Use a first-person account of a particular event. Whichever method you use, remember to present the facts. All the important questions still need to be answered. Don't sacrifice coverage. Some things never go out of style.
Staffs can use the following formula in their initial coverage planning stages.
Subtract the opening, closing, divider, advertising and index pages from the total pages you are planning for the book. Subtract out the pages of any specialty section you may be planning. Keep the location of the dominant photo moving from spread to spread avoiding the temptation to standardize the size and placement on every spread. Also, use a variety of vertical and horizontal dominant photos. A quote box, accented with spot color graphics, gets additional students onto the spread.