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Article: Art and graphics: eye-pleasing pages.(15th Anniversary)
- Article from:
- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 19, 1997
- Author:
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The role of the graphics department in a daily, contemporary newspaper has expanded greatly in the last 15 years, from staffs that primarily touched up photographs to the present day role as an important integral part of the daily news gathering and presentation operation.
In response to increased competition from radio, TV and other media, most recently the internet, papers have found the way material is presented to the reader is a very important consideration in the acceptance of a paper by it's readers.
The increased use of full color reproduction and additional tools, including full color photography and expanded use of charts, graphs and diagrams ...