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Archive for February 2013

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28: Take inspiration from anywhere you can find it

Late last summer, Jane Burns of the Wisconsin State Journal traveled to Washington, D.C., where she happened to take in a baseball game at Nationals Park. She wrote via Facebook: This press box in D.C. made me smile because I am reminded of the story that Val Monson, best writer in the world, once told. Val started in sports and [...]

28: Birthdays for Thursday, Feb. 28

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to six wonderful 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 in 2000. Find his Twitter feed here. Jason turns 36 [...]

27: The coolest thing I’ve seen lately: The future of residential skyscrapers

While I’m on my cross-country trek this week, a number of visual journalists around the country are lending a hand by telling us what is the coolest thing they’ve seen lately. Today, Alan Stamm — a former assistant metro editor of the Detroit News who now writes for Deadline Detroit, does communications consulting and writes a journalism and public relations [...]

27: The Great Apple Transcontinental Migration, part two (5)

Some of you have been following along via social media during my drive from Virginia Beach to Southern California. For those of you who haven’t and would like to read a good soap opera: Find Part One — which covered Friday, Saturday and Sunday — here. When we ended that installment, Sharon and I were holed up in a Hampton [...]

27: Birthdays for Wednesday, Feb. 27

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to three wonderful visual journalists… Tarina Coetzee is chief subedtior for the Citizen, a nationally-distributed tabloid paper published in Johannesburg, South Africa. A 1987 graduate of the University of the Free State, Tarina spent several years as a sub-editor and designer for Sake24, Media24′s business news operation in Johannesburg. Since leaving Media24 in 2011, [...]

26: The coolest thing I’ve seen lately: Really cool DVD package design

While I’m on my cross-country trek this week, a number of visual journalists around the country are lending a hand by telling us what is the coolest thing they’ve seen lately. Today, Michael Higdon — editorial systems administrator for Swift Communications in Carson City, Nev. — shares something that… …hits both of yours and my main criteria for anything: really [...]

26: The coolest thing I’ve seen lately: Three fun sports pages

While I’m on my cross-country trek this week, a number of visual journalists around the country are lending a hand by telling us what is the coolest thing they’ve seen lately. Today, Jay St. Pierre — sports designer for the World-Herald of Omaha, Neb. — shares… …a few cool things we’ve done recently. 1) Super Bowl Cover Illustration We decided to [...]

26: Birthdays for Tuesday, Feb. 26

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to three excellent visual journalists… Anne Carothers-Kay is managing editor for the weekly Des Moines Business Record. 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 2008 to [...]

25: Society for News Design seeks award book cover designs

Last year, Hugo Sanchez of the Gulf News in Dubai designed the cover of the Society for News Design’s annual Best of News Design book. The problem with an annual book, however, is that you publish one every year. Funny how that works. Which means the society is eager to find a cover for this year’s book. This year’s contest [...]

25: An extraordinary first-person documentary by a college journalist-turned-unwed mother

Even when I’m on the road in west Texas, the most extraordinary things drop into my e-mail basket. Sam Lane, managing editor of the Daily Iowan – the student newspaper at the University of Iowa — writes: I wanted to reach out today regarding a special project we just completed at The Daily Iowan. One of our photographers, Callie Mitchell, [...]

25: The coolest thing I’ve seen lately: A 16-page snake

While I’m on my cross-country trek this week, a number of visual journalists around the country are lending a hand by telling us what is the coolest thing they’ve seen lately. Today, Paul Wallen — art director of Bay magazine, a publication of the Tampa Bay Times in St. Petersburg, Fla. — shares a snake. That ran across 16 pages [...]

25: The coolest thing I’ve seen lately: Journalists empowering themselves

While I’m on my cross-country trek this week, a number of visual journalists around the country are lending a hand by telling us what is the coolest thing they’ve seen lately. Today, my old pal Jim McBee — news editor of the Casper, Wyo., Star Tribune — tells us he loved this video consultant Robb Montgomery shot of the West [...]

25: Highlights of the Great Apple Transcontinental Migration — so far (2)

Perhaps you’ve been following the comically soap opera epic tale of perseverance of our trip this weekend from Virginia Beach to Southern California. I’ve been posting regular updates via Facebook and Twitter (hashtag #applemigration). If not, then lucky. You. This should catch you up… — THURSDAY Thursday afternoon, I picked up a 16-foot moving truck from Penske. Both Jim McBee [...]

25: Birthdays for Monday, Feb. 25

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to three gifted visual journalists… Konstantinos Antonopoulos is an interactive infographics designer for Lambrakis Press SA of Athens, Greece, publishers of a news site called in.gr. Previously, Konstantinos was an editor, artist and videographer with various TV organizations and then spent nearly four years with Exedra, a sports newspaper also based in Athens. I [...]

24: The coolest thing I’ve seen lately: A sad, sad city

While I’m on my cross-country trek this weekend, a number of visual journalists around the country are lending a hand by telling us what is the coolest thing they’ve seen lately. Today, my old colleague Nathan Groepper — creative director at the Gannett Design Studio in Des Moines — shares: How do you illustrate a story about how your town [...]

24: You know it’s baseball season when… (1)

…you log into Facebook and find photography like this by the fabulous Tom Priddy. That was last Sunday’s Furman University vs. Miami of Ohio baseball game in Greenville, S.C. Tom writes: Got lucky on this one: shot up the dugout steps and through the netting. Catcher John Crummy (27) of the Miami (Ohio) Redhawks holds up the ball and waits [...]

24: Birthdays for Sunday, Feb. 24

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to five excellent visual journalists… Lynn Campbell is a communications specialist for the College of Human Sciences of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. A 1994 graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Lynn spent nearly five years as Des Moines, Iowa, legislative reporter for Lee Enterprises. She moved to the Des Moines [...]

23: UNC’s Daily Tar Heel celebrates its 20th year of independence with a wrap

Kevin Uhrmacher, design and graphics editor of the Daily Tar Heel — the student paper at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill — sends along a giant page that wrapped around Friday’s paper celebrating the paper’s 20th year of being financially independent from the university. Click these pages for a much larger look. Kevin tells us: This project [...]

23: The coolest thing I’ve seen lately: High fashion in a small town

While I’m on my cross-country trek this weekend, a number of visual journalists around the country are lending a hand by telling us what is the coolest thing they’ve seen lately. Today, my old colleague Chris Cobler — editor of one of my favorite small-town dailies, the Victoria (Texas) Advocate — shares: Here is the coolest thing I’ve seen lately [...]

23: Birthdays for Saturday, Feb. 23

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to two wonderful visual journalists… Deny Howeth is a photography and design consultant based in Lewes, Del. She spent six years as a newspaper photographer and then two years as a designer for a food magazine. Find her web site here. Libby Roerig is a a communications specialist for Citizens Electric in Ste. Genevieve, [...]

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