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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: 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. 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: A look at Boston Globe sports fronts leading up to this Sunday’s Super Bowl (1)

Reportedly, there is some sort of football game coming up this weekend. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. The Boston Globe certainly has. Ace sports designer Luke Knox sent us a care package overnight featuring some of his sports fronts from the past week or so. The quotes below are the descriptions Luke sent us. All pages and graphics here are [...]

Jan. 23: A look at Monday’s NFL conference championship pages

Both conference championship games Sunday were very close. Let’s hope the Super Bowl is at least as interesting. In the meantime, here’s a look at a few of the day’s most notable NFL front pages, as seen at the Newseum… __________________________________________ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 23, BALTIMORE RAVENS 20 New England quarterback Tom Brady wasn’t clicking quite as well as usual [...]

Jan. 15: A look at Sunday’s NFL playoff pages

The first game yesterday was, without a doubt, one of the most exciting playoff games I’ve seen in years. The second: Not so much. _________________________________________ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 36, NEW ORLEANS SAINTS 32 Three scores in the last two minutes and 18 seconds. What a finish. — SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE San Francisco, Calif. Circulation: 220,515 The Chronicle — which I [...]

Jan. 14: A look at Saturday’s NFL preview pages (2)

There are two huge pro football games today and then two more tomorrow. Let’s take a look at how area newspapers previewed the game on page on today… _____________________________________ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS at SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 4:30 P.M. EST – FOX While the 49ers are the higher seed, I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see the Saints win today. [...]

Jan. 7: Today’s hot story out of New Hampshire: Fashion on the campaign trail

So what political angle do you put on page one on a sleepy Saturday before the New Hampshire primary? You critique how the candidates dress themselves, of course. At least, that’s what both the New York Times-owned Boston Globe — circulation 205,939 — and the Dow Jones-owned Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald — circulation 9,900 — ran out front today. Portsmouth played [...]

Dec. 30, 2011: A cool movie roundup page by the Boston Globe’s Ryan Huddle

Ryan Huddle of the Boston Globe sends along this movie year in review page from last Sunday’s paper. Click for a larger look: Ryan tells us: This is a new style that I have wanted to do for a while now but never had the right project to do it on. The people at the bottom of the page are [...]

Dec. 9, 2011: Inside the Boston Globe’s eye-catching, high-end ‘style’ gift guide

Thursday, the Boston Globe ran its annual “style” holiday gift guide. The guide appeared in the Globe‘s regular features section, which is a tabloid. The custom type treatment features design supervisor Martin Gee created for the cover reminds us a lot of the Lite Brite sets we had as kids. The inside pages displayed all sorts of high-end luxury items [...]

Dec. 5, 2011: A look at Red Sox managers (1)

Boston Red Sox fans love their baseball. And they have no love at all for managers who can’t produce numbers in the W column. With the hiring of Bobby Valentine as the team’s 45th manager, the Boston Globe took the opportunity Friday to look back over the managerial history of the Sox, with special emphasis on the winners and losers. [...]

Nov. 23, 2011: The Muppets take Manhattan… and Boston… and Dubuque and Elyria and Crystal Lake

Unless you’ve been hiding behind a plate of fried frog legs today, you probably know that the next blockbuster movie opened today: The Muppets. Now, this one I’d like to see. Last week’s Twilight movie? Not so damned much. I already showed you a cool Muppets treatment from last Sunday’s Boston Globe and I asked you to send me more. [...]

Nov. 22, 2011: The Boston Globe’s take on the upcoming Muppet movie

Master designer Ryan Huddle created this for the movies front of last Sunday’s Boston Globe. “Heart felt.” Get it? Wocka-wocka. Four pages later, you find the jump page. Which is where you see the back side of the front page illustration. Mixed into the many Muppet characters in the audience are stars who famously made guest appearances in various Muppet [...]

Nov. 18, 2011: Features treatments for the new Twilight movie (3)

As I write this, my daughter is at the early morning showing of Breaking Dawn, Part One, the new — and penultimate — movie in the Twilight series. I managed to talk her out of the midnight showing last night but couldn’t keep her away any longer. What did stay away were features treatments of this movie. Even after a [...]

Nov. 15, 2011: Brilliant ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ parody in the Boston Globe

Cartoonist Ward Sutton created a full page commentary piece for Sunday’s Boston Globe, comparing the administration of President Barack Obama to the to the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series of children’s books by Jeff Kinney. The “news peg”: The latest book in the series is released today. Click for a larger view: This is a downright brilliant observation. It [...]

Oct. 28, 2011: Four great Halloween features page treatments (1)

Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. One big reason why: You can have a lot of fun with it in the pages of your newspaper. Halloween isn’t until Monday, so I imagine we’ll see quite a bit of stuff this weekend. But let’s kick off the weekend right with four examples of newspapers setting the mood [...]

Oct. 7, 2011: What we need on a Friday: A little dose of Martin Gee (2)

I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that life seems a little dull and drab these days, primarily because it’s been so long since you’ve had a good, healthy dose of Martin Gee. Well, fear not. Here is the front cover of the Tuesday features tab of the Boston Globe, featuring a wonderful and wacky vegan-themed illustration by the man [...]

Sept. 29, 2011: A quick look at today’s baseball playoff pages

Well! While many of we visual journalists are en route to St. Louis for the Society for News Design conference, the regular baseball season ended with some of the most memorable fireworks ever. A  quick roundup of playoff pages… — ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH St. Louis, Mo. Circulation: 196,232 The hometown paper here in town was in a bind this week. [...]

Sept. 10, 2011: The most notable of Friday’s and Saturday’s 9/11 anniversary pages (1)

Oh, the 9/11 tribute pages have come fast and furious late this week. Dozens upon dozens of them. Many of them looking the same. There’s simply no way to show them all. I hope your feelings don’t get hurt if I leave yours out. Expecting to see a ton of pages tomorrow, I thought we’d look back tonight and pull [...]

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