When you pick up the paper today, you’ll be greeted with the results of a year-long effort to redesign The Daily Orange. You’ll see new print features, a fresh look, elements designed to bring you the news more quickly and a corresponding update at dailyorange.com.

The goal of the redesign is to get more voices and faces of the people you know into the paper, as well as revamp your reading experience with a sleeker design.


As soon as you turn to Page 2, you’ll start to see some of these faces. On Monday, we profile a student in “Meet Monday.” On Tuesday, we examine a student’s body art in “Tattoo Tuesday.” “Wardrobe Wednesday” spotlights a stylish student on campus. “Thirsty Thursday” reviews a new alcoholic beverage each week.

In the Opinions section, you’ll hear some familiar voices. Look out for a new interactions element, where we publish the readers’ point of view with their feedback on our columns and staff editorials. Tweet @dailyorange with your thoughts and you could be featured in the section.

The redesign serves to get readers their news in a quick and visually appealing manner, making the reader experience both easier and more immediate.

In the News section front, we are introducing an additional sidebar element that will feature news tidbits. The sidebar’s topic will vary by day, but a few that the reader can expect are: “Need to Know,” which gives a brief rundown of national, state or local stories you might have missed; “Trending Topics,” where you’ll learn about the most popular stories on dailyorange.com this week; and “Break down,” which will break down a hot topic — be it political, health or science — with graphics.

On each of the section fronts, you will notice new circular icons in the upper-right-hand corner of the page. These symbols highlight interesting tweets selected by our editors, as well as quick statistics, must-read quotes and teases to additional content on our website.

These are just a few of many changes being made in the redesign of The Daily Orange. Feel free to turn the page or click a link to explore these additional features.


With our simpler, bolder and modernized design, we hope to change the way you read The Daily Orange.


We are eager to bring the Syracuse University community another semester’s worth of content in a new and innovative manner. This is just the first step in our process to not only modernize our paper and practices, but to better serve readers with exciting content. Please tweet @dailyorange or email editor@dailyorange.com with your feedback.

The Daily Orange staff

Published on January 13, 2014 at 2:03 am