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Newspaper design refers to the process of planning, selecting, organizing and arranging the →  typography , photographs, illustrations, and graphics of →  Newspapers (→  Photography ; Infographics ). It also refers to the look or style of a newspaper (→  Design ; Graphic Design ). Newspaper design is highly conventional, so historians have noted visual features that comprise different stylistic periods. These styles are closely related to how publishers, editors, and journalists define the role of journalism in society ( Barnhurst & Nerone 2001 ; →  Journalism, History of ; Journalists’ Role Perception ). Changing technology also profoundly influences newspaper design. Visual newspaper design as a specialized profession within newspaper publishing is a recent occurrence. Before the 1960s, the organization of printed elements depended on journalistic custom and editors’ and typesetters’ daily production considerations (→  News Factors ; News Routines ; News Values ). The newspaper in the sense that we know it today – as a regularly occurring publication for the gathering and dissemination of news and opinions concerning current events – first made its appearance in Venice in 1536 (→  Newspaper, Antecedents of ; Newspaper, History of ). By the end of the seventeenth century in England, newspapers had become essential reading for citizens participating in government ... log in or subscribe to read full text