I finally got caught up on the papers today and I discovered that the Telegraph-Journal launched a new look. I have to say I love it. Lucie Lacava’s design for it is modern, clean, bright and easy to navigate. I know it’s Irving owned, etc. etc.;), but kudos to the TJ for a fabulous new design. I’m looking forward to seeing their revamp of the Reader/Salon when it comes out.

This has been bothering me the last few weeks and today was the last straw. I hesitated to criticize because I’ve worked in the publishing and design industry for a while now and I know that mistakes happens, edits get missed and that’s life. I’ve certainly had my own screw ups. But The Daily Gleaner newspaper is driving me CRAZY. And maybe it’s more noticeable since the Telegraph Journal released their new clean design. The Daily Gleaner lately looks like it was designed on microsoft publisher by an amateur. While there is consistency with the main section fonts. The headline fonts are all over the place. Sometimes fancy, scripty fonts that look cheesy or embossed fonts, it’s a guessing game as to what you might see. Photos are often blurry because of misregistration (a process on the press that affects colour).

So the last straw was reading the paper today and seeing an article with a nice big header called:

“The War Bides”

Yes, the article fortunately mentioned all through it, the war brides, but still, a major headline got missed in the editing.

I subscribe to The Daily Gleaner because I like knowing what is happening locally. I suspect that’s why many do. It’s really a secondary accessory to a larger paper, in that just reading the DG alone is not enough. But by just a few minor changes, they could really take the notch up a bit with the look and layout of the paper.