It was only a few months after I started working with the Allied Pilots Association (APA) as their new designer when I met the editor of The Grey Eagles Newsletter. He told me that every year, the APA designer helps him create a yearly newsletter for The Grey Eagles. He also explained that he would email all photos and content, including links to video clips. The project originally aimed to use last year's newsletters as a template. While the previous editions were made in QuarkXPress, I preferred using Adobe InDesign for multi-page documents, this also allowed for updating the design. Since there was no existing template, I was responsible for deciding the layout and design of the newsletter.
Over the course of six months, the editor submitted new images and correlating text. We were also anticipating a letter from the Grey Eagles 2022 president for the front cover, a tradition upheld for decades. Since we didn't know if or when we would receive this important letter, I took the initiative to provide a redesign of the front and back cover. The new layout and cover design received positive feedback from the editor, the president, and The Grey Eagle Board members. You can see the before and after covers below.
