Day of Design: 20 Years of Newspaper Design

The Chronicle Herald

Halifax, Nova Scotia

The Chronicle Herald is a broadsheet published in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The largest newspaper company in Nova Scotia, The Chronicle Herald is also the highest circulation newspaper in the Atlantic provinces and is currently the largest independently owned newspaper company in Canada. The paper is owned by the Dennis family of Halifax.

Founded in 1874 as The Morning Herald, it quickly became one of Halifax’s main newspapers. The same company also owned the Evening Mail, which was published in the afternoon.

Source: Wikipedia

Read a 1993 design note from The Chronicle Herald
THEN

1993

140,000 circulation

130 staff

1993 Frontpage
The Chronicle Herald front page from Feb. 10, 1993
See a newsroom photo from 1993
NOW

2013

108,389 circulation

N/A staff

2013 Frontpage
The Chronicle Herald front page from Feb. 10, 2013 (Or Feb. 8 page)