I spent tuesday doing jobs for the family supplement which goes out on saturday. These were related to the weekly comic inside.
Yesterday Sarah gave me the job of laying out a double page spread for the travel supplement. The layout challenged the point of the viewers interest, but keeping an order on the page. These included things like
The text fitting square
Relationship between the images
Making sure the pull quotes stand differently to the cross heads
Lining up of the images to suite the grid
I have started to pick up on some of the Guardian style. Though i am sure there is a lot to learn. Yes there is.
Should be getting the password to the online archives of the newpaper.