AN ASSESSMENT OF LAY-OUT OF THE PILLAR PUBLICATION- NAVAL STATE UNIVERSITY, NAVAL, BILIRAN

This study aimed to assess the layout of a campus paper of a State University in Eastern Visayas, using a singlecase study design. Experts in layout were purposely selected to give their reviews and comments on the three newsletters. This study found that some of the Gestalt principles were employed in the newsletters. It was also revealed that the newsletters used the modular design, in which layout editors strongly suggested to apply it to ensure the flexibility and movement of the content. Meanwhile, layout editors pointed out that in preparing the layout, there are four factors to be considered such as the content, open to changes, sensitivity, design elements and design crime.