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May 23: Army vet story is ‘the most important story I’ve ever worked on’ (1)

That’s how Chris Hickerson, a web editor and designer for the Colorado Springs Gazette, describes a three-part project his paper ran this week. Chris writes: Since I was hired in January I’ve been working with our terrifically talented investigative reporter, Dave Philipps, and our incredibly talented photo intern (who we just hired full time, thank God, since the he is [...]

May 21: A look at today’s notable Oklahoma tornado front pages (1)

In the future, whenever you think of the horrifying tragedy Monday in Oklahoma, you’ll remember this image: That was shot in Moore, Okla., by Sue Ogrocki of the Associated Press. Sue’s first-person story is downright chilling: I expected chaos as I approached the piles of bricks and twisted metal where Plaza Towers Elementary once stood. Instead, it was calm and [...]

May 20: How Oklahoma papers played Sunday’s deadly tornado outbreak

Only two died. That was the good news. But that’s about all the good news folks in central Oklahoma are waking up to today. At least two tornadoes ripped though the state Sunday. One started out near Edmond and stayed on the ground until it smashed into the town of Carney. The other touched down east of Norman and ripped [...]

May 10: A huge highway fire results in a poster-front treatment in Pennsylvania

A tanker truck turned over on Interstate 81 at the intersection of U.S. 322 north of downtown Harrisburg Thursday and burst into flames. The fire burned so hot that it damaged the interstate as well as the overpass above it. The state Dept. of Transportation advised motorists to divert to the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Which then closed itself when a truck [...]

May 9: Ethics? What ethics? State-of-the-art photo retouching tips from 1946 (2)

The find of the day: An instruction manual on how to retouch photos for publication, published in 1946. The PetaPixel blog posted a number of pages from this book, Shortcuts to Photo Retouching For Commercial Use, by Raymond Wardell. PetaPixel’s Michael Zhang writes: Think of it as a “Photoshop 101″ book for photographers who came more than half a century [...]

May 8: Inside the Plain Dealer’s kidnapping rescue coverage (2)

Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past two days, you’ve seen the amazing news out of Cleveland: Three women were rescued after being kidnapped and held captive in a house for a decade. Here’s how the Plain Dealer played the story on page one Tuesday: The lead art — of family members of one of the women celebrating [...]

May 7: Unidentified crime suspects on page one

Reposting photos of two alleged — and, as it turned out, falsely accused — criminals you pulled out of a Reddit thread to see if your friends can identify them: Ho-hum. Building a section front out of those photos: So last month. The new standard: Posting surveillance photos of eight alleged criminals — at the request of local police — [...]

April 30: Inside the Boston Globe’s eight-page ’102 Hours in Pursuit’ project

I mentioned this past weekend that the Boston Globe ran a comprehensive recap of the events of two weeks ago. The project kicked off on page with with this fabulous picture of the second explosion going off by Globe staffer David L. Ryan. Assistant managing editor Dan Zedek sent us the inside pages for the 102 hours project. These pages [...]

April 30: Six months after Sandy, the N.Y. Daily News looks at a ‘ghost town’

This weekend was the six-month anniversary of Sandy. The New York Daily News — which, you might be aware, lost its headquarters in the superstorm — observed the landmark Monday with these aerial photos of the Breezy Point section of Queens, where more than 100 homes burned to the ground after the storm. The Daily News‘ Kevin Coughlin — who [...]

April 28: Two fabulous Sunday front pages

Two papers today took notable looks back at momentous events in their communities. The Boston Globe today looked back on the five days following the recent bombing at the Boston Marathon. Today’s front page was anchored by a photo I hadn’t seen previously: This picture of the second bomb going off, taken by Globe staffer David L. Ryan. Average daily [...]

April 26: Just in case you’ve not yet seen this yet…

Here’s a wonderful cover from Boston magazine featuring actual shoes worn by Boston Marathon runners this year. Editor John Wolfson explains: Great idea! But how in the world were we going to execute it in time? We figured we’d need about 100 or so shoes, and we had very little time to get them. We were also going to have [...]

April 18: Now, there’s an unusual way to play a picture (7)

You think you had a bad day yesterday? Check out the front of Wednesday’s Statesman Journal of Salem, Oregon. In particular, check out the bottom left corner of page one. Can you see it? Here’s a larger view: Wow. Talk about a production error. How does one even do that? Someone pointed this out to me yesterday. But I lost [...]

April 17: An update on that manipulated Daily News photo (1)

Joe Pompeo of watchdog site Capital New York picked up our story about the doctored photo on the front of yesterday’s New York Daily News. The manipulated bit is just under the man’s front leg, on the left side of that picture. Here’s the original, as shot by the Boston Globe‘s John Tlumacki… …and here’s a side-by-side comparison of the [...]

April 16: I hate to make an accusation here, but… (53)

A blog reader has pointed out a discrepancy between a jarring but important picture the Boston Globe‘s John Tlumacki shot in the aftermath of yesterday’s Boston Marathon bombings and the version of that photo as used today by the New York Daily News. Here’s the original photo, as posted last night by the Boston Globe‘s Big Picture blog… …and here [...]

April 16: A look at today’s best and not-quite-the-best Boston bombing front pages (6)

As you’re already aware, the Boston Globe and its photography staff rose to the challenge of yesterday’s bombings during the Boston Marathon. Pictures by staffers John Tlumacki and David L. Ryan appeared in papers around the world, bringing the horror and the emotion home for readers everywhere. Here’s a quick review of some of the day’s notable front pages… — [...]

April 16: The front of Tuesday’s Boston Globe (1)

Or, at least, an early edition. As tweeted tonight by the Globe: Go here to find an interactive map showing how the bombings went down. Find the Globe‘s Big Picture Boston Marathon bombing photo gallery here. Find all the Globe‘s Boston Marathon bombing coverage here. — Time magazine’s Lightbox blog today posted a first-person account by Boston Globe photographer John [...]

April 15: An explosive weekend in El Paso, Texas

Kate Gannon, a digital content strategist for Digitalegre in El Paso writes: I wanted to share with you a great cover the local El Paso Times produced yesterday after the demolition of old copper smelter smokestacks.  It was a huge event in the city with thousands of people watching from rooftops, backyards and the hillsides in both El Paso and across [...]

April 9: Today’s NCAA basketball championship pages

Here’s a brief look at today’s NCAA men’s basketball championship pages… — COURIER-JOURNAL Louisville, Ky. Circulation: 154,033 Huge photo with everything else pushed off the front page: Check. Picture shows players celebrating a national championship beneath falling confetti: Check. Punny, celebratory headline: Check. Looks like the Louisville paper today did everything it needed to do and did it well. The [...]

April 8: Today’s NCAA Championship preview pages

We’re well into April now, and you know what that means: March Madness is nearly over. Tonight, Michigan and Louisville play for the NCAA men’s basketball championship in Atlanta. Here’s a look at today’s pages advancing the game… — DETROIT FREE PRESS Detroit, Mich. Circulation: 232,696 The Free Press goes all-out once again with a spectacular photoillustration of the Wolverines [...]

April 7: A look at today’s Final Four pages (1)

Here’s a quick look at the day’s Final Four pages… — DETROIT FREE PRESS Detroit, Mich. Circulation: 232,696 The Free Press put Michigan’s tight, five-point victory over Syracuse into the skybox this morning, with a big, red word that seemed to sum up the entire game.   The page was designed by Joe Cybulski. The picture was by Julian H. [...]

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