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Archive for November 2010

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30: Australian paper wraps an unfortunate Spadea page

Speaking of obtrusive ads… The Age of Melbourne, Australia — circulation 197,500 — wrapped a Spadea advertising half-page around its paper last Thursday. These have become so common that they’re hardly news anymore. Except when the big ad headline is: Here’s a Good News Story And the half of a news story poking out from behind it is of a [...]

30: A poster front that’s Shirley a keeper

When someone of note passes on — a beloved political or religious leader, perhaps — newspapers may choose to blow the news out on page one and commemorate the life of this person by giving readers a poster front. We’ve seen this over the past few years with Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II and Michael Jackson. So someone, please [...]

30: For you history lovers out there…

I own a number of books about President John F. Kennedy. I own a number of picture books of John F. Kennedy. I thought I had seen just about every significant photo taken during the Kennedy administration. Wrong again. Sunday, the absolutely excellent Big Picture photo blog — by Alan Taylor of the Boston Globe — posted a batch of [...]

30: Birthdays for Tuesday, Nov. 30

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to two wonderful visual journalists… Stephen Beard is a senior news artist for the Indianapolis Star. A 1997 graduate of Ball State University, Stephen spent two years as night editor of the Journal Review of Crawfordsville, Ind., before joining the Cleveland Plain Dealer in 1999 as a graphics reporter. He moved to the Star [...]

29: Obtrusive ad alert… (8)

Once upon a time, I’d post something like this and then write: You think you’ve seen obtrusive newspaper ads? How about this one? It’s the most offensive one yet! Well, no longer. I’ve seen these ads crawl into our newshole and it’s like the proverb about giving someone an inch and they’ll take a foot. It just keeps getting worse [...]

29: How papers covered the latest Wikileaks release (4)

A friend asked today via Twitter: Will you be doing a blog post when you can on the infographics used in this latest Wikileaks leak saga? Great idea. However, unless folks happen to spot various infographics and send them, it’s difficult for me to see them at all. Eight thousand miles from the U.S., I’m limited to what I can [...]

29: Birthdays for Monday, Nov. 29

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to four wonderful visual journalists… Beto Alvarez is a graphic artist for San Diego Union-Tribune. A 1998 graduate of Tarrant County College, Beto spent six years as a graphic artist and illustrator for the Dallas Morning News before moving to the Philadelphia Inquirer in 2002. He moved to San Diego just a few weeks [...]

29: Birthdays for Sunday, Nov. 28

Sorry so late with this. No internet access for me Sunday, here in South Africa. — Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to six terrific visual journalists… Josh Awtry is assistant managing editor for online and visuals at the Salt Lake Tribune in Utah. A 1998 graduate of Hastings College in south central Nebraska, Josh was previously managing editor for [...]

27: Mountain-watching on a blustery day here in Cape Town (6)

I’m not a religious man. But Table Mountain — the stunning geological feature here in Cape Town, South Africa — just might make me one. Please let me explain. I’ve been working hard this week. I have yet, in fact, to post photos of the work I did this week here, teaching and preaching infographics and visual journalism in the [...]

27: More Iron Bowl football game coverage by the Huntsville Times (2)

Friday, I showed you a couple of pages from the Times of Huntsville, Ala. — circulation 54,675 — previewing Satuday’s big Alabama vs. Auburn football game. This game was going to be big. Huge, even. And boy, did it live up to billing. Paul Wallen — design director of the Times — tells me: It was a real thriller. The [...]

27: Birthdays for Saturday, Nov. 27

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to a couple of wonderful visual journalists… Julie Frady is an art director for the New York Post. A 1986 graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, Julie spent a few years at the Chicago Tribune. She’s been at the Post about four years. Jeremy Gustafson is a sports designer for the Des Moines [...]

27: Why college alumni magazines need copy editors (2)

College alumni magazines need copy editors to keep them from making mistakes like this one by University of North Carolina -Asheville: Wow. I mean… Wow. Luke, of course, did change jobs back in June. He moved from the Arizona Republic of Phoenix to the Boston Globe. I can only assume the alumni folks took their info from this blog post [...]

26: A stroll down St. George’s Mall here in Cape Town (7)

My beautiful home-away-from-home here in Cape Town is the Southern Sun Cape Sun, located at the corner of Strand St. and St. George’s Mall. View St. George’s Mall in a larger map St. George’s Mall is a street that’s been closed down and turned into a pedestrian mall. You can see the dark swath the brick walkways and the lush [...]

26: Behind Huntsville’s Iron Bowl football game preview cover (3)

There’s a little football game this weekend down in Alabama, I hear. Alabama. Auburn. A lot at stake. That’s never the case when ‘Bama and Auburn play. Heh. Here’s how the folks at the Huntsville Times played it in a special preview section: My pal Paul Wallen — design director of the Times — tells us about it. The version [...]

26: Birthdays for Friday, Nov. 26

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to two superlative visual journalists… Mike Jarboe is chief of the copy desk for the Times Union of Albany, N.Y. A product of Pennsylvania Military College, Mike spent a few years as a freelance reporter for the Courier Post and the Burlington County Times of Willingboro, N.J., before signing on at the Register-News of [...]

26: Half-off your SND/St. Louis registration

It’s only 1 a.m. on Black Friday — on the East Coast — but despite what the official web says, the special holiday pricing by the Society for News Design has already kicked in, I’m told. The first 50 folks who register for next fall’s SND annual workshop in St. Louis will pay only half price. I can’t imagine these [...]

25: An amazing American-style Thanksgiving dinner (2)

So, here I sit in Cape Town, South Africa. A gorgeous city — one of the prettiest you’ll find anywhere on this globe. But one place it isn’t is home. And right now, home is Anderson, S.C. — where my dad’s family traditionally gathers on Thanksgiving Day — or Atlanta, Ga., where my wife and daughter are spending this weekend [...]

25: Birthdays for Thursday, Nov. 25

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to six wonderful visual journalists… Jaqueline Bica is a designer and artist for the Jornal do Comércio and Jornal Bem Estar in Porto Alegre, Brazil. A 2004 graduate of the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Jacqueline is also working on her master’s degree. Find her blog here and her Twitter feed here. Jaqueline turns [...]

24: Birthdays for Wednesday, Nov. 24

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to three terrific visual journalists… Larry Buchanan is a student journalist at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., and art director of Inside Magazine. Previously, Larry served as art director for the Indiana Daily Student newspaper. He has interned for the Hartford (Conn.) Courant and the school’s office of creative services. He expects to graduate [...]

23: Who needs satellite TV in Cape Town?

After two days here in the gorgeous Mother City of South Africa, I’m already developing a pattern. I get up a good hour or so before I really need to, and I sit down and watch the spectacle outside my 27th-floor window. I swear, who needs satellite TV when you have Table Mountain at which to stare? That was around [...]

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