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‘Gannett’ archive

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Jan. 16: 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 [...]

Jan. 14: Superhero-style illustrations of Green Bay Packers stars by Press-Gazette cartoonist Joe Heller

Green Bay Press-Gazette editorial cartoonist Joe Heller produced a series of full-page posters this week commemorating the Packers’ run at a second consecutive Super Bowl trophy. The series of pull-out posters began on Monday with receiver Greg Jennings, at upper left.       The poster starring Clay Matthews — bottom right — ran today. The motif is kind of [...]

Jan. 13: How do you handle two huge stories on the same day in Sioux Falls, S.D.?

Nathan Groepper, creative director of the Gannett Design Studio, writes us today: We’ve all seen a lot of bold front pages when there’s one big breaking news event to focus on. But what happens when you have two? It happened last night in Sioux Falls when their four-term former governor Bill Janklow passed away after his battle with brain cancer. [...]

Jan. 12: Nashville Tennessean shows us what’s inside President Obama’s head

One thing is for sure: The Tennessean of Nashville couldn’t have pulled off a photoillustration like this with the previous president. The result would have been too much white space. The story is about how the Barack Obama campaign is pursuing — successfully, in most cases — celebrity backing. Find the story here by the Tennessean‘s Michael Cass. Tracie Keeton [...]

Jan. 5: Dallas Morning News’ Jeff Schnick to join Gannett’s Nashville Design Studio

Jeff Glick — director of Gannett’s new Design Studio in Nashville, Tenn. — announced today: We’re excited to announce and welcome another great addition to the Nashville Design Studio. Jeff Schnick will join us on January 23 as our Gulf Coast Design Team Leader. Jeff comes to us from The Dallas Morning News where he’s been the paper’s assistant business [...]

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, [...]

Dec. 6, 2011: So just how small IS a “super compact,” anyway?

And, speaking of Cincinnati… My esteemed consulting colleague* Ron Reason has been doing some work lately at the Cincinnati Enquirer. Which, in case you haven’t heard, is planning to shrink its daily paper to what’s called the “super compact” format. The change won’t happen for ten more months yet. But that’s not stopped the Enquirer — and the Louisville Design [...]

Dec. 6, 2011: Another novel idea: Promote your paper by promoting your reporting staff (2)

A few days ago, I told you about a newspaper group that was investing money in its reporting staff and in technology that could really help them do their jobs. Including not only the gizmos but money to pay them for their time to learn the gizmos. Here’s another novel idea and one that might help show the path we [...]

Nov. 30, 2011: Latest hire by Gannett Louisville design studio: Ian Lawson of Maysville, Ky. (1)

Ian Lawson of the Maysville, Ky., Ledger Independent has been hired by the new Gannett Design Studio in Louisville. You might recall this page that I wrote about last month: Shortly after, Poynter’s Julie Moos also wrote a piece about Ian. Ian told us last night: Not only did you make me feel like a design world rock star by [...]

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 [...]

Nov. 9, 2011: Former Las Vegas Sun designer Spencer Holladay to join Gannett’s Louisville studio (1)

Former Las Vegas Sun designer Spencer Holladay announced last night via Facebook: Official Announcement: I have accepted a position at the Gannett Design Studio in Louisville (Lou-a-vull). I will be the Indiana Team Leader, as well as working on product development. Tentatively leaving Vegas on the 19th, starting the new gig on the 28th. A 2009 graduate of Arizona State [...]

Nov. 2, 2011: Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press launches a redesign (5)

The News-Press of Fort Myers, Fla. — a 73,375-circulation daily owned by Gannett — launched a redesign today that was performed by the new Nashville-based Design Studio. On the left is Tuesday’s front. On the right is today’s debut front.   Other than typographical upgrades, the most obvious change is the stacked nameplate and the much larger, louder skybox promo. [...]

Oct. 21, 2011: Daudi Msseemmaa to join Gannett’s Asbury Park design studio (1)

Daudi Msseemmaa — a designer for the News-Leader of Springfield, Mo. — will join Gannett’s Asbury Park Design Studio in Neptune, N.J. Daudi writes on his Facebook page: They tell me I’ll be working on news for the Westchester team, mostly working days — leaving evenings to explore a new part of the country for me. I can’t say I’m happy [...]

Oct. 7, 2011: Denver’s Jeff Goertzen named director of graphics for Gannett digital and USA Today (2)

Denver Post graphics editor Jeff Goertzen announced via Facebook this afternoon: As of November 11, I will resign from my position at The Denver Post to work for USA Today as the director of graphics for Gannett digital in the development of visual story-telling for all digital platforms, particularly the iPad. A large part of my responsibilities will be to [...]

Sept. 27, 2011: Florida Today of Melbourne, Fla., launches redesign (1)

Florida Today — a 67,970-circulation daily in Melbourne, Fla., — launched a redesign today. On the left is a front page from a month or so ago. On the right is today’s front.   See the changes? I think it’s fair to call them subtle at best. The rail is now a tint. Rules have been removed from everywhere except [...]

Sept. 24, 2011: Elizabeth Kalkowski of the Northwest Herald moving to Gannett’s Louisville studio

Elizabeth Kalkowski of the Northwest Herald in the Chicago Suburbs is moving to the new Gannett design studio in Louisville, Ky. She tells us: It’s a fantastic opportunity to me be able to get creative, work with a ton of talented people and experience the “big newsroom” feel that I love in a new way! I’m happy to not only [...]

Sept. 8, 2011: The best economy centerpiece illustration yet (2)

Everyone is trying to find a way to illustrate the sputtering U.S. economy. I’ve seen bar charts and fever charts. I’ve seen pages built around photos of folks lining up for unemployment. I’ve seen just about everything. Until today. Today was the first time I’ve seen an image like this to illustrate the economy. That, of course, is the Observer [...]

Aug. 7, 2011: Behind the Des Moines Register’s sideways sports front (1)

Bryce Miller — executive sports editor of the Des Moines Register — wrote this afternoon while I was in transit: You should see the sports front today in the Register — from Jeremy Gustafson and Nathan Groepper. There was a crazy finish at the NASCAR Nationwide Series race in Newton (a track maybe 20 minutes east of Des Moines). The [...]

July 17, 2011: What a horrible — offensive, even — use of stock art (1)

I don’t like using stock art with hard news stories. Use it all you want with features stories. But on breaking news — especially crime stories; especially stories with fatalities — and it can look trite as hell. Granted, I don’t see it a lot in print. But you do see it all the time on TV news. But this [...]

May 25, 2011: Atlanta’s Joanne Sosangelis moving to Gannett’s Asbury Park Design Studio

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution‘s Joanne Milne Sosangelis announced today via Facebook that she… …is happy to announce that she has accepted a job at the Gannett Design Studio Asbury Park. Joanne has been the art director for the Sunday AJC for about three years. A 1988 graduate of Philadelphia’s Moore College of Art & Design. Joanne spent several years as art [...]

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