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today: Austin news artist and book illustrator Don Tate promotes release of his first authored book (1)

In two months, a children’s book by my good friend Don Tate will hit bookstores. It’s called: It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw. Don — a longtime artist for the Austin, Texas, American-Statesman — has illustrated something like 40 books over the past decade or so. This is the first book he’s actually written. Today, Don released [...]

Feb. 9: Three interesting page-one visuals

Here are three interesting items I found in my daily romp through the Newseum… — STANDARD-EXAMINER Ogden, Utah Circulation: 62,603 You’re looking at a picture of a python. Playing with the owner’s ten grandkids. His name was Monty (I know, I know). Monty died last week at age 30. He spent 27 years in a classroom at Plain City Elementary [...]

Feb. 9: A great above-the-nameplate display today in Fort Myers (2)

In Cape Coral, Fla., yesterday, an Army soldier popped into an elementary school to surprise his children who didn’t know their dad was home from South Korea. Freelancer Sarah Coward was there to photograph the reunion. The Fort Myers News-Press played the best picture huge atop A1 today: Find the story here by Don Ruane of the News-Press. Find additional [...]

Feb. 8: World’s largest punctuation? (3)

Did you see the front of today’s Cincinnati Enquirer? I can’t say for certain. But I’m pretty sure this is supposed to be a single open-quote mark. Click for a larger view: The topic is the somewhat odd State of the State address by Ohio governor John Kasich Tuesday. The top of the story by staffer Paul E. Kostyu: Non-bluetongue [...]

Feb. 8: A look at today’s GOP caucus front pages

There were two caucuses and one primary yesterday on the campaign trail for Republican presidential hopefuls. Everyone, of course, is reporting the stunning sweep by Rick Santorum. But consider this: Santorum picked up a total of 28 delegates Tuesday while Mitt Romney captured six. And those are non-binding delegates: They are free to change their votes at the Republican convention [...]

Feb. 8: SND judges honor first Best of Show winner in ten years (1)

The last time the Society for News Design’s annual competition resulted in a Best of Show winner was 2002: The New York Times won the honor for its coverage of the events and aftermath of 9/11. Meet this year’s Best of Show: Svenska Dagbladet — Stockholm, Sweeden’s third-largest daily. The story that produced this amazing edition was that tragic, two-pronged [...]

Feb. 7: A look at the Washington Post’s huge political earmark story (3)

The big story today in Washington D.C.: The Washington Post launched the next big segment of its ongoing series in which they examine the personal finances of all 535 of our legislators in the House and the Senate. Today’s topic was huge: Earmarks. We used to hear a lot about “pork barrel” politics. That meant when a Congressperson or a [...]

Feb. 7: An accusation of visual plagiarism from last year’s SND contest (1)

The graphic in the center of this double-page spread from La Stampa of Torino, Italy — reviewing how trapped miners in Chile were rescued in October of 2010 — won an Award of Excellence last year for breaking news graphics in the annual Society for News Design competition. You’ll find it at the bottom of page 205 of SND32, the [...]

Feb. 6: A look at today’s notable Super Bowl pages (4)

There was way too much similarity in choices of front-page Super Bowl art around the country. The best photo choices were made today by some of the nation’s largest papers. Here’s a look at some of the more notable pages of the day… ________________________________ REPRESENTING THE NEW YORK GIANTS — NEWSDAY Melville, N.Y. Circulation: 404,542 Newsday today wrapped its usual [...]

Feb. 5: An inside view of today’s Super Bowl from the Indianapolis Star

Scott Goldman – director of digital and visuals at the Indianapolis Star – is on duty at the Super Bowl today. And he’s tweeting like mad. Around 3 p.m. EST, he tweeted: An hour later, he had found the Star‘s seats. He tweeted: Here is the view from those seats: Scott refers to Star sportswriter Phillip Wilson, who’s livechatting from [...]

Feb. 5: A look at today’s notable Super Bowl preview pages (3)

Just about everybody had something out front today for America’s biggest unofficial holiday, Super Bowl Sunday. Here’s a look at the most notable pages I’ve seen… ____________________________________ REPRESENTING THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — BOSTON GLOBE Boston, Mass. Circulation: 205,939 My favorite picture of the day is this one, on the front of today’s Boston Globe. You’re seeing the Patriots lining [...]

Feb. 5: Meanwhile, today in cold, lonely, Wisconsin…

The state’s pro football fans aren’t happy at all that the Green Bay Packers failed to earn the right to defend their Super Bowl crown. However, they did receive a little consolation prize yesterday when quarterback Aaron Rodgers was named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player for this past season. That page was designed by Ed Brud. The picture of Rodgers [...]

Feb. 5: Last night’s ‘border war’ made for two great sports pages today (1)

If you’re not from Missouri — and I’m certainly not — then you might have some difficulty wrapping your brain around the excitement folks there felt last night when the University of Missouri Tigers knocked off the Kansas Jayhawks 74-71. After all, Missouri was ranked No. 4 in the nation. Kansas was ranked No. 8. The favorite won, right? Perhaps [...]

Feb. 4: Four clever and fun page-one illustrations (1)

Here are four fun art elements I found in my daily romp through the Newseum… — PRESS & DAKOTAN Yankton, S.D. Circulation: 8,332 He use to work as a decorative element for the top of your car antenna. After those jobs went away, he worked for Walmart, on its “falling prices” signs. But what’s Mr. Smiley Face been doing since [...]

Feb. 4: Does our business need another round of visual ethics lessons? (2)

By now, you’ve probably heard the news. Award-winning photographer Bryan Patrick has been fired by the Sacramento Bee for violations of the paper’s ethics policy forbidding the manipulation of photos. Earlier, the Bee had suspended Patrick after it was found his page-one photo last Sunday had been altered. The picture was this one, of two egrets sharing lunch. Note the [...]

Feb. 3: Jon Fisch and Kevin Fujii — laid off last month by Seattle Times — are hired by MSN.com

Jon Fisch — laid off a month ago by the Seattle Times — writes via Facebook: Want a follow-up to your post about the Times laying us all off? Both Kevin Fujii and I have been hired by MSN.com. Kevin as a photo editor. I’ll be working as a content editor. Kevin started a few weeks ago. I start next [...]

Feb. 3: A look at today’s Super Bowl pages by the Boston Globe

Yesterday, we took a look at a number of Super Bowl sports fronts that ran this week in the Boston Globe. Here is today’s sports front, again designed by Luke Knox. The lead photo is by staffer Jim Davis. That’s a pretty cool timeline across the bottom of the page, showing the NFL coaches most successful at winning league championships. [...]

Feb. 3: Cool idea alert: Printable Valentine’s Day cards

Chris Morris of the Cleveland Plain Dealer tells us about his latest project: I figured my kids didn’t want to hand out Spongebob and Buzz Lightyear store-bought cards. So I drew up 30 quirky little cards and we’re making them available online as PDFs. Kids can download and print and cut out to their heart’s content. Chris drew six cards [...]

Feb. 2: USA Today offers do-it-yourself paper figures of Tom Brady and Eli Manning

USA Today this week offered up do-it-yourself paper action figures of Super Bowl quarterbacks Tom Brady and Eli Manning. The figures are posted on USA Today‘s web site. Readers click to download PDF files of each player. There are instructions and even a video that shows how to assemble each player. The faces are drawn by USA Today‘s Sam Ward. [...]

Feb. 2: Inside the special Super Bowl section wrapped around today’s Indianapolis Star (2)

Earlier today, we took a look at great Super Bowl advance pages from Luke Knox of the Boston Globe. Now it’s time to check out a bit of the 24-page special section wrapping today’s Indianapolis Star. Director of digital and visuals Scott Goldman tells us: Design director Phil Mahoney gets the kudos for the cover design and most of the [...]

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