A Seapower
Makeover
RICHARD C. BARNARD, Editor in Chief
Vigor. Zest. Energy. Good magazines have special qualities that make
you want to open them and read. And good editors continuously revitalize
their publications to change with the times and improve their style and
content. That is why we decided the time had come for a Seapower makeover,
beginning with this issue.
We hope you find the new Seapower exciting and easier to read. It’s
been restyled with a new logo, new typefaces and new designs for our features
and departments. There is improved visual continuity throughout and more
white space, making the pages easier on the eyes.
Some departments, such as “The Industrial Base” and “Washington
Report,” have been reorganized to make them more useful and a “faster
read.” There is a new treatment for our cover stories and special
reports, and the contents page has been redone to give readers a quick
scan of the highpoints in each issue.
This redesign is the work of Mary Ellen Vehlow, Amy Billingham and Rob
Black of Pensaré Design Group Ltd., the talented Washington, D.C.,
design firm that joined the Seapower team in December 2003. Deputy Editor
Peter Atkinson was at the helm of this redesign effort. Thanks to all
for a job well done.
The entire staff, including Advertising Director Alan Cozza, Managing
Editor Richard Burgess and Assistant Editor David Munns, worked together
to restyle Seapower for its role as a clear, precise and forceful voice
of the Navy League. We hope you like the new look.
Some things will not change. Seapower still places a premium on the bedrock
qualities of good journalism: accuracy, fairness and balance. And we will
continue to leaven our departments and features with the context and nuance
that grow ever more vital as the pace of the news cycle continues to quicken.
We’ll still talk with the top people, and we’ll continue
to focus on the individuals, strategies and technologies that promise
to make a difference for the sea services and U.S.-flag Merchant Marine.
As always, Seapower is the defense magazine that covers the future.
Thanks for reading.
We are eager to get your feedback. Contact me at rbarnard@navyleague.org
or by mail at Seapower, 2300 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201-3308. |
