User:Blusc/News design/K09.a25 Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

(Blusc)


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * Blusc- Sandbox draft for News Design
 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
 * News design

Lead

 * Has the Lead been updated to reflect the new content added by your peer?

The lead has been updated by including a reference for a claim that did not have one. At the moment, the lead presents the topic clear enough that the reader understands the overview of news design within the first few sentences.

Content and Sources and References

 * Is the content added relevant to the topic?

Adding the reference after the claim was a good idea since it was a whole paragraph with no citation. However, the page numbers in the citation are for the whole chapter of the book. Doing so makes it hard to verify where the information cited was found.


 * Check a few links. Do they work?

The link provided in the sandbox draft does work. It brings the user to the appropriate page where they can download a PDF without signing in.


 * Is all new content backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?

The source is a journal article that references a number of different authors who published work with a similar focus on news design.


 * Are the sources current?

The single source on the sandbox draft is from December 2016, so it is within the past decade. That said, as the editor moves forward with their draft, they could try to find sources from the past 5 years to keep the article up to date.

Overall impressions
The draft is still in the beginning stages, but I look forward to seeing the progress that will be made in the future. The editor has a good plan to look at the original article and determine the content that needs to be cited.

Here are some articles that could be useful. They should be looked at further prior to inserting them into the draft.

Haught, M. J., & Morris, D. L. (2018). Hubs for innovation: Examining the effects of consolidated news design on quality. Newspaper Research Journal, 39(2), 145–154. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739532918775656

Došen, & Brkljačić, L. (2018). Key design elements of daily newspapers: Impact on the reader’s perception and visual impression. Kome (Budapest), 6(2), 62–80. https://doi.org/10.17646/KOME.75692.93