OPED: Newspapers, Knowledge Bombs and Bodysuits

Most people don’t know how newspapers come together, just because it shows magically (or depends on it) every week. As an editorial designer, one of the biggest problems I got was why the project was “buried” on page 10 or 11. In the office, we always laughed happily because most of our papers have an average of 14 pages. This means that anything that is considered “buried” is very shallow.
Are you ready for this knowledge bomb? This is a trade secret: things usually end where they are, because this is where they fit.
Unbelievable, isn’t it?
You need some creative thinking, but imagine that the newspaper is like a good shape corset. You have pushed all of these things somewhere, it looks too small, and you really don’t know how to get everything without damaging the internal organs, but somehow, like magic, everything is conquering …or the most important one. (I always end up with a super weird roll on top of my corset, which gives me a very sexy body type of “incorrectly squeezed toothpaste tube.” I might be doing this whole woman’s thing wrong. )
I think this makes me the official newspaper Spanxer (to be honest, this is a colder title than the editorial designer.) Every week I shape the paper to make sure everything is important. It is essentially a huge jigsaw puzzle. So, if your work is eventually “buried,” don’t be angry. This is not intentional, we promise.

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