Newspaper Design: Bring Stories to Life
A course by Harry Hepburn , Graphic Designer
Transform editorial content into a compelling visual story that both intrigues and informs readers
Transform editorial content into a compelling visual story that both intrigues and informs readers
For graphic designer Harry Hepburn, a printed newspaper is a beautiful, tactile, creative, and rewarding experience – both to read and design. He has worked for publications including The Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph, helping them to tell stories in a compelling way through innovative layout design.
In this course, he teaches you how to bring stories to life with editorial design techniques. Design your own publication for print, experimenting with everything from typography to column layout. Are you ready to turn words and images into designs that captivate and intrigue readers?
What will you learn in this online course?
14 lessons & 14 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (38)
- 827 students
- 14 lessons (2h 32m)
- 14 additional resources (3 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English
- English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software for this course
Adobe InDesignWhat is this course's project?
Design your own tabloid-sized publication for print using Adobe InDesign.
Who is this online course for?
This course is for anyone with an interest in learning to design newspapers using digital software.
Requirements and materials
Basic knowledge of layout software is recommended.
You will need sketching materials as well as a computer with access to Adobe InDesign or a similar program, and photo editing software.
Reviews
A course by Harry Hepburn
Harry Hepburn is a London-based graphic designer, who specializes in editorial design, specifically for newspapers. Growing up, he was always reading magazines and newspapers and eventually went on to study at art college. There, the then art director of The Sunday Times set a task to redesign the first three pages of the newspaper. Harry quickly became fascinated with newspaper design and was offered his first job in the industry by the same director.
Since then, Harry has worked for publications like The Telegraph, as well as The Sunday Times, helping them to tell important stories with his clean, concise, but punchy style. He’s also won several awards including the Society of Publication Designers Merit Award and the World’s Best Designed Newspaper along with his team in 2019.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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U2
The Brief
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Introduction to Newspaper Design
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The Brief and Planning Our Pages
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Available Assets
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U3
Creating Our Pages
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Setting up Our Pages
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Grids
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Typography
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Layout 1
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Layout 2
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Layout 3
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Layout 4
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Balancing and Revising All the Elements
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U4
Finalising the Project
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Preparing Your Files for Print
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FP
Final project
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Typographic hierarchies for newspapers
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ivanjosue51
un curso muy interesante con información muy valiosa!
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hattaazmi
Amazing course
lafleur
I got this course due to nostalgia. I used to be a newspaper editor and reporter, and designing newspaper pages by arranging articles and illustrations on a template was a fun part of my job. It's so nice to experience this again! Like a time machine travel. I am going to apply this course to webdesign projects.
the_crow_studio
Excelente curso para adentrarse en el increíble mundo de la edición editorial de periódicos y así poder explotar de manera creativa la información de un sin fin de noticias de todo el mundo.
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dave505
Great course - every angle was covered and well explained.