may end up being an issue, so maybe you could set some ground rules like you do for the letters to the editor – limit the # of words and allow only 2 posts a month from any one organization….something like that! Also – some of the clubs and churches are also non-profits, so since they are already covered in other sections, then that would cut down on the other non-profits that are “other than clubs and churches”. It would be a great way for non-profits to get the word out about their organizations, what they are doing for the community, and their events. Just a thought! Thx, KP