Principles of Lay-out

and Design
Things to Remember

Audience

Components
 Concepts
It should be thematic
The contents should be balanced
Everything should be timely and
relevant
Topics should be civic-oriented
 Components
There should be variation in
the types of articles
Refrain from writing
Halleluiah articles
Avoid routinary topics
 Composition
Balance
Proximity/Groupings
Alignment
Repetition
Contrast
White Space
Technical Specifications

• NO. OF PAGES: MINIMUM OF 12 AND MAXIMUM OF 20

News Section – at least 3
Sports Section – at least 2
Feature Section – at least 3
Editorial Section – at least 2
Science & Technology Section – at least 2
• Process : Offset
• Paper stock : Book paper or C2S 60lbs-70lbs
• Color : Front and back cover in full color
Inside pages in black and white
Size : 12”x 18”
 News Page
- international, national, regional,
community and school-based news
stories
- straight or spot news, advanced,
follow up report, news bits, news
feature, news analysis, in- depth
news/investigative news and survey
news, sidebar story
 Editorial Page

 Main editorial
 Editorial cartoon
 Columns
 Letter/s to the editor
 Commentaries
 Masthead
 Opinion polls or surveys (optional)
 Features Page

Culture and the arts

Personalities worthy of emulation
Human interest stories
DepEd programs/projects
Science and Technology Page
 Sports Page

COVERAGE
 School
Local TREATMENT
National Sports News
International Sports Analysis
Sports Features
Sports Editorial
Sports Column
Sports Editorial Cartoon
Thank you!!!