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July 22, 2011: Among the layoffs this week at the Chicago Tribune: Steve Cavendish

And, at the risk of being overly negative: if a guy like Steve Cavendish can be laid off: How much hope can the rest of us have? A 1993 graduate of Belmont University in Nashville, Steve served as assistant design editor for the Nashville Banner before moving to the San Jose Mercury News as A1 designer. He later became the [...]

June 28, 2011: How many ways can you say “guilty on 17 counts”? (6)

There are only so many ways to say “guilty on 17 out of 20 counts.” That is the deduction I make after my daily spin through the Newseum to see how Chicago-area newspapers presented the verdict in the retrial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. — CHICAGO TRIBUNE Chicago, Ill. Circulation: 437,205 Or perhaps this is a story in which [...]

June 16, 2011: Following up on the Chicago Tribune redesign (1)

Here is the front pages of today’s Chicago Tribune — Day Two of the new design. Thanks to the Newseum for that image. — THE TAB EDITION A question that came up since my original post early Wednesday… Q. Does this mean the end of the “tabloid-on-newsstands/broadsheet-at-home” split the Trib has been using for the last few years? A. It [...]

June 15, 2011: A look at the redesign launched today by the Chicago Tribune (6)

The Chicago Tribune launched a redesign today. On the left is Tuesday’s front page. On the right is today’s new front page. Click those or any of today’s images to see a larger version. Here’s a closer look at today’s front, designed by Kenney Marlatt and Michelle Rowan. The thing that immediately jumps out at you is the artwork in [...]

June 8, 2011: Today’s page one story: Mother Nature’s nasty temper

The biggest story across the nation today — if you ignore the Rep. Anthony Weiner story — is weather. Either it’s too hot, too wet or too, um, the place is on fire. Here’s a look at today’s notable front page visuals, as seen in the daily archive at the Newseum. As usual, click on any image today for a [...]

May 29, 2011: Ten wonderful Memorial Day front pages

Lots of papers published wonderful Memorial Day treatments today on page one. Here’s a look at ten of the best. — GAZETTE Colorado Springs, Colo. Circulation: 76,030 The folks in Colorado Springs focused on a Korean War veteran. The man’s face reflected in the frame holding his medals is a bit haunting. That lead photo is by staffer Jerilee Bennett. [...]

May 3, 2011: A look at Tuesday’s graphics-heavy bin Laden presentations (3)

Anybody ready for another spin into the world of Osama bin Laden aftermath? While yesterday’s fronts were — in some cases — big and bold, they didn’t have a lot of story to tell. That’s partially because of the late hour at which the story broke. Read much more detail about that — and how several papers ripped up their [...]

May 2, 2011: Tomorrow’s front pages today (2)

A small selection of front pages from tomorrow’s newspapers, blatantly stolen from Facebook and Twitter feeds… Chicago Sun-Times Circulation 250,747 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Circulation 181,504 Casper, Wyo., Star Tribune Circulation 24,121 Twin Falls, Idaho, Times-News Circulation 23,081 Charlotte, N.C., Observer Circulation 155,995 Fort Myers, Fla., News-Press Circulation 56,834 Albany, N.Y. Times Union Circulation: 68,992 Rochester, N.Y. Democrat and Chronicle Circulation: 119,399 [...]

April 30, 2011: A little royal kissy-face for page one

Well, anyone interested in Friday’s royal wedding must be happy today with their newspapers. Seems like everywhere you go, you see the now-iconic photo of Prince William kissing his bride, Kate Middleton, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Or: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, as they’re known now. Here’s the Guardian — circulation 283,063 — with what is typical [...]

April 29, 2011: Chicago Tribune photog unhappy about Photoshop accusation

Chicago Tribune photojournalist Alex Garcia writes in his blog today: Am I wrong with getting upset when I receive a note from Jim Romenesko on Twitter saying he’s just about to write a post about an extra hand that he and readers see in my photo of President Obama‘s arrival yesterday? Alex Garcia — Or as he pointedly asked me, [...]

Feb. 18, 2011: Josh Crutchmer moving to Minneapolis Star Tribune (2)

Chris Carr, deputy design director of the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, announced Thursday night: We’re very pleased to announce Josh Crutchmer will join the news design group on March 21. Josh is the Business Design Director at the Chicago Tribune, and he was creating memorable and award-winning sports and news pages at the Omaha World-Herald before that. Josh is regularly [...]

Jan. 17, 2011: Munster’s Steve Zimmerman moves to Chicago Tribune (2)

An e-mail sent Friday to the staff of the Chicago Tribune: Please join me in welcoming Steve Zimmerman to the National Content team as an editor/designer for the ModSquad. Steve is a native of Milwaukee and a ‘97 graduate of UW-Milwaukee with a degree in political science. He joins ModSquad after working over a year as a display editor at [...]

Nov. 2, 2010: Election Day choice for news editors: Stay neutral on A1 or not?

So how does one play a big midterm election on page one? One in which most experts expect one particular party to do very well? Here’s a selection of election front pages, culled from the daily archive at the Newseum… The World-Herald of Omaha, Neb., avoided the issue entirely — and probably wisely — by focusing on people setting up [...]

Oct. 14, 2010: Catching up with the Chicago Tribune’s Josh Crutchmer

There was a little bombshell tossed into my post — here in the blog Tuesday night — about the end of the SportsDesigner blog. It was buried pretty deep, so perhaps you didn’t catch it. That bombshell is this: Josh Crutchmer is no longer the sports design editor of the Chicago Tribune. He’s now the business design editor. Where he’s [...]

Oct. 11, 2010: Chicago, as seen through the eyes of Tribune photographers

A new book to be released next month will feature photography by Chicago Tribune photographers. Tribune director of photography Robin Daughtridge writes: Tribune photographers, en route to “official” assignments, often stroll through the Loop and capture fleeting moments during peak light. Other times a photographer waits for hours for the split second when a runner bounds across a sun-bathed bridge. [...]

Oct. 6, 2010: My take on the Chicago Tribune management story (1)

It’s on page one of today’s New York Times. But it popped onto the Times‘ web site at mid-evening last night, here on the East Coast. And the buzz on Twitter and Facebook was immediate. If you’ve not seen it yet, go directly to the Times‘ web site right now and take it all in. My take on it? Glad [...]

Oct. 2, 2010: A worthy cancer fundraiser in honor of Chris Courtney

Ron Williams of Team In Training — and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society — is running in the Chicago Marathon next weekend and using that run as a fundraiser for that organization. While we might not know Ron, we sure know the person he’s honoring in this year’s effort: Chris Courtney of the Chicago Tribune, who was diagnosed this summer [...]

Sept. 29, 2010: The Los Angeles Times is at it again with a faux news wrap (2)

Will the Los Angeles Times ever learn? Or is it the newspaper-buying public who’s going to have to learn not to trust what they see on page one? Today’s LAT is wrapped with an ad. I’m on the record as hating these things. They’re becoming so common, though, that they’re hardly news anymore. This one, however, is more than just [...]

Sept. 16, 2010: An update on Chris Courtney and his fight with cancer

Chicago Tribune Interactive design guru Chris Courtney – who, as you know, is battling Hodgkins’ lymphoma — was featured recently in a 6-minute segment on WGN news. Check it out: Chris tweeted this evening: Side note, it was shot after 8 hours of Chemo. I have to admit, I have not yet added my middle finger to cancer on Chris’ [...]

Sept. 8, 2010: How Chicagoland papers covered the end of the Daley era (2)

After two decades as “da mayor” of Chicago, Richard M. Daley announced he won’t run again for a seventh term. Huge, huge news in the windy city. As you’d imagine. My favorite page one treatment of day was by the Chicago Tribune‘s free commuter tab, RedEye: The uncredited file photo of a pensive Daley seems perfectly matched to the gentle [...]