ABSTRACT
The
research examined the Impact of CorelDraw
and Photoshop on Newspaper and Magazine Page planning
and Design using Ovation Magazine,
the Punch Newspaper and the Guardian Newspaper.
It was revealed that the advent and use of CorelDraw and Photoshop is a plus in
page planning, design, colouration, photo editing and cropping to better the
production. Survey research method was adopted using simple random sampling
technique was also adopted to select respondents. Also, the data analysis and interpretations of
findings was done using frequency and, percentage method the research recommends that Photo journalism
and Graphic Arts should be taught separately in higher institution just like
many institutions have separated marketing, public relations and advertising to
enable students have broad knowledge of what the work is and the challenges
ahead of them.
