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Dec. 24, 2012: One of the more unusual page-one illustrations you’ll ever see (1)

Only in the Las Vegas Sun might you find something like this on a Sunday front page. Prostitution is legal in some parts of Nevada. But — believe it or not — not in Las Vegas. Some folks have been working for years to change that. Yesterday, the Sun turned such a quest by a local lobbyist — let’s call [...]

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 [...]

Sept. 27, 2012: Singers, coaches, referees and thieves: Ten notable Thursday front pages (1)

Here are ten front pages worthy of your attention today… — DES MOINES REGISTER Des Moines, Iowa Circulation: 101,915 Singer Andy Williams died Thursday. Did you know he was a native of Iowa? I did, but only because I lived in Iowa for five years. The Register honored Williams with a large illustration on the front today. The page was [...]

Sept. 23, 2012: Election graphics and illustrations on Sunday’s front pages

You can tell we’re in the thick of an election year. A number of papers led their front pages today with election-themed graphics or illustrations. — BEACON JOURNAL Akron, Ohio Circulation: 88,040 Papers across Ohio teamed up for a new poll that was released today. The poll shows President Barack Obama is leading the state with 51 percent of the [...]

July 1, 2012: A baker’s dozen of interesting, illustrative page-one treatments

Oh there was some fabulous work out there on the front of the nation’s newspapers today. Let’s take a look at a few of the more illustrative ones, shall we? — KANSAS CITY STAR Kansas City, Mo. Circulation: 200,365 The story in Kansas City today is about how a four-year-old girl was found malnourished, and taken from her mother. A [...]

April 8, 2012: Not exactly your typical feel-good Easter Sunday story

By no means is this your typical feel-good Easter Sunday story. But today’s front-page centerpiece in the Las Vegas Sun is an important story and one well-told. The story is a column by by L. Patrick Coolican, describing the life of an 18-year-old local girl who was forced into prostitution two years ago by her boyfriend. Apparently, this is the [...]

Feb. 27, 2012: A look at today’s Academy Awards front pages (3)

Oscars night is always huge for lovers of fine entertainment everywhere. Here’s a look at some of today’s notable Oscar ceremony front pages from Los Angeles and around the country… — DAILY NEWS Los Angeles, Calif. Circulation: 89,990 The Daily News placed the five individual big winners across the top of its front page and led that front with a [...]

Feb. 27, 2012: Seven notable Sunday front page displays

I was on the road this weekend, so I didn’t get much of a chance to spend as much time as I’d like looking though the gallery at the Newseum. There were a number of pages Sunday, however, to which I’d like to draw your attention… — SIOUX CITY JOURNAL Sioux City, Iowa Circulation: 33,837 The most interesting package of [...]

Feb. 4, 2012: Four clever and fun page-one illustrations (1)

Here are four fun art elements I found in my daily romp through the Newseum… — PRESS & DAKOTAN Yankton, S.D. Circulation: 8,332 He use to work as a decorative element for the top of your car antenna. After those jobs went away, he worked for Walmart, on its “falling prices” signs. But what’s Mr. Smiley Face been doing since [...]

Jan. 16, 2012: Ten outstanding Martin Luther King front pages

Lots of papers put the late Rev. Martin Luther King on page one today. Here are ten of the best tributes I saw today at the Newseum… — PORTSMOUTH HERALD Portsmouth, N.H. Circulation: 9,900 King is honored with a heroic treatment today atop the Portsmouth, N.H. newspaper. a great quote is paired with a dramatic angle from the Associated Press [...]

Jan. 9, 2012: Las Vegas Sun’s Kyle Ellis moving to CNN.com

Kyle Ellis of the Las Vegas Sun announced today via Twitter: I have accepted a new position as a designer for CNN.com in Atlanta. My first day will be Jan. 30. He tells us: I am thrilled to be joining the team at CNN.com. I will have a wide variety of opportunities to take my skill set and build on [...]

Sept. 25, 2011: From garbage bins to Playboy bunnies: Six notable Sunday front pages

A look at the day’s most notable front pages, as seen today at the Newseum… — THE TRIBUNE San Luis Obispo, Calif. Circulation: 34,718 The big story today in San Luis Obispo: The city council passed a law specifying that garbage and recycling bins must be stored in a place where they’re not visible from the street. Might not sound [...]

Sept. 22, 2011: Las Vegas Sun’s Rachel Perkins leaving the newspaper business (1)

Rachel Perkins — creative director of the Greenspun Media Group, including the Las Vegas Sun — is leaving newspapers. Rachel tells us today: I will join the graphic design team at Zuffa, parent company to the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) next month. It is based in Las Vegas. I am thrilled to start this new journey at a wonderful company, [...]

July 13, 2011: Las Vegas Sun’s Chris Morris moving to Cleveland Plain Dealer

Rachel Perkins — creative director of the Greenspun Media Group — announced tonight: I regret to announce that Chris Morris, GMG’s illustrator extraordinaire, is leaving to become Art Director at the Plain Dealer in Cleveland. He joins a seasoned, SND award-winning visuals team with arguably the best illustrative department in newspapers. His last day is July 31st. …He will be [...]

May 29, 2011: Ten cool Sunday front-page visuals

My daily sweep through the Newseum produced more than just a handful of weather front pages and Memorial Day front pages. I also spotted a number of visuals I thought worthy of bringing to your attention. Other than what I’m posting elsewhere today, here are ten unusually cool Sunday front pages from around the country. — ARIZONA REPUBLIC Phoenix, Ariz. [...]

May 27, 2011: Only in Vegas…

Only in Las Vegas — and only on the front page of the Las Vegas Sun – would you find a fun illustration about prostitution. Or, more specifically, taxing prostitution. Here’s the entire front page. The illustration is by Sun art director Chris Morris, of course, who’s created so many other memorable covers Las Vegas Sun cover illustrations. Find Chris’ [...]

April 2, 2011: For your consideration…

I saw this Friday and made a mental note to post it. But with all the goodbyes I was saying and with my packing — taking a break from that, at the moment — it completely slipped my mind. So my apologies to Kyle Ellis, who created Friday’s page-one illustration for the Las Vegas Sun. Kyle has been at the [...]

March 5, 2011: Las Vegas Sun uses novel ‘graphic novel’ approach on A1 today

According to Las Vegas Sun editor, Tom Gorman — writing on the SND Region 2 Facebook page today — it was managing editor Michael Squires who uttered the words “graphic novel!” at the news meeting. And so the Sun went with a full-page cartoon biography of Las Vegas’ famous NASCAR-racing Busch brothers — Kurt and Kyle — on today’s front [...]

Feb. 21, 2011: Las Vegas Sun’s Rachel Perkins promoted (3)

Rachel Perkins — design editor of the Las Vegas Sun — has been promoted to editorial creative director of the entire Greenspun Media Group. The media group includes the Sun, of course, along with In Business Las Vegas — soon to relaunch under the name VEGAS INC — and the Las Vegas Weekly. Bryan Allison, chief operating officer of Greenspun [...]

Feb. 16, 2011: ‘Magazine style’ news design spreads to inside pages (1)

When’s the last time I posted specifically to show you an inside page? That wasn’t a graphic or something, I mean. It doesn’t happen all that often. And that’s a shame. Because inside pages are our bread and butter. That’s one of my biggest beefs with my own not-so-frequent-anymore redesign posts here in the blog: Typically, I have only page [...]

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