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Muddy Mess Gets Big Play
For some reason, the DeSoto Sun seems to be relying more and more often on amateur photography to fill its pages. The result is clearly inspired by the bulletin board at the laundromat rather than the tenets of photojournalism, the principles of page design, or even the urge to be reader friendly.
Instead of one story-telling shot, well composed and thoughtfully selected, the page pourer (I can’t bring myself to say “editor” or even “designer”) uses nine muddy, back-lit, identically posed gangs to report a local hospital golf benefit. “Line ‘em up against the wall and shoot!” seems to have been the command. Even the guys who couldn’t stay for the photo op are included as “not shown.”
This muddy, unreadable, uninviting report straddles the “double truck,” the newspaper’s center page — prime territory for good design.
And just in case you’re thinking this page is a fluke, here’s page 14 in the same edition:
