No more boring story layouts. A story’s presentation needs to match the the copy’s energy — both for the audience’s and reporter’s sakes. Here are some examples of just that.
High Cost of Colorado
Living in Colorado right now means worrying about what everything costs. People say housing and other prices are the state’s biggest problem.
An ongoing Colorado Sun series puts reporters with all kinds of Coloradans to talk about their challenges, their fears and, in some remarkable cases, their solutions.
Danika worked with reporters to help shape their stories to be more user focused and — importantly — not just paragraph after paragraph for 5,000-words . She shaped their reporting into a cohesive, engaging design.
HOA-foreclosed homes in Colorado are auctioned off for a fraction of their market value, erasing years of equity
Our reporter worked for months digging into HOAs. Early on in his reporting, Danika helped him fine-tune ways to bring readers into an inherently complex topic. This resulted in a breakout box to summarize the story, explanatory graphics, a searchable database and an overall engaging design.
Danika also spent time perfecting the SEO and distribution plan ensuring the story reached as a wide audience.
2022 Year in Photos: From the Marshall fire to Club Q shooting, here’s what happened this year
We asked 10 authors to recommend two books in their respective genres. Here’s what they said.
The editor of our literary section wanted to create a year-end holiday section. I worked with him to make the design pop.
The piece was the section’s strongest performer of the year so I convinced the editor to convert it into an annual sponsored feature — with the intention of growing to biannual should it continue to do well.
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