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May 9: A skinny governor of New Jersey, thanks to a page-one photoillustration

One of my blog readers asked Wednesday: This seems…wrong. Do you have thoughts? The page she was referring to was this photoillustration afront the Asbury Park Press. That’s New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is famously overweight and who had banding surgery on his stomach earlier this year in hopes of losing weight. The illo — by Jeff Colson of [...]

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 [...]

March 29: Gannett’s Nashville studio hires new creative director

Ted Power, director of Gannett’s design studios in Des Moines and Nashville, announced this week: I’m pleased to announce that David Anesta, Features Team Leader in the Asbury Park Design Studio, will be the new Creative Director at the Nashville Design Studio. David will begin in Nashville on April 16. David has been with the Asbury Design Studio since March [...]

Feb. 12: A look at today’s most outstanding Pope Benedict XVI pages (1)

Huge news broke Monday morning: The Pope is resigning. Pope Benedict XVI will be the first pope in 598 years to resign, as opposed to dying in office. This move — along with the baggage the Catholic church is carrying around these days — made for huge play atop page one of today’s New York Times. That picture by L’Osservatore [...]

Feb. 4: A look at today’s Super Bowl pages

Pictures of players holding aloft the Lombardi Trophy. Pictures of players walking off the field, nearly in tears. Headlines that allude to the 30-minute delay last night for a power failure. Today’s Super Bowl pages contained quite a bit of sameness. The only thing that makes some of them stand out is attention to details like type placement or exquisite [...]

Feb. 3: Super Bowl pages from around the country (2)

On Friday, I posted a selection of Baltimore Ravens pages from Gannett’s Asbury Park Design Studio. Look for those here. Today, let’s look at a few more Super Bowl advance pages from around the country… — SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE San Francisco, Calif. Circulation: 229,176 On page one today, the Chronicle focused on fans: Parties both in the Bay area and [...]

Feb. 1: A selection of Super Bowl pages from the Asbury Park Design Studio

This coming Sunday is Super Sunday. It’ll be the Ravens and the 49ers in New Orleans’ Superdome. The folks at Gannett’s Asbury Park Design Studio have been hard at work putting out Ravens-themed Super Bowl pages and sections, director Tim Frank tells us. Tim walks us through a selection of work from the past few days… The Wilmington News Journal [...]

Jan. 3: Newspapers react to Congress’ non-vote on Hurricane Sandy recovery (4)

While the outgoing Congress managed to squeak out a vote Tuesday night on a compromise deal averting the “Fiscal Cliff” — at least for a while — the Republican leadership elected not to vote on a bill for aid to victims of Hurricane Sandy. Bad move. Granted, the states hit hardest by Sandy weren’t exactly “red states” to begin with. [...]

Dec. 25, 2012: A look at today’s best Christmas front pages (2)

There was an awful lot of great work out there today. Really, too much to try to take note of. However, let’s give it a try anyway, shall we? Take special note of my picks of the ten best pages of the day, mixed into the categories below in no particular order… __________________________ PHOTO-DRIVEN FRONT PAGES — No. 1: DENVER [...]

Nov. 22, 2012: Today’s ten best page-one Turkey Day presentations (1)

Lots of newspapers built elaborate Thanksgiving presentations for page one today. Here’s a look at my ten favorites… — GASTON GAZETTE Gastonia, N.C. Circulation: 24,354 What’s Thanksgiving all about? It’s about family. It’s about being grateful what what the year has given you. But it’s also about shopping. Or, to be more precise, preparing for a long day of Black [...]

Oct. 28, 2012: Today’s Hurricane Sandy front pages

Hurricane Sandy is slooooowly marching northward, off the coast of the Carolinas. Early Monday, the storm is forecast to hang a left — thankfully, missing us here in Hampton Roads — and to make landfall somewhere along the Jersey Shore sometime overnight Monday night/Tuesday morning. By that time, however, the storm is supposed to merge with a cold front that’s [...]

Oct. 27, 2012: Today’s eight best ‘frankenstorm’ Hurricane Sandy front pages

Folks all along the East Coast are preparing for what forecasters are working could be a disastrous hurricane-turned-nor’easter. Overnight, the hurricane lost strength and was downgraded to tropical storm status. It regained strength once the sun came up, however. So for now, the storm — which is approaching every-so-slowly — hasn’t yet “frankenstormed.” Here in Virginia Beach — where I [...]

Oct. 26, 2012: How East-coast newspapers played the ‘Frankenstorm’ today (2)

I’ve been reading for days now about the tropical storm in the Caribbean that was going to head up this way next. But it’s been so cold at night here in Virginia Beach that I’ve not been taking the threat seriously. Tropical storms just don’t venture into cold water. Do they? But it was hard to miss this big display [...]

Oct. 3, 2012: A look at today’s debate preview front pages (3)

Tonight is a huge night for political junkies: The first presidential debate will be held tonight at the University of Denver. Here’s a look at some of today’s front page preview treatments… — DENVER POST Denver, Colo. Circulation: 401,120 As you might expect, the Denver Post was all over it with a special section that wrapped around today’s paper. In [...]

Oct. 2, 2012: An amazing photo and other notable Tuesday A1 presentations

Let’s take a quick look at a few notable front-page presentations… ___________________________________ THERE’S NO WAY THAT’S NOT PHOTOSHOPPED — CHICAGO TRIBUNE Chicago, Ill. Circulation: 414,590 That’s what I thought the first time I laid eyes on this amazing image by Chris Walker of the Chicago Tribune. But, sure enough, that is not a computer rendering. That is Sunday’s “harvest moon” [...]

Sept. 11, 2012: What did your paper do for the 11th anniversary of 9/11?

Last year, nearly everyone went all-out on 9/11 anniversary covers. It was, after all, the 10th anniversary of this enormous — and tragic — landmark day in American history. But this year is the 11th anniversary. How did papers play the anniversary this year? ________________________ NEW YORK CITY NEWSPAPERS As you might expect, a number of the New York City [...]

Sept. 10, 2012: The most interesting weekend front pages

Here’s a (slightly belated) roundup of the best and most interesting of the weekend’s front pages… _____________________________________ USE IT BIG AND GET THE HELL OUT OF ITS WAY — ST. LUCIE NEWS TRIBUNE Fort Pierce, Fla. Circulation: 29,261 That’s my favorite advice for when you have great art: Use it big and get the hell out of its way. Even [...]

June 29, 2012: The good, the bad and the most interesting health-care court ruling front pages (7)

One of the reasons I love the little 26,531-circulation Victoria (Texas) Advocate is because the paper does a pretty great job now. But it’s always looking to do better. Case in point: I heard this morning via Twitter from Chris Cobler, the editor of the Advocate. Chris writes: And my reply is: You did pretty well today, Chris. You recognized [...]

June 20, 2012: Chris Mihal joins Gannett’s Asbury Park Design Studio

I’m awfully late posting this one. My apologies. Director Tim Frank recently hired a new creative director to run Gannett’s Design Studio in Asbury Park, N.J. He began work on May 31. Tim’s official announcement from that day, illustrated with a few hyperlinks and images from my collection… Hi guys, Chris Mihal, our new creative director starts today. Chris will [...]

Jan. 16, 2012: A look at Monday’s NFL playoff pages (4)

As a Packers fan, I’m awfully bummed over Sunday’s games. Congrats to the only Giants fan I know who’ll go out of his way to rub it in — my former Virginian-Pilot colleague Bob Voros. Congratulations, Bob. Get bent. ____________________________________ BALTIMORE RAVENS 20, HOUSTON TEXANS 13 I was pulling for the underdogs in yesterday’s early game. What we’ve learned: If [...]

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