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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. 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 [...]

Jan. 25: A look at today’s State of the Union pages (1)

Here’s a look at some of today’s most notable State of the Union front pages. And a few not-so-notable ones as well… — WASHINGTON POST Washington, D.C. Circulation: 507,465 Not surprisingly, the Washington Post did a fabulous job with how it presented today’s State of the Union coverage. You get the feeling they’ve done this before. The lead picture — [...]

Jan. 16: Ten outstanding Martin Luther King front pages

Lots of papers put the late Rev. Martin Luther King on page one today. Here are ten of the best tributes I saw today at the Newseum… — PORTSMOUTH HERALD Portsmouth, N.H. Circulation: 9,900 King is honored with a heroic treatment today atop the Portsmouth, N.H. newspaper. a great quote is paired with a dramatic angle from the Associated Press [...]

Dec. 25, 2011: Twelve wonderful Christmas Day front pages

In honor of the Twelve Days of Christmas, here are the 12 most outstanding newspaper front pages as seen today at the Newseum… — PLAIN DEALER Cleveland, Ohio Circulation: 243,299 The Plain Dealer sent its outstanding photography team out into the area and asked them to take Christmas card-like pictures. The best — by Lynn Ischay — ended up atop [...]

Dec. 20, 2011: Chris Morris’ take on ‘the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ (1)

A very cool, deceptively simple illustration by Chris Morris in the arts section of Sunday’s Cleveland Plain Dealer. Click for a much larger look: A 1987 graduate of East Texas University in Commerce, Texas — now known as Texas A&M-Commerce — Chris worked at the San Francisco Examiner and then spent four years as presentation director of the Dallas Morning [...]

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 [...]

Oct. 17, 2011: Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Michael Tribble named AME for digital and online (2)

Michael Tribble — for the past four years, director of design and graphics for the Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio — has been promoted to assistant managing editor of that paper’s online operations. A 1997 graduate of East Texas State University in Commerce, Texas, Michael spent nearly five years as a reporter, photographer, editor and designer for the Paris (Texas) [...]

Sept. 25, 2011: From garbage bins to Playboy bunnies: Six notable Sunday front pages

A look at the day’s most notable front pages, as seen today at the Newseum… — THE TRIBUNE San Luis Obispo, Calif. Circulation: 34,718 The big story today in San Luis Obispo: The city council passed a law specifying that garbage and recycling bins must be stored in a place where they’re not visible from the street. Might not sound [...]

Sept. 11, 2011: A look at today’s 9/11 anniversary newspaper visuals (8)

There’s a lot of amazing work out there today. So amazing, in fact, that I was a little swamped trying to process it all. My solution was to try something unusual. I posted the first half of my material so folks could begin digesting it. And then I added as the afternoon faded into evening. Not the way I’d prefer [...]

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 [...]

Sept. 3, 2011: Football preview section: Lose yourself in a cartoon illustration by Chris Morris (1)

Next up in our line of football special section covers: The Cleveland Plain Dealer, which ran its college preview Friday. Gracing the cover is this wonderful piece by “the new guy,” designer and illustrator Chris Morris. Make sure you click on this one, folks, for extra-big goodness. Oh, there’s just so much to love here, from gentle little sight gags [...]

Aug. 24, 2011: How East Coast papers covered the Great Quake of ’11 (2)

You knew it was coming today: Wall-to-wall coverage of the Great Earthquake of 2011. Of course, folks on the West Coast and in various regions of the world are shaking their heads and wondering about us. No deaths. No suffering. No tsunami. No substantial damage to speak of. So why the fuss? Because we’re not accustomed to earthquakes in this [...]

July 13, 2011: Las Vegas Sun’s Chris Morris moving to Cleveland Plain Dealer

Rachel Perkins — creative director of the Greenspun Media Group — announced tonight: I regret to announce that Chris Morris, GMG’s illustrator extraordinaire, is leaving to become Art Director at the Plain Dealer in Cleveland. He joins a seasoned, SND award-winning visuals team with arguably the best illustrative department in newspapers. His last day is July 31st. …He will be [...]

July 8, 2011: Space shuttle media gaffes… and more wonderful shuttle graphics (3)

We’ve seen the last launch of the U.S. space shuttle program. As you can see from this photo posted today by Tom Burton of the Orlando Sentinel. Read more about the launch in the Sentinel. Despite the iffy weather, the launch went off pretty smoothly except for a one brief, nerve-wracking moment. With just over 30 seconds to go, there [...]

June 9, 2011: Is that really Terrelle Pryor’s autograph?

Yes. Yes, it is. We’re talking about the front of Thursday’s Cleveland Plain Dealer. Terrelle Pryor is one of the football players at the center of the huge memorabilia scandal at Ohio State. Click on this for a much, much larger view. Design and graphics director Michael Tribble tells us: That is indeed Pryor’s autograph. We got it from authenticated [...]

May 31, 2011: Front page coverage of the resignation of a football coach

Football coach Jim Tressel resigned Monday from Ohio State University. He was under tremendous pressure in the wake of a number of deepening scandals there that involved players trading for favors among local merchants — most notably a tattoo parlor. The bigger issue, however, was that Tressel knew about what was going on but took steps to cover it up. [...]

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 8, 2011: Notable Sunday bin Laden pages

Today marked six days since the announcement that U.S. forces had killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. And for some U.S. newspapers, it was a time for a little reflection. With emotional visuals and some long-form journalism. The Arizona Republic of Phoenix built a front-page centerpiece out of a nice Washington Post project about how the U.S. tracked [...]

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 [...]

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