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Archive for April 2011

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30: Highlight of Saturday’s tornado front pages: A wrap-around cover by Huntsville, Ala.

Another day, another huge batch of tornado aftermath pages. And once again, the work I’m seeing out there is fabulous. Nice, big pictures. Evocative headlines. Clean designs. I’m finding a lot to praise and not much to criticize. Problem is, I’ve seen so many folks-picking-through-rubble photos over the past week that I wonder if I’m growing tired of them. But [...]

30: Wonderfully touching use of tilt-shift photography (3)

I might get in trouble for making this assumption, but it appears to be that trendy technique of tilt-shift photography was used for the centerpiece photo of today’s Press Citizen of Iowa City, Iowa. If that’s the case, then this may be the first time I’ve seen tilt-shift well-used in a news context. It was a wonderful way to visually [...]

30: Going retro for a summer movie preview (1)

Blain Hefner of the Salt Lake Tribune writes in his blog: God, how I love the old movie trading cards of the late ’70s and ’80s. I love how simple they were, the little logos they would put on the cards and the very cheesy captions they would use to describe what was going on the picture. With that little [...]

30: A little royal kissy-face for page one

Well, anyone interested in Friday’s royal wedding must be happy today with their newspapers. Seems like everywhere you go, you see the now-iconic photo of Prince William kissing his bride, Kate Middleton, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Or: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, as they’re known now. Here’s the Guardian — circulation 283,063 — with what is typical [...]

30: Birthday for Saturday, April 30

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to Shana Gray, web content manager for the Herald-Journal of Spartanburg, S.C. Shana worked her way through UNC Pembroke as a news desk assistant for the Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer. She graduated in 2003 and then spent three years as a copy editor and designer for the Herald of Rock Hill, S.C. In 2007, she [...]

29: Inside today’s Birmingham News tornado coverage

Moments after I posted today’s roundup of storm coverage front pages, I received an email from Scott Walker — managing editor of the 109,727-circulation Birmingham News — containing pages from his paper’s special report today on the Alabama tornadoes. Naturally, I’m happy to post ‘em here. Click on any of the pages below for a much, much larger view. Page [...]

29: More incredible A1 imagery of tornado damage (2)

Don’t get me wrong. This story has been terrible. Horrifying. But man, it’s made for some powerful visual journalism. After several days of writing about outstanding front pages showing the aftermath of tornadoes, however, I’m beginning to run out of words to describe what I’m seeing. So forgive me if today’s installment seems a little abbreviated. Let’s get started, shall [...]

29: Chicago Tribune photog unhappy about Photoshop accusation

Chicago Tribune photojournalist Alex Garcia writes in his blog today: Am I wrong with getting upset when I receive a note from Jim Romenesko on Twitter saying he’s just about to write a post about an extra hand that he and readers see in my photo of President Obama‘s arrival yesterday? Alex Garcia — Or as he pointedly asked me, [...]

29: How the royal wedding played on page one

The royal wedding early this morning (U.S. time) between Prince William and Kate Middleton is history. Looks like it was a cute little shindig. Mark Miller, assistant managing editor of the Newark, N.J., Star-Ledger, writes today: If I guess correctly, you’re going to blog about how papers covered the royal wedding. The Star-Ledger did a 16-page full color extra edition [...]

29: A fundraiser for Tuscaloosa

I don’t post many charitable solicitations here in the blog, but this one caught my eye today. The cost is $19.97, plus shipping. Proceeds will pay for food, clothing and shelter for folks left homeless by the tornadoes in Tuscaloosa. And if you can’t bring yourself to wear crimson, there’s a white version as well. My favorite part is the [...]

29: Birthdays for Friday, April 29

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to a pair of fine visual journalists… Brooke Cain has been a news researcher for the News & Observer in Raleigh since her graduation from N.C. State University in 1992. She earned a Master’s degree in English from N.C. State in 1997. She is also part of a team that writes a TV blog [...]

28: A couple of cool royal wedding infographics

Yes, it’s already past midnight in London and, therfore, the big day is already at hand. Friday, Prince William — second in line to be king of England — will marry Kate Middleton in what’s been called a storybook wedding. As for myself: Yes, I’m already tired of hearing about this. Not quite as tired as these guys, perhaps, but [...]

28: A look at Thursday’s tornado front pages (1)

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few hours, you’ve heard about the incredibly powerful outbreak of tornadoes that struck the southeast Wednesday. The red dots here show raw tornado reports received yesterday by the National Weather Service. According to the latest Associated Press reports, the death toll stands currently at 280, across six states. This was [...]

28: Now, THAT’S not very nice… (1)

Nope. This is not very nice at all. Nor is this. They’re both very funny. But not very nice. Top: Philadephia Daily News, circulation 110,000. Bottom: A.M. New York, circulation 345,053. Both images are from the Newseum. Of course.

27: Chicago’s Field Museum creates comic book biography of entomologist (1)

A former colleague of mine — Cathy Clabby, who spent 13 years at the Raleigh, N.C. News & Observer – is now associate editor of American Scientist magazine. Cathy wrote a story for American Scientist‘s May/June issue about a comic book. Not a comic book about a super-hero like, say, Ant-Man. Rather, one about a female scientist. Who studies ants. [...]

27: Wild weather on Wednesday’s front pages (2)

Brian Rosener, sports editor of the Daily American Republic of Poplar Bluff, Mo. — an afternoon paper with a circulation of only 13,501 — writes: For your consideration, since we don’t post to Newseum… We’ve had a second “100-year flood” since 2008 on the Black River this week but this one caught everybody off guard. The river level jumped from [...]

27: Birthday for Wednesday, April 27

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to Charlie Weaver, design director and online/social media director for the Iowa State Daily in Ames, Iowa. A 2005 graduate of Iowa State, Charlie stayed on with the independently operated student publication. He previously spent time as the art director of Dimensional Graphics and the Printing Office, doing everything from design to editing to [...]

26: Why the Amarillo (Texas) Globe-News needs copy editors

The Globe-News of Amarillo, Texas — circulation 37,515 — needs copy editors to keep it from misspelling words in headlines on page one. Like it did today: It’s there, on the right side. Second story down: Now, Amarillo is owned by Morris, out of Augusta, Ga. Last I’ve heard, they’re not one of the many newspaper companies that have gone [...]

26: Putting a silver lining on cloudy news with a cool ‘illographic’

Today’s most interesting front page was this one by the World-Herald of Omaha, Neb., circulation 143,721. Typically, I dislike illustrating hard news stories. I especially dislike illustrating charts. But this is one of those examples that proves the exception. Not only does the piece masterfully blend the data with the illustration, but it’s also clean and attractive. This is beautifully [...]

26: Birthdays for Tuesday, April 26 (2)

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to four fine visual journalists… Augustinho Rocha is a news artist for Diario Catarinense in Florianópolis, Brazil. Previously, he worked with Jornal Hora de Santa Catarina and Jornal Bom Dia. Augustinho turns 34 today. Shraddha Swaroop is a features designer for the Los Angeles Times‘ the Envelope tab. A 1994 graduate of Cal State [...]

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