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Archive for February 2011

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28: Separated at birth? Not so much…

So the No. 1 team in college basketball loses to a team three notches below it in the conference standings. Naturally, that’s big news. For the hometown papers of both teams, right? Well, it was in Roanoke, Va., Sunday. The Times — circulation 75,740 — played up Virginia Tech’s upset win over Duke with a gala skybox promo (left). But [...]

28: Birthdays for Monday, Feb. 28

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to three fine visual journalists… Jason Clayworth is a political reporter for the Des Moines (Iowa) Register. A 1999 graduate of Drake University in Des Moines, Jason interned with the Cedar Rapids Gazette and the Record-Herald of Indianola before signing on with the Register. Jason turns 34 today. Megan Heaton is a designer for [...]

27: St. Pete’s Andrew Braford joins the Minneapolis Star Tribune (1)

Andrew Braford — deputy design director of the St. Petersburg Times — is joining the staff of the Star Tribune of Minneapolis, Minn. Andrew tweeted Sunday afternoon: A little news: Holly and I are moving to Minneapolis this spring. I’ve taken a job with the Star Tribune. We’re very excited, but sad to leave our Times friends. No word yet [...]

27: One more visit to Cape Town (2)

My clients here in South Africa called upon me to return to Cape Town for another week of consulting work there. Cape Town is one of the most gorgeous cities on this planet. So who am I to argue? Have I mentioned lately what a lucky bastard I am? Those of you who follow me on Facebook know already that [...]

27: Birthdays for Sunday, Feb. 27

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to two wonderful visual journalists… Tarina Coetzee is a sub-editor and designer for Sake24, Media24’s business news operation in Johannesburg, South Africa. Tarina is a 1987 graduate of the University of the Free State. Lisa Suhay is an author and free-lance writer based in Norfolk, Va. A 1988 graduate of Monmouth University in New [...]

26: Why the makers of Sudafed need a copy editor (2)

The makers of Sudafed cold medicine do a pretty decent job, normally. In fact, I’m doped up on their product at this very moment in a desperate attempt to get over the crud I caught this week and to get my voice back. However, there was a little problem this week with this particular product. The manufacturer — a company [...]

26: How Sports Illustrated shoots the Super Bowl

I’ve not been in the U.S. for nearly two months, so I’ve not yet seen Sports Illustrated‘s coverage of the Super Bowl (left), nor have I seen its special Green Bay Packers edition (right). Sharon has carefully preserved both at home for me, she says. (Along with the swimsuit edition. But let’s not go there right now.) Here’s how the [...]

26: Birthdays for Saturday, Feb. 26 (2)

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to two wonderful visual journalists… Anne Carothers-Kay is a writer, editor and marketing expert based in Des Moines, Iowa. A 1979 graduate of the University of Nebraska, Anne spent 27 years at the Des Moines Register as a reporter, legislative editor, community editor, assistant metro editor and health editor. She left the Register in [...]

25: A Sunday drive down the Eastern coast of the Cape Peninsula to Simon’s Town

I spent three weeks in Cape Town but ran out of time to edit my photos and post all my adventures. This is the last of those leftover stories, covering the events of Saturday, Feb. 5. — Today would be my final full day in Cape Town for this visit. Possibly forever. So naturally, I wanted to make the most [...]

25: With free data visualization tools, you sometimes get what you pay for (1)

Whitney Matthews of the Lawrence, Kan., Journal-World wrote a nice piece for Poynter yesterday, recommending sites that provide free tools for visualizing data. As a professional data visualizer, this article catches my attention. Anyone out there remember back in the day, when Poynter used to offer first-class training for news graphic journalists? Now, they offer ideas on how to circumvent [...]

25: Birthdays for Friday, Feb. 25 (1)

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to three superlative visual journalists… Konstantinos Antonopoulos is an interactive infographics designer for Lambrakis Press SA, publishers of Exedra, a sports newspaper in Athens, Greece. Previously, Konstantinos was an editor, artist and videographer with various TV organizations. I did a nice Q&A with him during the soccer World Cup last year. Find his portfolio [...]

24: World’s Cutest Couple™ gets that much cuter (4)

Two of my favorite people in the world — Martin Gee, features design supervisor of the Boston Globe and Carrie Hoover, art director of a quarterly magazine called Edible Vineyard — got married Friday in New York City. The brief ceremony was attended by a very small circle of family and friends. Mostly because New York City simply isn’t large [...]

24: Birthdays for Thursday, Feb. 24

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to two wonderful visual journalists… Lynn Campbell is the Des Moines bureau chief for IowaPolitics.com, a subscriber-based service for political news. A 1994 graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Lynn spent several years as a reporter for the Des Moines Register. Find her Twitter feed here. Pattie Reaves is web editor for [...]

24: A very busy Wednesday in Johannesburg

Yesterday was so busy here at MediaPark in Johannesburg. Which is the way I like it. I started the day with a 90-minute presentation to the Media24 Journalism Academy. This consists of a group of college graduates, hired for a year-long internship that is really more like a medical residency program. Except, y’know, without the doctors. Or the sick people. [...]

24: Why the New Age newspaper needs copy editors

New Age — a new newspaper here in South Africa — needs copy editors to keep it from making one of the oldest mistakes in newspaper headline writing. Namely, this one: This goof from today’s business section is particularly delicious — from a sixth grade perspective — because you could just about convince yourself that the story is about setting [...]

23: My wacky Facebook beer-drinking experiment

I spent three weeks in Cape Town in January and February but ran out of time to edit my photos and post all my adventures. This is the second of three leftover stories, covering the events of Tuesday, Jan. 19. I’ll try the post the final — and perhaps most spectacular — leftover story on Thursday. — I’d like to [...]

23: Wisconsin State Journal of Madison seeks a summer copy editing/design intern

Dave Dombrowski, presentation editor of the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison, writes: I was hoping you could get out the word that we have a paid copy editing internship at the State Journal this summer. The job will involve a fair amount of design work as well. Madison is a great town, especially when it’s not winter, and there’s lots [...]

23: San Antonio Express-News remembers the Alamo (1)

Did you realize this year — this week, in fact — marks the 175th anniversary of the start of the Siege and Battle of the Alamo? I didn’t. But the folks at the Express-News of San Antonio — average daily circulation 130,566 — are right on top of it with an outstanding retro-themed treatment today. Director of visuals Dean Lockwood [...]

22: A (VERY narrow) drive up Signal Hill (1)

I spent three weeks in Cape Town but ran out of time to edit my photos and post all my adventures. This is one of those leftover stories, covering the events of Sunday, Jan. 30. — The first thing I do every morning is throw open the curtains and shoot whatever I see out my window. This particular morning, I [...]

22: Spanish sports newspaper alters photo for graphic

Howard Brereton of the Typically Spanish blog reported Monday about yet another major photoshop scandal. And this one should piss off everyone with an interest in a) media ethics, or b) sports journalism. Brereton writes: Spanish sports newspaper AS… has apologized after admitting they photoshopped a Bilbao defender out of a picture they published, in order to present it as [...]

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