Although CommTracks has been published as a print magazine since its inaugural issue in 2006, the 2020 CommTracks team published the magazine online in an effort to carry on tradition.
The team decided on the theme "changes" which would allow us to talk about how much our school has changed since our first year (rebrand from Simmons College to Simmons University, for example) and to talk about how our neighborhood, Fenway, has changed as well.
Due to not receiving complete content until after spring break, we weren't able to design print spreads before switching to an online publication. Below are the drafts designed using a few photos taken by the team.
Below are a few very preliminary drafts for column width and photo placement examples.
