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.
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.
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.
Majid Roohafza performs Persian calligraphy as part of a celebration of the Persian New Year, called “Nowruz,” at Wilson Library on Monday, March 18.
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.
Wednesday’s Duke-UNC game preview front page was the topic of a blog post on Charles Apple’s visual journalism blog.
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.
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.
Trent Fuller, 4, enjoys a picnic of cookies and lemonade at Weaver Street Market in Carrboro on February 5, 2013.
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.
The Daily Tar Heel front page on Jan. 22, 2013, featured a story by Assistant City Editor Katie Reilly that looked into Chapel Hill’s civil rights history.
The first newspaper of the 2013 spring semester featured a gun illustration on the front page by design staffer Sarah Delk, who shares a little about her creative process below.
The Ackland Art Museum hosted a Winter Pajama Party on Saturday, January 19, from 2-5 pm. Children dressed up in their pajamas and participated in story time, costume dress up, and arts and crafts activities.
Visually Speaking is the visuals blog of the DTH. This blog will be a compilation of works from the photography, design & graphics and multimedia desks. We want to give our readers a behind-the-scenes look at how front-page and major visuals are created. Every front-page photo and graphic has a story of its own. Here, you can find online-exclusive content — and understand how that content came to be.
