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‘Gannett studio/Nashville’ archive

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April 11: Bill Wachsberger to return to the Baltimore Sun

The last four years has taken him to the other side of the Southeast. But Bill Wachsberger will soon return to Baltimore, where he spent the majority of his career. Bill posted on Facebook Wednesday: I am happy to announce I will be heading BACK to the Baltimore Sun as design director come early May! Looking forward to the reunion! [...]

March 30: A look at Saturday’s March Madness pages (2)

Well, it’s all over for America’s favorite Cinderella team. Florida Gulf Coast University was stomped 62-50 by the University of Florida Friday. I think many of us enjoyed the on-court antics of the cool guys from FGCU. I’m not sure who I’ll pull for now… — NEWS-PRESS Fort Myers, Fla. Circulation: 54,761 After an amazing run of front pages and [...]

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 [...]

March 26: More Florida Gulf Coast Univ. pages from the Fort Myers paper

Michael Babin of the Gannett Design Studio in Nashville was kind enough to send a huge batch of weekend pages from the News-Press of Fort Myers, Fla., documenting the first two rounds of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament and the amazing performance of their hometown boys, the Eagles of Florida Gulf Coast University. FGCU beat Georgetown Friday, only the 7th [...]

March 25: How the Fort Myers paper played last night’s huge win by Florida Gulf Coast University

Florida Gulf Coast University — in its very first appearance in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament — has, incredibly, won its first two games. On Friday, FGCU defeated No. 2-seeded Georgetown 78-68. On Sunday, the Eagles stunned No. 7-seeded San Diego State 81-71. The school — which was founded in 1991 — is located in Fort Myers, Fla. Here’s how [...]

March 18: A look at a few notable NCAA Tournament pages and sections (1)

Scott Goldman – director of content at Advance Digital and a former sports designer for the Washington Post — writes today via Facebook: In case you were wondering how you should design an NCAA Tournament section, look no further. This is how you do it. The section that caught his eye today: The one from the Washington Post. Which always [...]

March 18: Maybe you’ll earn a new merit badge for mastering this cool new Photoshop trick

Lindsey Turner — Gulf Coast team leader of the Gannett Design Studio in Nashville — writes this weekend: I wanted to pass along this great page that came together as a result of some collaboration and sharing between designers here in the Design Studio in Nashville. Designer Jeremy Wyatt created these cool badges for the Tallahassee Democrat summer camps tab [...]

Feb. 12: Monday’s post-tornado front page of the tiny Hattiesburg American

I was looking for this page yesterday. But this particular front page wasn’t posted at the Newseum yesterday. Lindsey Turner, Gulf Coast team leader for Gannett’s Nashville Design Studio writes: I just wanted to pass along a simple but strong news page for the Hattiesburg American on the morning after a tornado ransacked their city. Lots of goodness here. My [...]

Jan. 31: Interesting headline treatment in Sunday’s Florida Today sports section

The story: A former high school basketball superstar from Titusville, Fla., is dragged over to the dark side by drugs and “the streets.” Even though his glory years are decades behind him, his old coach reaches out and helps him set his life straight again. Just as the former player is doing well again, the coach passes away. Florida Today [...]

Jan. 16: News out of Gannett’s Nashville Design Studio (1)

Jeff Glick, the founding director of the Gannett design studio in Nashville, posted this afternoon via Facebook: As of today I am no longer with Gannett. Neither is Javier Torres [the center's creative director]. If you’re looking for a veteran visual journalist or know of any opportunities, give me a holler. No, I don’t know what happened. If Jeff, Javo [...]

Jan. 10: More fun Baseball Hall of Fame sports fronts

You’ve seen the New York Times‘ brilliant sports front, with it’s literal — and ballsy — depiction of this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame induction class. Here are a few others from around the nation… — JOURNAL & COURIER Lafayette, Ind. Circulation: 25,531 Ian Lawson of Gannett’s design studio in Louisville came up with this page today for the Journal [...]

Dec. 27, 2012: A terrifying live video makes for great page-one art (4)

As you might be aware, a tornado struck Mobile, Ala., in the early evening of Christmas Day. This map doesn’t include a scale of miles, unfortunately. You’re looking at an area here roughly 60 miles across. Our old pal Bill Wachsberger — a senior designer for Gannett’s design studio in Nashville — was on holiday duty for the Pensacola (Fla.) [...]

Nov. 6, 2012: Today’s five best Election Day front pages (1)

Let’s start today’s roundup with one I do not like: This one from the New York Post that I’d call less of a newspaper front page and more of an editorial. I don’t have a problem with page-one editorials per se — in fact, I’ve been known to praise them from time to time. But an editorial should be labeled [...]

Nov. 4, 2012: A look at today’s election-oriented front pages (4)

Is it just me or has this presidential election cycle seemed way too damned long? Either way, it’s finally nearing its end. Here’s how my old friend Mark Marturello illustrated this today for the Des Moines Register. Let’s take a look at the day’s most notable presentations featuring the election on the Sunday before Election Day… — DES MOINES REGISTER [...]

Oct. 23, 2012: Inside the Nashville Tennessean’s 10-page special report on athletic concussions (1)

Here’s yet another great project that ran this past weekend. Bill Wachberger, a senior designer at the Gannett Design Studio in Nashville, tells us: This ran Sunday in the Tennessean as a special section. Ten open pages. I came up with the name of the section – Concussions: The Invisible Injury — from a quote in the main bar about concussions [...]

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 [...]

Sept. 30, 2012: Seven papers that surprised and delighted their readers today

Surprise and delight. Two things we should be doing to our readers every day. And what better way to do that then with spectacular visuals on the front of their Sunday newspaper? Here are seven great examples of this today. And one that, apparently, didn’t go quite so well… — DES MOINES REGISTER Des Moines, Iowa Circulation: 101,915 The big [...]

Sept. 26, 2012: What you need is a big glass of whiskey (1)

Bill Wachsberger — a designer for Gannett’s design studio in Nashville, Tenn. — writes to show us the… …Sunday Biz cover I did from the Tennessean. Something very different: Stock photo  and no ordinary headline. The lede is treated as the head. Click for a larger look: The story was about the growth of whiskey distilleries in Tennessee. I had [...]

Sept. 20, 2012: Today’s five best space shuttle Endeavour front pages

The shuttle fleet was retired last year. All that’s left now is for NASA to ferry the orbiters to the museums where they’ll be displayed. These last shuttle flights — perched atop a modified 747 — have made for some outstanding art as each was delivered. You may recall this stunning Washington Post page from April featuring Discovery. Wednesday, Endeavour [...]

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 [...]

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