An Experiment with Color in YES!

This is the time in our production cycle when the magazine begins to come alive.

In a loose-leaf binder in the editorial area of the YES! office, print-outs of rough drafts are replaced by final drafts, which are marked up by volunteer, intern, and staff editors, and then transformed into designed layouts. It feels almost like magic as the parts gradually become a whole,

Except for staff meetings, visitors, and the odd birthday celebration, the editorial staff is hunkered down, fact checking, editing articles, filling in the last-minute missing details.

With this issue we're trying an experiment. The theme asks the question, What Makes a Great Place? How can cities in cities and communities be green, just, and beautiful?

Inspired by the beautiful images we found of three-story murals in the impoverished neighborhoods of north Philadelphia, we are including some pages of color for the first time ever on the inside pages of YES!

Using color is an experiment for us and also for our printer. YES! is printed on 100 percent post-consumer waste recycled paper -- few others print on such high-recycled content paper, and I don't believe our printer ever had before we came along. They find the paper a challenge, and printing color on this paper will notch up the challenge. But as they have become familiar with using this paper, they've begun encouraging other customers to switch to higher-recycled content also, and so perhaps our impact is spreading.

Please let us know what you think of our experiment. The issue will be mailed out in early May.

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