Tricia Romano is a veteran music and culture journalist whose career is deeply intertwined with the Village Voice — she wrote the definitive oral history of the legendary alt-weekly. When it came time to build her personal site, we knew the design had to pay homage to that legacy. The result is a bold, editorial aesthetic that channels the raw, ink-on-newsprint energy of the Voice — think stark typography, high-contrast layouts, and a design language that feels like print journalism brought to life on the web.

We built the site on WordPress with Advanced Custom Fields powering the backend. A custom events post type lets Tricia promote upcoming readings, speaking engagements, and appearances, with fields for date, venue, and ticket links all editable from the dashboard. The blog section showcases her latest writing and commentary, while the contact page keeps things simple for editors, producers, and collaborators looking to get in touch. Every piece of the site is structured so she can manage it herself without digging into code.

The design is where this project really shines. We leaned into bold serif headlines, tight column layouts, and visual elements that evoke the feeling of flipping through a downtown weekly. It’s a site that doesn’t look like every other author portfolio — it has personality, history, and a clear point of view. For someone who documented the rise and fall of one of America’s most iconic publications, anything less wouldn’t have done the work justice.