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‘Los Angeles Times’ archive

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Feb. 6: 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 [...]

Jan. 25: A look at today’s State of the Union pages (1)

Here’s a look at some of today’s most notable State of the Union front pages. And a few not-so-notable ones as well… — WASHINGTON POST Washington, D.C. Circulation: 507,465 Not surprisingly, the Washington Post did a fabulous job with how it presented today’s State of the Union coverage. You get the feeling they’ve done this before. The lead picture — [...]

Jan. 11: You’ve got a friend in me…

Hey, wait a second. I thought Woody’s best friend was Buzz Lightyear. Evidently not. Woody Allen‘s best friend is Woody Allen from 35 years ago. Or, at least, that’s the way it appears in this piece in last Sunday’s Los Angeles Times by master illustrator Chris Morris. A 1987 graduate of East Texas University in Commerce, Texas — now known [...]

Jan. 2: Infographics day for two Southern California newspapers (1)

Two of Southern California’s largest newspapers featured infographics on page one today. Neither was particularly complex or even spectacular, perhaps, in scope or rendering style. But both were extremely effective in telling their respective stories. Which, of course, justifies their front-page play. — LOS ANGELES TIMES Los Angeles, Calif. Circulation: 572,998 The big story in L.A. this holiday season was [...]

Dec. 12, 2011: For your consideration… (2)

My pal Roger Friedensen says: Most photographers work a lifetime and never get the joy of a shot like this: Those are members of the Mongols — a group of “Harley-Davidson motorcycle riders” — who donated 550 bicycles and 800 other toys to children at the Fred Jordan Mission in downtown Los Angeles yesterday morning. But damned if that wouldn’t [...]

Dec. 7, 2011: Death and carnage — including children — on page one

While most U.S. newspapers put file art of Pearl Harbor, Christmas scenes or local photos on page one today, four of the nation’s eight largest newspapers made a very tough call to show the aftermath of a terrorists attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. Three of the four papers used pictures taken by the same photographer, in fact: Massoud Hossaini of Agence [...]

Dec. 5, 2011: How an (admittedly sharp) intern winds up on page one of the Los Angeles Times (2)

Sounds like the plot of a feel-good movie: Bright young intern brought in for a repeat performance at a newspaper. Sent out on a fairly routine assignment that would, presumably, run on a fairly routine page. Instead, intern scores a page one story. In the Sunday Los Angeles Times. Hmm. Stuff like that happens every week in the movies. In [...]

Nov. 11, 2011: How you outfit an aircraft carrier for a basketball game

So, how do you hold a huge college basketball game on the deck of an aircraft carrier? Well, you warn the players not to dive for a loose ball, I’d imagine. Seriously, though, the No. 1-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels will take on Michigan State this evening in San Diego, upon the deck of the USS Carl Vinson. Tipoff is [...]

Nov. 3, 2011: Shraddha Swaroop now working for Variety (2)

Shraddha Swaroop — one of the Society for News Design’s more energetic members — is now working for Variety, a entertainment trade publication based in Los Angeles. Shraddha tells us: I’m a graphic designer for Variety which publishes two dailies and a weekly magazine. Eleven publications a week and more when the international film festivals roll around, I’m told. I [...]

Oct. 6, 2011: How newspapers presented the death of Steve Jobs (7)

A Facebook friend wrote this morning: I will be very interested to see your feedback on the Jobs A1s. Some papers have a very good reason to give the obit huge treatment, but I am concerned that designers and news types tend to be such fans that they will lose sight of what their audiences want/need. I hear you. There [...]

Sept. 11, 2011: A look at today’s 9/11 anniversary newspaper visuals (8)

There’s a lot of amazing work out there today. So amazing, in fact, that I was a little swamped trying to process it all. My solution was to try something unusual. I posted the first half of my material so folks could begin digesting it. And then I added as the afternoon faded into evening. Not the way I’d prefer [...]

July 17, 2011: The best of today’s visual journalism: ‘Carmageddon,’ space junk and movie heroes (1)

Here’s a look at some of the day’s more notable visual journalism offerings, as found at the Newseum… ———————————————- LOS ANGELES’ ‘CARMAGEDDON’ The big story of the day in Southern California was the mother of all traffic jams — “Carmageddon” — expected by the temporary closure of Interstate 405. Which kind of fizzled, according to most reports. — LOS ANGELES [...]

July 15, 2011: Best read of the day: A giant graphic on the front of the Los Angeles Times (4)

One of the busiest highways in the U.S. will be shut down this week in Los Angeles. It’s expected to cause the Mother of all Traffic Jams. They’re already calling it “Carmageddon.” But it’s not work on I-405 itself that’s going to shut down the interstate. It’s work on an overpass going over the 405. And the reason the 405 [...]

May 25, 2011: Wednesday’s tornado aftermath pages (7)

The list of this year’s killer tornadoes just keeps getting longer. And the stories just keep getting sadder. But area newspapers continue to do a fabulous job keeping their readers up to date on search missions, relief efforts and prospects of recovery. — JOPLIN GLOBE Joplin, Mo. Circulation: 24,642 Once again, I have a number of pages from today’s Joplin [...]

May 24, 2011: Tuesday tornado aftermath pages from Joplin; Midwest

Again, today, I’ve managed to score just a bit of a scoop for you: A number of pages not posted at the Newseum. Meaning you possibly haven’t seen them yet… — JOPLIN GLOBE Joplin, Mo. Circulation: 24,642 In the friendly little city of Joplin, Mo. — so cruelly hammered by nature Sunday night — the hometown Globe continued its heroic [...]

May 3, 2011: A look at Tuesday’s graphics-heavy bin Laden presentations (3)

Anybody ready for another spin into the world of Osama bin Laden aftermath? While yesterday’s fronts were — in some cases — big and bold, they didn’t have a lot of story to tell. That’s partially because of the late hour at which the story broke. Read much more detail about that — and how several papers ripped up their [...]

April 30, 2011: A little royal kissy-face for page one

Well, anyone interested in Friday’s royal wedding must be happy today with their newspapers. Seems like everywhere you go, you see the now-iconic photo of Prince William kissing his bride, Kate Middleton, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Or: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, as they’re known now. Here’s the Guardian — circulation 283,063 — with what is typical [...]

April 18, 2011: More coverage of the tornadoes in North Carolina and Virginia (2)

When I was 11 years old, a tornado hit our house. The storm tore off our roof, flipped my mother’s car upside down and killed six people in the little town where we lived. Including two kids who lived nearby. So there’s a reason I freak out a bit whenever tornado weather develops. I was most definitely freaked out Saturday [...]

March 14, 2011: Four outstanding Bracket Monday presentations (5)

It’s easy for me to forget — here in Johannesburg, an ocean away from home — that today was Bracket Monday: The day newspapers covered the NCAA men’s basketball tournament seedings and the tip-off for March Madness. I put out the call for interesting Bracket Monday pages. Only three papers responded — plus, I received one additional nomination — but [...]

March 12, 2011: Eighteen front pages that told the earthquake story particularly well, visually (2)

I really should be in bed by now — it’s already after midnight — but I have a lot of pages I want to point out to you. There was a lot of good work done out there today on page one. Probably because so many of you lived by the golden rule of news page design: If you have [...]

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