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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 [...]

Jan. 22: With work moving to a design studio, Indianapolis Star moves some print designers to digital team (1)

Old news: The Indianapolis Star is now joining the Gannett Design Studio network. All print design functions are in the process of moving to the Louisville studio. New news: The Star has now selected which newsroom staffers will be assigned new jobs in the paper’s digital operation, which is led by former Star graphics director Jennifer Imes. Among those staying [...]

Jan. 11: An old matchbook collection makes for a striking features page

Here’s a fun features page today from the Indianapolis Star… Designer Jenny French built this food page that uses a matchbook collection owned by a local person as a springboard into the city’s culinary history with memories of restaurants that closed their doors years ago. Click for a much larger look. Designer Cori Faklaris tells us: I asked our features [...]

Oct. 15, 2012: R.I.P. Indy Star copy desk chief Roxanne Morgan (6)

Editor Jeff Taylor and managing editor Kevin Poortinga of the Indianapolis Star sent this message out this morning to the staff there: All, It’s with sadness that we say we’ve lost a longtime member of our newsroom family. Roxanne Morgan, our copy desk chief and journalist at The Star for 31 years, passed away last night while on vacation in [...]

Aug. 26, 2012: A look at today’s Neil Armstrong front pages (4)

Most folks did pretty well on page one today. There were relatively few mistakes and flubs. I’ve love to take credit for helping that happen — with my post yesterday afternoon — but, most likely, all the folks out there in newspaper design land have simply become more aware of the common pitfalls. My hat is off to you all. [...]

July 4, 2012: Today’s five best Fourth of July front pages (5)

Fireworks, hot dogs and American flags. What did you put on page one today? Here’s a look at today’s five best Independence Day-themed front pages, as found in the daily archive at the Newseum. — #5 KANSAS CITY STAR Kansas City, Mo. Circulation: 200,365 In the category of kids running back flags, this wonderful centerpiece photo by staffer Keith Myers [...]

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 [...]

May 29, 2012: Looks like the Indianapolis Star has a new fan (1)

The proud folks at the Indianapolis Star are passing around this photo today, taken by Brian Spurlock of US Presswire. That is movie star Ashley Judd, admiring Monday’s 12-page special wrap around the Indianapolis Star. After all, her husband — Dario Franchitti — won his third Indy 500 Sunday. I can’t help but want to have some fun with this, [...]

May 28, 2012: Today’s Indy 500 special section from the Indianapolis Star

It was yet another exciting finish in the Indianapolis 500 this year as Dario Franchitti — better known to some as Ashley Judd‘s husband — won his third race there. Here is the front of the special race section that wrapped around today’s Indianapolis Star. Click for a much larger look. Director of digital and visuals Scott Goldman tells us [...]

May 22, 2012: Indianapolis Star’s Scott Goldman joining Advance Digital in New Jersey (3)

Scott Goldman announced today he is stepping down as director of digital and visuals at the Indianapolis Star and to take a position with Advance Publications’ digital team in New Jersey. Here is the email Scott sent out to the visuals team today: Before the news goes out to the whole room, I have to let you know that I [...]

May 14, 2012: Inside the Indianapolis Star’s three-part tornado series (2)

Sunday, the Indianapolis Star launched a three-part series about the tornado that struck southern Indiana two months ago. Part two runs next Sunday. The series will conclude Sunday, May 27. (I’m told there’s some kind of auto race in town that day, too. Go figure.) Every bit of Sunday’s first installment was wonderful. But the most outstanding component, perhaps, was [...]

March 30, 2012: A little perspective from the Midwest

Here in the airport in Newark — Yes, I’m still here enduring an extended layover on my way home from Nigeria — everybody is talking about the megamillions lottery. And I mean everybody. Thankfully, Gary Varvel of the Indianapolis Star…   …steps up to put that story into perspective for us: That apparently ran in today’s paper. I’ve written about [...]

March 22, 2012: Indy Star’s Kathleen O’Malley moving to Chicago Tribune

Kathleen O’Malley — A1 news editor for the Indianapolis Star for the past four years — is moving on. Kathleen posted last night on her Facebook wall Well, word’s bound to spread now that I’ve told a few people in the newsroom, so … I’ll be leaving The Indianapolis Star to take a job as a copy editor at The [...]

March 3, 2012: Eight powerful tornado front pages (2)

I wrote here in the blog back on Thursday: Wow. Tornado season started early this year. After storms late Tuesday and early Wednesday ripped through the Midwest and South, killing 13, another wave moved across that same region Friday. This time, 38 people were killed in five states. The hardest-hit area was along the border of Indiana and Kentucky, as [...]

Feb. 6, 2012: A look at today’s notable Super Bowl pages (4)

There was way too much similarity in choices of front-page Super Bowl art around the country. The best photo choices were made today by some of the nation’s largest papers. Here’s a look at some of the more notable pages of the day… ________________________________ REPRESENTING THE NEW YORK GIANTS — NEWSDAY Melville, N.Y. Circulation: 404,542 Newsday today wrapped its usual [...]

Feb. 5, 2012: An inside view of today’s Super Bowl from the Indianapolis Star

Scott Goldman – director of digital and visuals at the Indianapolis Star – is on duty at the Super Bowl today. And he’s tweeting like mad. Around 3 p.m. EST, he tweeted: An hour later, he had found the Star‘s seats. He tweeted: Here is the view from those seats: Scott refers to Star sportswriter Phillip Wilson, who’s livechatting from [...]

Feb. 2, 2012: Inside the special Super Bowl section wrapped around today’s Indianapolis Star (2)

Earlier today, we took a look at great Super Bowl advance pages from Luke Knox of the Boston Globe. Now it’s time to check out a bit of the 24-page special section wrapping today’s Indianapolis Star. Director of digital and visuals Scott Goldman tells us: Design director Phil Mahoney gets the kudos for the cover design and most of the [...]

Jan. 31, 2012: A recap of the Poynter chat today with Scott Goldman

The live chat I hosted this afternoon at Poytner.org — with guest Scott Goldman, director of digital and visuals at the Indianapolis Star — went over pretty well. I was worried that we might not get enough great questions. I needn’t have worried. The crowd had fabulous questions. And Scott provided terrific answers. Poynter has asked me to contribute to [...]

Jan. 31, 2012: Don’t forget today’s live chat with Scott Goldman of the Indy Star

A fun cartoon illustration on the front of today’s Indianapolis Star illustrates the hoopla around town in advance for this Sunday’s Super Bowl. The cartoon was lead art on page one today… …and was drawn by editorial cartoonist Gary Varvel…   …who is the same guy who drew a large cartoon for A1 last Tuesday, as well. What other cool [...]

Jan. 30, 2012: Coming Tuesday: Poynter live chat with Indy Star’s Scott Goldman

The folks at Poynter have asked me to contribute occasional articles and arrange live chat appearances for their web site. The first of these live chats is scheduled for tomorrow. I’ll host Scott Goldman, director of digital and visuals at the Indianapolis Star. Among the things we hope we can get him to talk about: What cool things his crew [...]

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