From Jim Romenesko‘s blog this morning…
New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson was Alec Baldwin’s guest on his Here’s the Thing radio show…
Q: What’s the first thing most people read in The Times they tell you?
A: The captions on the front page photos.
Yet, what is one of the last things we typically do when building a page? What is something way too many of us simply just cut-and–paste — and, if you’re lucky, edit lightly — before publishing?
Right.
Charles Apple is
Focus page editor of the Orange County Register in Santa Ana, Calif. A longtime news artist and designer, he is the former graphics director of the Virginian-Pilot and the Des Moines Register and, for the past five years, an international consultant and instructor. He spends way too much time online. Read more ...
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