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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: 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. 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: 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. 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 [...]

Feb. 1: Interesting then-and-now contrast today by the Quincy, Ill., Herald-Whig

So, did you see that interesting A1 centerpiece in today’s Herald-Whig of Quincy, Ill? Of course you didn’t. Because it wasn’t in the Newseum this morning: It’s an afternoon paper. It’s in there now, though. Click for a larger look. The big story today: The contrast between last year’s cold, bitter, snowy winter and this year. Herald-Whig editorial production coordinator [...]

Feb. 1: A lot of alliteration in Florida newspaper headlines today

No charts or maps were necessary today to show what happened in Tuesday’s Florida Republican primary. Mitt Romney won by 14.5 percentage points over Newt Gingrich. Which, apparently, qualifies as a good, old-fashioned ass-kicking. At least, that’s the impression you get by looking at today’s front-page headlines. Editors pulled out their “r” words to provide some alliteration for the victor. [...]

Jan. 31: Lots of infographics goodness in the Washington Post this week

Let’s take a look at three awesome graphics that have appeared in the Washington Post over the past two days… — REPUBLICAN DELEGATES I was so delighted to find this graphic in Monday’s Post. As I wrote in an article for Poynter a while back, the Republican nomination isn’t about state maps that get colored in, county-by-county. It’s about delegates. [...]

Jan. 30: How Florida papers played a horrific highway crash on page one

Just as everyone is gearing up for the big Republican primary in Florida tomorrow, big news breaks. A horrific crash on Interstate 75 just south of Gainesville, Fla., involved 12 cars and six semi trucks, killing 10 and injuring 21. This is the nightmare scenario for anyone who travels a lot on the nation’s interstate highways. It could happen to [...]

Jan. 29: Four interesting Sunday page-one photographs (5)

Here’s a look at four great pictures that made for intriguing page-one art today in U.S. newspapers… — VICTORIA ADVOCATE Victoria, Texas Circulation: 28,900 A beautiful Texas sunset. And… a pipeline? That picture by staffer Angeli Wright was lead art today for one of my favorite small newspapers, the Victoria Advocate. The story by Dianna Wray is about a new [...]

Jan. 29: How Florida papers played the upcoming GOP primary on page one today

Let’s take a look at front pages today in Florida that advance that state’s Republican primary on Tuesday… — HERALD-TRIBUNE Sarasota, Fla. Circulation: 63,864 My favorite front-page treatment of the day was this one by Sarasota. The stories emphasize the strategies employed by the candidates: 1) Don’t mention Social Security. And, if you’re Mitt Romney, 2) Take every opportunity to [...]

Jan. 27: Would you like to ride in my beautiful… blimp?

Yes — Yes, I would. Especially if the view is like this. Click for a much larger look: That is downtown San Diego on the left and Coronado on the right, separated by San Diego Bay. Way in the distance at the upper right is the Pacific Ocean. We’re looking south, so if we could peer through the haze, we [...]

Jan. 26: I love it when science makes the front page

I’m sure you’ve been reading about the massive activity scientists are detecting on the sun lately. It’s not been strong enough — yet — to disrupt power grids or satellite communications. But it has created some spectacular nighttime displays — especially for you folks who live in the norther latitudes. This picture was taken by Rune Stoltz Bertinussen Tuesday night [...]

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