The News-Herald redesign to make debut Oct. 13

As we prepare to mark Columbus Day, we invite you to r e- discover The News-Herald.

At its core, the redesign, which debuts Oct. 13, is meant to make the newspaper more useful to you.

You’ll find more quick bites of news and more ways for you to interact with us. There will be a mix of news for those with just a little time to spend with us alongside the longer stories for those who have more time to engage.

The appearance of the paper will change to adopt a cleaner, more modern typography. Our nameplate has been redesigned to accommodate more dynamic summaries of stories we are carrying elsewhere in the paper.

Our new l ook utilizes color to emphasize in which section a story can be found.

Boxes at the top of the front page are set in colors to direct you to the sections of the newspaper — blue for sports, green for business, orange for news and purple for features.

The redesign is not only a fresh new look, it also incorporates technology into our production in ways that let our best page producers concentrate on print production, f r eei ng up resources for more local reporting.

Our work of delivering the news to you has grown in recent years to include live coverage of breaking news on our website, social media sit es and mobile apps with video and other digital storytelling plat - forms.

We realize that our print newspaper has value to our readers, many of whom get news from every platform we provide.

This redesign of The News- Herald underscores t he commitment t o continue providing the local news and sports coverage you expect from us, whether in print, online or on mobile.

So after you check it out next week, l et us know what you think.

Email your thoughts to editor@news-herald.com or call us at 440-951-0000.

We welcome your comments, thoughts and suggestions. After all, we are here to bring you the best product we can and your help is part of the process.