von Lauren M. Rabaino
Let’s be honest: In general, news site design isn’t pretty. I know I’m not the first or last to say it, but I do have a theory about why. It starts off innocently enough — an article, navigation, some ads. But as new tools, gadgets, buttons, widgets, extensions and plugins are introduced to the news consumption scene, that once simple design becomes cluttered with bells and whistles that hold the content hostage.
The plague of news design is upon us and although the average news organization has dozens of corporate hoops to jump before being able to implement a full design overall, these are four simple starting points.