The front page of The Tampa Tribune did something today that I thought was really interesting and eye catching. Instead of using a photo to illustrate the "Tide Turning Against Flood of Empties" article, it used a graphic of a water bottle spilling onto the front page.
I'm not sure how the paper could of illustrated the story using a photo to really get the message across but I think this method works.
It really brings the viewers eye to the story in my opinion. I also like the blue font color used for "Water Bottle Backlash" because it accentuates the blue color on the page from the graphic.
The statistics are also helpful for the reader to understand why this story is important. With Americans consuming bottled water more than any other drink, the story examines the affect this has on the environment. Other newspapers have recently done similar stories on plastics and energy conservation as well so I believe it is definitely an issue newspapers are trying to bring to the attention of the public.
3 comments:
I like the use of the water bottle for this story, and agree that there wouldn't be a much better way to illustrate it. I'm not a fan of the blue graphic water. It reminds me of cheesy clip art from a computer, and should probably stay out of newspapers.
I like the use of alliteration on the page.
- Tide Turning
-Bottle Backlash
- Illegal Immigration
- Holiday Haiku
It gives a sense of unity between very uncommon stories.
I like this page layout very much. The water bottle pouring out water makes it seem like the page is somewhat 3D and it looks like the text is being poured out also. I think this page is very unique and eye catching.
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