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‘Gannett studio/Phoenix’ archive

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Feb. 17: Behind yesterday’s gorgeous illustration by Fort Collins, Colo. (1)

I might have been distracted by other things yesterday, but Bill Campling of Gannett’s Nashville Design Studio wasn’t. He tipped me off about this gorgeous illustration afront Saturday’s Coloradoan of Fort Collins, Colo. Click for a much larger view. Coloradoan editor Josh Awtry tells us: Saturday was one of those quickie, post-budget meeting covers where things just fell into place. [...]

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 [...]

Nov. 23, 2012: Today’s most unusual front page (1)

…is by the Coloradoan of Fort Collins, Colo. The topic is the horrific wildfires that happened there earlier this year. The presentation is inspired. I’m going to go out on a limb here and give kudos to Colin Smith, the Colorado team leader at the Gannett Design Studio in Phoenix. See more of Colin’s work here. — UPDATE – 12:10 [...]

Oct. 16, 2012: Coloradoan of Fort Collins, Colo., launches a redesign (1)

The Fort Collins Coloradoan — a 19,864-circulation Gannett daily designed in the Phoenix Design Studio — launched a redesign today. On the left is last Tuesday’s front page. On the right is today’s.   Coloradoan editor Josh Awtry — a visual journalist from way back — often does his own A1 illustration work, which was the case today. He tells [...]

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. 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 [...]

Aug. 19, 2012: Arizona Republic kicks off a round of changes with a rebranded sports section (1)

Tracy Collins — who’s been a sports and/or design manager at the Arizona Republic of Phoenix for 12 years now and who currently directs Gannett’s Phoenix Design Studio — writes today: We are a fully converged newsroom, with the No. 1 TV station in the market (also Gannett-owned, KPNX-TV) in our newsroom, and we launched today a unified sports brand [...]

Aug. 19, 2012: A big day for illustrations on page one

Today seemed to be a great day for illustrations on page one of newspapers around the nation… — CLARION-LEDGER Jackson, Miss. Circulation: 57,710 I loved this school-related illustration afront the Jackson, Miss., paper today by Martha Stroud of the Gannett Design Studio in Nashville. However, I was struck with a huge case of déja vu. Sure enough, back in June, [...]

July 14, 2012: Eight interesting Saturday front-page visuals

A look at today’s most interesting front-page displays… — FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER Fayetteville, N.C. Circulation: 49,163 The best visual paper in North Carolina today took a soft approach with a story about whitewater kayaking. Played large across the top of the front was this great overhead shot by staffer Andrew Craft. — THE FORUM Fargo, N.D. Circulation: 45,298 From whitewater in [...]

June 26, 2012: A look at a few Arizona immigration law front pages

The announcement yesterday by the U.S. Supreme Court that knocked down most — but not all — of Arizona’s SB1070 immigration law was huge news in Arizona, as you might imagine. — ARIZONA REPUBLIC Phoenix, Ariz. Circulation: 321,600 The Republic went horizontal today: Two stories and a fat refer, laid out in horizontal strips. The shapes were echoed by photos [...]

Dec. 6, 2011: Salt Lake design whiz Colin Smith moves to Gannett design studio in Phoenix (1)

Tracy Collins — director of Gannett’s new Phoenix design studio — announced moments ago: It’s with great pleasure that I announce that Colin Smith, design leader for The Salt Lake Tribune, will be joining the Phoenix Design Studio. Colin is a multiple SND award winner whose work has been the source of many oohs and aahs among our staff and, [...]

Nov. 15, 2011: A perfect way to illustrate the NBA lockout (4)

So how does one illustrate Monday’s developments in the season-preempting NBA  labor standoff? By turning the iconic NBA logo into a dejected player: Jerry West — allegedly, the model for the real NBA logo — would be so proud.   Bonus points to the designer — the Star-Ledger‘s Sara Amato — for giving the silhouette baggier pants. A 2009 graduate [...]

March 29, 2011: Gannett’s Phoenix design hub names management team (2)

Tracy Collins — senior director of print and multimedia operations of the Arizona Republic and soon to be director of Gannett’s Phoenix design studio — writes: We announced the remainder of the management team in Phoenix. Tricia Reinhold, features creative director Tricia Reinhold started her career in news as an on-air graphic designer for a CBS affiliate in Pittsburgh. She [...]

Dec. 22, 2010: Tracy Collins hired to run Gannett’s Design Studio in Phoenix (2)

Lots of announcements these days from Gannett. And not surprisingly — they have a lot of new positions to fill. A third regional Design Studio chief has been hired. With two more to go. Here’s the memo executive editor Randy Lovely — executive editor of the Arizona Republic — sent out today: It is with great pleasure that I announce [...]