Looking for a quick way to create a professional quality newsletter? This example by Frits at howtotex.com is the perfect starting point.
The newsletter template includes a fancy title, top post and some main content with images. The template is pre-loaded in Overleaf for you to use as a basis to create your own!
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% LaTeX Template: Newsletter % Source: http://www.howtotex.com
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% Date: September 2011
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%\title{Newsletter Template}
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\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
% Define geometry (without using the geometry package)
\setlength\topmargin{-48pt}
\setlength\headheight{0pt}
\setlength\headsep{25pt}
\setlength\marginparwidth{-20pt}
\setlength\textwidth{7.0in}
\setlength\textheight{9.5in}
\setlength\oddsidemargin{-30pt}
\setlength\evensidemargin{-30pt}
\frenchspacing % better looking spacing
% Call packages we'll need
\usepackage[english]{babel} % english
\usepackage{graphicx} % images
\usepackage{amssymb,amsmath} % math
\usepackage{multicol} % three-column layout
\usepackage{url} % clickable links
\usepackage{marvosym} % symbols
\usepackage{wrapfig} % wrapping text around figures
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % font encoding
\usepackage{charter} % Charter font for main content
\usepackage{blindtext} % dummy text
\usepackage{datetime} % custom date
\newdateformat{mydate}{\monthname[\THEMONTH] \THEYEAR}
\usepackage[pdfpagemode=FullScreen,
colorlinks=false]{hyperref} % links and pdf behaviour
% Customize (header and) footer
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\lfoot{ \footnotesize
Science \& Technology Newletter \\
\Mundus\ \href{http://www.howtotex.com}{HowToTeX.com} \quad
\Telefon\ 555-5555 \quad
\Letter\ \href{mailto:frits@howtotex.com}{frits@howtotex.com}
}
\cfoot{}
\rfoot{\footnotesize ~\\ Page \thepage}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.0pt} % no bar on top of page
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt} % bar on bottom of page
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% Define separators
\newcommand{\HorRule}[1]{\noindent\rule{\linewidth}{#1}} % Creating a horizontal rule
\newcommand{\SepRule}{\noindent % Creating a separator
\begin{center}
\rule{250pt}{1pt}
\end{center}
}
% Define Title en News input
\newcommand{\JournalName}[1]{%
\begin{center}
\Huge \usefont{T1}{augie}{m}{n}
#1%
\end{center}
\par \normalsize \normalfont}
\newcommand{\JournalIssue}[1]{%
\hfill \textsc{\mydate \today, No #1}
\par \normalsize \normalfont}
\newcommand{\NewsItem}[1]{%
\usefont{T1}{augie}{m}{n}
\large #1 \vspace{4pt}
\par \normalsize \normalfont}
\newcommand{\NewsAuthor}[1]{%
\hfill by \textsc{#1} \vspace{4pt}
\par \normalfont}
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\begin{document}
% Title
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\JournalIssue{1}
\JournalName{Science \& Technology}
\noindent\HorRule{3pt} \\[-0.75\baselineskip]
\HorRule{1pt}
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% Front article
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\vspace{0.5cm}
\SepRule
\vspace{0.5cm}
\begin{center}
\begin{minipage}[h]{0.75\linewidth}
\begin{wrapfigure}{l}{0.41\textwidth}
\includegraphics[width=0.42\textwidth]{frog.jpg}
\\ % this spacer is needed to make the text on the right fit OK
\end{wrapfigure}
\NewsItem{Frog eats monkey}
\emph{\blindtext}
\end{minipage}
\end{center}
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% Other news (1)
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\vspace{0.5cm}
\SepRule
\vspace{0.5cm}
\begin{multicols}{3}
\NewsItem{Monkey eats elephant}
\NewsAuthor{F. Wenneker}
\blindtext[2]
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\vspace{1cm}
% Other news (2)
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\NewsItem{Elephant eats frog}
\NewsAuthor{J. Doe}
\blindtext[1]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.8\linewidth]{elephant}
\end{center}
\blindtext[1]
\end{multicols}
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\end{document}