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‘Huntsville Times’ archive

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July 30, 2011: If I could talk to the animals…

My morning romp through the daily front-page archive at the Newseum produced little to talk about today. So I thought I’d direct your attention to three newspapers that chose to use enormous amounts of space today on our furry friends. Isn’t this a wonderful shot  by the Fayetteville Observer‘s Andrew Craft? That is Rajaji, running free in an enclosure at [...]

July 27, 2011: Fun with the nameplate in Huntsville

My pals at the Huntsville Times wanted to promo a real talker today — a story on the front of sports about which local football players were picked up by NFL teams in the wake of Tuesday’s labor settlement. They chose to do that in a rather creative way: By turning the paper’s nameplate into the nameplate of a football [...]

July 14, 2011: More Harry Potter movie magic for us Muggles (2)

UPDATED: 9:45 p.m. with one more Victoria Advocate page. I seamlessly — I hope — worked it in to what I had written here this morning. — As promised, here are  more very, very cool treatments regarding the seventh and final Harry Potter movie. Which opens tonight at midnight. My wife and daughter have tickets and will spend hours — [...]

July 12, 2011: Huntsville (Ala.) Times makes a few design tweaks

Paul Wallen — design director of the Huntsville (Ala.) Times — tells us: With Tuesday’s paper, we reduced our web width by a little more than half an inch. At the same time, we introduced new fonts that will also be installed in Birmingham and Mobile, which should eventually make it easier for us to share some content. On the [...]

July 9, 2011: Thirty notable front pages showing the final space shuttle launch

Our mission today: To dig through today’s archive at the Newseum and look for 30 interesting front page treatments featuring Friday’s space shuttle launch — the last of the program — as a way of commemorating the 30 years (plus three months) since the first shuttle flight. That’s a lot of pages, so I’ve tried to organize them for you [...]

July 3, 2011: Paying tribute to the last space shuttle flight (1)

A number of newspapers used page one real estate today to take note of the final space shuttle flight, scheduled to launch Friday. — HUNTSVILLE TIMES Huntsville, Ala. Circulation: 47,306 For some reason, the front page of the Huntsville Times didn’t quite make it to the Newseum today. Luckily for us, design director Paul Wallen was kind enough to slip [...]

June 20, 2011: Meet the Huntsville Times’ new design intern

Design director Paul Wallen recently announced a couple of changes to his staff at the Huntsville (Ala.) Times. First of all, Paul writes: Rachel Schallom has been accepted into the graduate school program at the University of Missouri and she’ll be leaving us in early July to pursue her Masters in Journalism. Rachel has been working at the Times since [...]

May 27, 2011: Friday’s storm pages: Stunning photo and story by Springfield News-Leader

We’ll start off today’s tornado roundup with something that truly stunned me, folks. And I mean truly. Stunned. Me. I read this story a few hours ago and then had to take a break. I just couldn’t bear to read any more. But now it’s time buckle down and get this posted. This story comes to us today via a [...]

May 25, 2011: Yet another cool, cool idea from the Huntsville Times

What a great way to create some buzz. As long as you don’t mind poking a little fun at yourselves. With Toby Keith coming to town Saturday, the staff of the Huntsville Times decided to treat readers to “dramatic readings” of the country star’s song lyrics. Among the participating staffers were visual journalists were artist Bethany Bickley, photographer Robin Conn… [...]

May 17, 2011: Penultimate shuttle launch results in outstanding front pages (2)

Boy, we have some fun stuff for you today. Monday, as you know, the space shuttle Endeavour took off on its last mission. Only one more shuttle flight is expected — Atlantis is scheduled to fly in June. — HUNTSVILLE TIMES Huntsville, Ala. Circulation 47,107 It is at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville where the shuttle was designed, [...]

May 15, 2011: Cool pages out of Alabama today

Paul Wallen — design director of the Huntsville Times — posted today’s front page on Facebook today. Across the top, the Times ran a big story about the search for a new local school superintendent. Beneath the nameplate but above the fold, however, the paper started a visual to go with yet another tornado follow. Very interesting. But it’s not [...]

May 8, 2011: Inside Huntsville’s special tornado section

Today, the Huntsville Times — a 47,107-circulation daily in northern Alabama — published an enormous 38 page retrospective of the giant tornado that wrecked the area 11 days ago. You’ll recall there were a number of tornadoes that day and the next. Anywhere from ten to twelve hit the state of Alabama, killing at least 236 in that state alone. [...]

May 5, 2011: Outstanding weather-related photos and graphics on page one

Weather — and, more to the point, the aftermath of weather — is still the story of the day in some newspapers across the U.S. today. In Alabama, the cleanup after last week’s incredible string of tornadoes is in full-swing. The question is, though: Where do you put all that debris? The lead photo is by Huntsville Times staffer Bob [...]

May 1, 2011: Sunday’s weather aftermath pages

Superlative work continues on front pages covering the aftermath of the second-deadliest outbreak of tornadoes in U.S. history. A quick spin through the day’s fronts, as seen at the Newseum… – Huntsville Times Circulation: 47,107 Lead photos: Bob Gathany and Dave Dieter, staff Today, the hardworking crew at the Huntsville Times went with a three-piece vignette approach, not dissimilar to [...]

April 30, 2011: Highlight of Saturday’s tornado front pages: A wrap-around cover by Huntsville, Ala.

Another day, another huge batch of tornado aftermath pages. And once again, the work I’m seeing out there is fabulous. Nice, big pictures. Evocative headlines. Clean designs. I’m finding a lot to praise and not much to criticize. Problem is, I’ve seen so many folks-picking-through-rubble photos over the past week that I wonder if I’m growing tired of them. But [...]

April 10, 2011: A look at page one Civil War anniversary treatments

Even with a huge golf tournament this weekend and lots of follow-up angles on the near-shutdown of the Federal government, many newspapers led page one today with stories about the Civil War. Tuesday marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, you see: The first shots were fired on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Here’s how [...]

March 8, 2011: Huntsville (Ala.) Times hires intern

I was reminded today of an announcement made recently by Paul Wallen, design director of the Huntsville Times, one of my favorite papers in the country, in terms of visual journalism. The announcement: I’m excited to announce that Rachel Schallom will be joining the Huntsville Times as a design intern in early March. Rachel graduated from the Missouri School of [...]

Feb. 17, 2011: Huntsville Times seeks two paid interns

Hey, it’s nearly been four days since my last post about the Huntsville (Ala.) Times. I wouldn’t want design director Paul Wallen and his staff to feel neglected or anything. Seriously, though, Paul writes… I was wondering if you might help me spread the word about two paid internships that I’m taking applications for at the Huntsville Times. A few [...]

Feb. 13, 2011: Holy hole in the ground, Batman! A look into Huntsville’s cave pages (2)

So are you getting tired of reading about the Huntsville Times? My very good friend Paul Wallen — design director of the Times — tells me he’s beginning to feel like an attention hog. And he might have a point: I’ve written an awful lot about his work and work by his staff over the past few months. But one [...]

Feb. 9, 2011: Bethany Bickley and her arts n’ crafts approach to features design (1)

Bethany Bickley of the Huntsville Times is another one of those folks you just have to keep an eye on. Not only is she wonderfully creative. Not only does her work have a fresh, fun feel. But also because her boss is one of the best mentors in the business. I can’t talk about that just now, though. Because I [...]

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