The newspaper is an ever changing thing.
Many years ago, aproned men magically transformed hot lead into headlines and stories and nimbly worked a rather intimidating linotype machine. Then stat cameras converted photographs to dot patterns so they could be reproduced in print and offset printing offered color possibilities. Newspaper presses grew bigger and faster. Then, computers offered far more creative design opportunities than the blocky old days of cut-and-paste and the stat camera yielded to scanners while hours of developing film in the darkroom gave way to the immediate gratification of digital photography.
A trip back through the newspaper’s archives reveals the changes—chronicled among faded and sometimes brittle pages.
Another of those changes occurs this week.
Beginning with this issue, the Orange County Review will take on a new, more modern newspaper look we think creates a crisper appearance. Readers will notice new fonts for stories and headlines and a cleaner design look. This change comes as the Review shifts its production and design to Media General’s Consolidated Editing Center in Lynchburg, where two dozen of the company’s other Virginia papers are also designed.
The move should not affect the reporting or editing of the paper. As we’ve described it before, the newspaper is a puzzle. It’s comprised of dozens of pieces each week, from stories and photographs to events and announcements, from churches to clubs to schools to sports. The puzzle remains the same. We will still decide what goes in each week’s paper and what goes where. The only difference is we electronically transfer our puzzle pieces to Lynchburg and the folks there assemble the puzzle and send it back.
We don’t anticipate any changes in our 10 a.m. Tuesday deadline for contributed news items and readers will still be able to access the paper on the newsstands Wednesday afternoons or at their homes Thursdays for subscribers.
We appreciate the continued support of our readers and advertisers and look forward to the next innovation in newspaper and media production.
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