Art Class at Ephesus Elementary School; Apr. 24, 2013 | APR 24

Matthew Snyder, 7, and Judy Cho, 7, look for scrap construction paper to add characters to their environment projects in Nara Strickland’s art class at Ephesus Elementary School. The class used construction paper to make environment scenes. “I tried to find the right blue for the blue jay, but all I could find was Duke blue,” said Matthew.

Behind the scenes: April 10, 2013 | APR 12

The Daily Tar Heel front page on April 10, 2013 included a story about potential changes in Chapel Hill food truck regulations. The DTH design & graphics staff put together a set of illustrations to accompany the story. Below, desk editor Kevin Uhrmacher talks about the project.

Behind the scenes: March 8, 2013 | MAR 19

The Daily Tar Heel front page on March 8, 2013 included an illustration of UNC basketball player P.J. Hairston by design & graphics staffer Melissa Borden.

Persian Calligraphy: Mar. 18, 2013 | MAR 19

Majid Roohafza performs Persian calligraphy as part of a celebration of the Persian New Year, called “Nowruz,” at Wilson Library on Monday, March 18.

Baseball Multiple Exposure: Feb. 17 | FEB 17

I am Spencer Herlong, a sports photographer for the DTH. I shot the image of Kent Emanuel at the UNC’s opening day baseball game against Seton Hall on Friday February 15.

Check out DTH visuals feature on Charles Apple's blog | FEB 15

Wednesday’s Duke-UNC game preview front page was the topic of a blog post on Charles Apple’s visual journalism blog.

DTH Photo Illustrations, A Love Story; Feb. 14, 2013 | FEB 14

My name is Chris Conway, and I am one of the assistant photo editors here at the Daily Tar Heel. Part of working on the photo desk is creating photo illustrations – in other words, making set-up photographs to visually convey the point of a story.

Behind the scenes: Jan. 29, 2013 | FEB 10

The Daily Tar Heel front page on Jan. 29, 2013 included an illustration of bar taps accompanying a story about trends in alcohol consumption in relation to the UNC basketball team.

Picnic in Weaver Street: Feb. 5, 2013 | FEB 5

Trent Fuller, 4, enjoys a picnic of cookies and lemonade at Weaver Street Market in Carrboro on February 5, 2013.

Covering Two Packs: January 24, 2013 | JAN 24

So my name’s Chloe and I am an assistant photo editor at the DTH. Today we were short on photographers so I covered two photo assignments which ended up being front-pack and 3-pack in the paper on Friday January 25th.