This template is based on the newspaper package, with some modifications to make styling the headlines and bylines a bit easier. Inspired by the New York Times, it can also be used for creating newsletters (it was why the package was created in the first place!)
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{newspaper}
\date{\today}
\currentvolume{1}
\currentissue{1}
%% [LianTze] The newspaper package also provides
%% these commands to set various metadata:
%% The banner headline on the first page
%% (The colon after s: is to get a more
%% modern majuscule s in this font instead of
%% the medieval tall s. For anyone interested
%% in the history:
%% http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/scripts/letters/historys.htm)
\SetPaperName{Committee Times:}
%% The name used in the running header after
%% the first page
\SetHeaderName{Committee Times}
%% and also...
\SetPaperLocation{Washington DC}
\SetPaperSlogan{``All the News I Feel Like Printing.''}
\SetPaperPrice{Zero Dollars}
% [LianTze] times (the package not the font) is rather outdated now; use newtx (see later)
% \usepackage{times}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{picinpar}
%uasage of picinpar:
%\begin{window}[1,l,\includegraphics{},caption]xxxxx\end{window}
%% [LianTze] Contains some modifications
\usepackage{newspaper-mod}
%%... so now you can redefine the headline and byline style if you want to.
%% These can be issued just before any
%% byline or headline in the paper, to
%% individually style each article
%%
% \renewcommand{\headlinestyle}{\itshape\Large\lsstyle}
% \renewcommand{\bylinestyle}{\bfseries\Large\raggedright}
%%%%%%%%% Front matter %%%%%%%%%%
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\begin{multicols}{3}
\byline{Geek Designs New \LaTeX{} Package}{Matthew Allen}
The package is basically a redefinition of the \verb+\maketitle+ command. The model was the New York Times---hopefully I haven't violated any copyright laws. I also had to redefine the plain pagestyle. It kept me busy for a few nights after work. The rest is packages other people have written.
\begin{window}[2,r,\includegraphics[width=1.0in]{atom.jpg},\centerline{The Atom}] The \verb+multicol+ package allows using multiple columns without starting a new page. Using floats is not possible in a columns environment, however with the \verb+picinpar+ package, I can set a picture inside a block of text---just like you one you see here. Isn't \LaTeX{} cool?
And now we're just filling more space, and yet more space.
\end{window}
\closearticle
\headline{Another Headline}
This is just an example to fill up some space, but as long as I have your attention, I'll give some newspaper advice.
I suppose we could also show how an equation is type set:
\begin{displaymath}
x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}
\end{displaymath}
and there you have it.
\lipsum[1-4]
\closearticle
\end{multicols}
\end{document}