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2025 Journalist of the Year Portfolio
Design
Design plays a crucial role in journalism, as it enhances storytelling and engages the audience more effectively. My work with Instagram posts, stories, and yearbook pages reflects this importance, as I focus on creating visually appealing and informative designs that captures the attention of the reader.
By using the different techniques I was taught and have learned on my own, I want to make sure the content I am producing not only informs but also resonates with viewers.
Maya Larson '25, myself (Lily Squires '25) and Silvia Ruiz '23 in class at the computers where we design all of the clypian content.
Instagram Posts
It’s essential for the The Clypian Instagram to have cohesive and easily understandable posts, as this plays a key role in our design strategy. We leverage Canva to explore designs we love and adapt them to align with our events and the overall aesthetic of our page. Check out the examples of cohesive posts we've crafted below.
Homecoming carrousel following the same template and fonts for the different events of homecoming week
A post that consists of the accomplishments of spring sports or activities at state.
Instagram Stories
Instagram Stories are a great source of inspiration for my creativity and design opportunities. Most of the content we create for these stories consists of sports graphics to promote upcoming games. Each story can be unique and doesn’t have to adhere to a specific theme or style, allowing for creative freedom.
The three sports graphics on the right are some of my absolute favorites; they include essential information like what, when, where, and who, but beyond that, I enjoy experimenting with the design.
Additionally, we create designs for Instagram Stories that highlight clubs or events that have a direct impact on students’ lives, such as a blood drive and when clubs are meeting.
We use graphics like these to the left to catch the attention of our followers. We have content on each post, but the graphics and designs are created to cause the follower to pause and read the post. We incorporating key elements in each post such as a bag of blood for the blood drive and the Earth for the environmental club.
Yearbook
As a social media marketer with the yearbook team, one of my responsibilities is to design the senior baby ads. These ads come in various sizes and colors, and I work to ensure they fit well together while also being visually appealing. Creating an easy-to-navigate page is crucial, as a successful layout will attract more viewers and encourage them to keep looking.
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The Girls Flag Football and Boys Volleyball page featured in the 2024 spring supplement is one of my favorites, not just because these sports hold a special place in my heart. I appreciate how we included numerous photos for each sport and incorporated storytellers to highlight teams and their values.
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