Working with Print A&E Editor Olivia Stokes on the spread for Volume 70, Issue 2, suggesting ideas for how to lay out the page.

Design

Both in print and online, I design with the viewer in mind. The central ideas of dominance, color contrast, and balance all apply in the way I design with the viewers' eyes logically following across a page, story, or website. The core brand of The Pitch is also promoted with good design, using our standardized branding, including a standard color palette and print style guide.

Print Layout

As one of the Print Editors-in-Chief, in each issue I oversee all pages, guiding them through the layout and design process. Each of the pages below reflects my steady growth as a designer. I started as a Print News Editor when I designed pages myself. Now, as Editor-in-Chief, I help in directing and supporting others.

Pages I Designed:

I designed the following pages during my sophomore year tenure as a Print News Editor

Pages I Guided:

Volume 70, Issue 1

Page designed by Graeme Pearce

Volume 70, Issue 3

Page designed by Olivia Stokes

Volume 70, Specialty Issue

Page designed by Michal Shmaya

Volume 68, Issue 1

Volume 68, Specialty Issue

Volume 68, Issue 4

Pages I Designed (Senior Year):

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Volume 70, Specialty Issue

This four-page spread was part of my extensive article on the history of grade inflation in MCPS. The first of the two spreads featured five graphs showing key data about grade inflation while the second featured a 1500 word article about the trends and underlying factors behind the rise in grades.

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Volume 70, Issue 5

For the first time in 15 years, one school's boys and girls swim team swept at the Maryland 4A/3A state championship meet. When our school's team accomplished this feat, I designed this page to emphasize the feat, making use of a strong, dominant image and creative use of margins and white space.

Online Story Packaging

Laying out stories online is a cumbersome process with a steep learning curve, which is why in past years, stories were almost exclusively published with the SNO "Full Width" template. As Editor-in-Chief, I have expanded our design options into using other templates, and have even created custom templates for our online editors to use. These are examples of online story packages I laid out myself on WordPress.

Single Sidebar

WJ, MCPS fall on state report card, other MCPS updates

by Seyun Park and Gabby Davids

Immersive Photo

Softball overpowers Bulldogs behind Gilder homerun

Full Width

SMOB finalists selected

Long-form Story

Fall Sports Previews

by Staff

Immersive Half Photo

Looking back on my year abroad in Germany

by Bea Roberts

Immersive Half Photo

Back-and-forth game sends softball into first-ever state semifinal

Infographics and Other Social Media Templates

In addition to the new templates we use for social media, I also design other posts on our Instagram and infographics using Canva. Here are some designs that I have made so far this year.

Website Redesign

As a part of the requirements for obtaining SNO Distinguished Site status, one requirement is to create a completely new draft of the website. Leading our effort for the Distinguished Sites award in the 2023-24 year, I created the basic shell of our redesigned website. In May, I proposed to the 2025 Editorial Board making my draft site the live one. We agreed, with some tweaks and further input and feedback from the rest of the online Editorial Board, we pushed our new website live in June 2024. We continue to work on improving it with minor updates.