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Archive for October 2010

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31: Halloween pumpkin carving with the Apples (2)

It was time, finally, for our annual Halloween tradition: Carving our pumpkins. Everyone here in the Apple household participates. This year was especially fun for me because I missed last year: I was in South Africa. Carving a pumpkin is a lot like designing a newspaper page in that it helps if you go in with an idea of what [...]

31: Sunday’s front pages: Politics, politics and more politics (2)

Forget Halloween. The front pages of newspapers around the U.S. today concentrate on something much more scary: The upcoming elections. Here’s a selection of the most notable Sunday election-oriented front pages, as found at the daily archive at the Newseum… Today’s prettiest election-oriented front is this one by the Salt Lake Tribune: Don’t try this at home, kids, unless you’re [...]

31: Birthdays for Sunday, Oct. 31

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to three wonderful visual journalists… Jonathon Berlin is design and graphics editor for the Chicago Tribune. A 1998 graduate of the University of Illinois, Jonathon began his career at the Times of Munster, Indiana. He became assistant design director of the Rocky Mountain News of Denver in 2001 and then moved to the San [...]

30: Yet more Halloween pages… and Halloween costumes (4)

Anybody want to see more Halloween pages? Yeah, me too! Here we go, with another batch of front pages from the daily archive posted at the Newseum… Interesting illustration for a story on Halloween haunted houses, on the front of today’s RedEye: RedEye — the free commuter tab of the Chicago Tribune – has a daily distribution of 250,000. Many [...]

30: Birthdays for Saturday, Oct. 30

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to two wonderful visual journalists… Chris Mihal is creative director of Creative Loafing in Atlanta. A 2004 graduate of Ball State University, Chris interned at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and at the Virginian-Pilot before joining the Arizona Republic as 1A and projects designer. He moved to the Sun-Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale in 2005 as [...]

29: Anybody dress up for Halloween this year? (3)

Taylor Etchison — the lead front-page designer for the Star Press of Muncie, Ind. — writes this evening: I was reading on your blog about how much you love Halloween, and it got me to thinking about how many journo-junkies must wear newspaper-based costumes this time of year. Today, a co-worker and I dressed in a costume that was based [...]

29: More BOO-tiful Halloween-themed pages (3)

I have to admit, I love Halloween. The pageantry. The costumes. Even the candy — which, as a diabetic, I can’t eat any more. I love all of it. Which is why I love to see the cool newspaper pages — inside and out — that creative folks come up with each year to celebrate the fall holiday. Last Thursday, [...]

29: Geekazoid Friday: World’s Coolest Halloween costume… for your cat (1)

You’ve seen Halloween costumes for your dog. But how about for your cat? Thanks to Aric West for tipping me off about that one via Twitter.

29: Durban Mercury ‘nails its colours to the mast’ again

In order to celebrate the local Sharks team playing in this weekend’s Currie Cup rugby championship, the Mercury of Durban, South Africa, “nailed its colors to its mast” today: The origin of that phrase: In olden days, fighting ships surrendered from a sea battle by lowering their flags. If you nailed the flag to the mast, however, you couldn’t lower [...]

29: Birthdays for Friday, Oct. 29

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to three wonderful visual journalists… Jeffrey Bruner is wire editor of the Des Moines Register. A 1991 graduate of Drake University, Jeffrey spent four years as managing editor of the Tribune of Ames, Iowa. He moved to the Register in 2001. Jeffrey turns 42 today. Diana D’Abruzzo is a designer and copy editor for [...]

28: Boston Globe restocks with two new graphic artists (3)

The Boston Globe – which recently lost the amazing Aaron Atencio to the San Diego Union-Tribune — announced the hire of one full-time and one part-time infographics artists this week. David Schutz — deputy design director for news and graphics — sent us a copy of his official newsroom memo: Monica Ulmanu will be joining us as a full-time artist. [...]

28: Indiana Daily Student having fun with Halloween

The other day, I asked for folks to send me interesting Halloween pages. So far, I’ve not received much. (I am, however, looking forward to seeing the front of tomorrow’s features tabloid in the Boston Globe. It’s rumored to be “too bloody” to print.) All I’ve seen so far are a couple of pages from the student paper at Indiana [...]

28: Harsh words from Khoi Vinh for iPad publication design (1)

Khoi Vinh — until lately, the design director of NYTimes.com — has harsh words for the current state of publication design for the iPad: My opinion about iPad-based magazines is that they run counter to how people use tablets today and, unless something changes, will remain at odds with the way people will use tablets as the medium matures. They’re [...]

28: Why pharmacies need copy editors (2)

If pharmacies employed copy editors, I suspect they could avoid mistakes like this one: I have no date or location for that photo. It was recently posted on someone’s Facebook feed and then turned up on Lamebook. It’s a scream, though. You know who else needs copy editors? Tea Party candidates. And city and county Boards of Elections. And Google [...]

28: Birthdays for Thursday, Oct. 28

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to two excellent visual journalists… Linda Stallard Johnson is a copy editor and sometimes a reporter for the Dallas Morning News. She’s a product of the University of Texas at Arlington. Alison Powers is a page designer for the Times-Union of Jacksonville, Fla., concentrating on features sections and the Sunday sports front. A 2007 [...]

27: Society for News Design to hold quickcourse, free meetup in Cleveland

The Cleveland Plain Dealer will host a one-day “Quick Course” seminar for the Society for News Design, followed by a free meetup Saturday, Nov. 13 in downtown Cleveland. You can’t beat the price of this seminar. It’s free to SND members. Non-members pay $75.  Afterwards, the society will hold a free meetup — open to anyone, whether you’re a member [...]

27: New iPad app appears to scrape from Newseum front page archive (3)

The creator denies it. But it looks like a rip off to me. And to Megan Heaton, a blogger for the Unofficial Apple Weblog, as well as a news designer for the Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pa. Of course, you know all about the Newseum. It’s a nonprofit journalism museum on the Mall in Washington, D.C. but — more importantly for [...]

27: ShortFormBlog’s Ernie Smith learns about the ultimate form of flattery

Ernie Smith — a designer for the D.C.’s Express but also the creator of the wonderfully fresh ShortFormBlog — has a new fan. Apparently. Here’s what Ernie’s ShortFormBlog looked like, just a few minutes ago: And here is a new web site that offers “news in a shorter and cooler way” to folks in the Philippines: The similarities to Ernie’s [...]

27: World’s largest A1 photo refers today in Duluth (2)

Occasionally, editors and designers choose to run a stand-alone photo on page one, referring readers to a story on the inside. We’ve done that for years. No news there. On the other hand, I’d imagine today’s front page is a hell of a talker today in Duluth, Minn.: The top two-thirds of the page consists of a pair of panoramic [...]

27: Birthdays for Wednesday, Oct. 27

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to five superlative visual journalists… Richard Epps is presentation editor for the Detroit News. A 1993 graduate of Michigan State University, Rick is responsible for the day-to-day look of the paper and supervises 15 page designers and artists. He also does free-lance print and web design work. Find his web site here. Rick turns [...]

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