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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. 15: A look at Sunday’s NFL playoff pages

The first game yesterday was, without a doubt, one of the most exciting playoff games I’ve seen in years. The second: Not so much. _________________________________________ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 36, NEW ORLEANS SAINTS 32 Three scores in the last two minutes and 18 seconds. What a finish. — SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE San Francisco, Calif. Circulation: 220,515 The Chronicle — which I [...]

Jan. 14: The ultimate Tim Tebow cover illustration (1)

Here’s another page I missed yesterday. I definitely would have blogged it had I seen it. That was designed by Metro‘s national art director Stephanie Hinderer. She writes today via Facebook: The sports editors collaborated on the headline. I was told [Tom] Brady and [Bill] Belichick were being painted as the evil duo. I just took it from there… That [...]

Jan. 9: 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 [...]

Jan. 9: A look at Monday’s NFL playoff pages

A look at the day’s football front pages… __________________________________________ DENVER BRONCOS 25, PITTSBURGH STEELERS 23 (OT) Tim Tebow made believers out of all NFL fans last night when he threw an 80-yard touchdown pass on the very first play of overtime — other than the kickoff, that is — to shock the defending AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers. There was an [...]

Dec. 31, 2011: Stay classy, New York Post (1)

The St. Petersburg Times might be changing its name. But it’s nice to see some things in the world of journalism remain constant. The front page image is from the Newseum. Of course.

Dec. 6, 2011: Cheap Christmas gift alert No. 3 (1)

Looking for a cheap but fun Christmas gift? Why not buy from a visual journalism colleague? — Admit it. You’ve not yet bought your Christmas cards for this year. That’s OK. Stephanie Hinderer, New York-based national art director for the Metro tabs has you covered. In addition to her work with Metro, Stephanie creates and sells gorgeous greeting cards via [...]

Nov. 11, 2011: Only because Ernie Smith asked so nicely… (2)

Ernie Smith of ShortFormBlog asked tonight via Twitter: In case you didn’t see it, here was today’s New York Post, as seen at the Newseum. My reply: Not impressed with the design. Not impressed with the story. Not impressed with Ashton Kutcher. In case you didn’t hear about what happened — and in case you give a crap — check [...]

Oct. 21, 2011: The ultimate local angle on Gadhafi

Leave it to the New York Post to come up with something like this: “More hits than A-Rod.” You gotta love it, gruesome as it is. Average daily circulation for the New York Post is 522,874. The page image is from Press Display. Poynter’s Julie Moos observes today that actual photos of a dead Gadhafy were pretty rare here in [...]

Oct. 16, 2011: Separated at birth? (1)

It’s amazing how often these two competing papers end up with similar art and similar headlines on page one. On the left is the New York Post, circulation 522,874. On the right is the Daily News, circulation 530,924. Both images are from the Newseum. Of course.

Oct. 7, 2011: Friday’s baseball playoff pages

There was only one game last night. The Detroit Tigers beat the Yankees 3-2 to move on to face the Texas Rangers in the American League Championship series. A look at the day’s pages… — DETROIT NEWS Detroit, Mich. Circulation: 141,668 The News wrapped a poster front around its normal front page today, as you can see from the red-colored [...]

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 [...]

Oct. 5, 2011: Wednesday’s baseball playoff pages

Let’s go around the horn to see today’s baseball playoff pages. Most of these are from the Newseum. __________________________________ NEW YORK YANKEES 10, DETROIT TIGERS 1 Series tied, 2-2 Next game: Thursday, 8 p.m. EDT, at New York — DAILY NEWS New York, N.Y. Circulation: 530,924 Because of the helicopter crash Tuesday, the Daily News was the only New York-area [...]

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. 24, 2011: Picture of the day: Fog rolls in through the Golden Gate

Today’s most outstanding page-one picture of the day is one of those photographs you’d like to have blown up and framed. Click for a larger view of today’s lead art for the San Francisco Chronicle. The caption says: Fog rolls in over the Golden Gate Bridge as a cold front arrives from the Gulf of Alaska. Nice work by staff [...]

Aug. 30, 2011: Tuesday’s 20 best Hurricane Irene front pages (6)

I can’t possibly hope to top yesterday’s Hurricane Irene roundup. So today, let’s take a look at the top 20 pages of the day, as found this morning at the Newseum… ———————————- THE PERSONAL TOUCH Several papers expended their front-page centerpieces today showing personal tales of loss and salvation. — NEWS & RECORD Greensboro, N.C. Circulation: 60,993 One of the [...]

Aug. 29, 2011: Monday’s Hurricane Irene pages… nothing but hype? (8)

Take a memo for me, if you will. Dear Philadelphia Daily News… Thanks so much for being the only newspaper on the East Coast today to expose the ongoing Hurricane Irene story for what it really was: Nothing but overblown hype. You could get a real sense of all this today by simply taking a spin around the daily archive [...]

Aug. 28, 2011: Up the East Coast with Hurricane Irene, via Sunday front pages (5)

Well. That storm certainly fizzled, now, didn’t it? Naturally, I’m delighted that’s the case. I was so terrified for my poor old house, back in Virginia Beach. I wasn’t happy about evacuating to Atlanta for the weekend. Still, though, at the time we left — Thursday evening — it was the right thing to do. The best-case scenario was always [...]

Aug. 27, 2011: Saturday’s notable Hurricane Irene front pages

You all know my little personal drama by now. Heeding the dire warnings about Hurricane Irene, I took my wife, daughter and assorted animals to the in-laws’ house in the suburbs of Atlanta for the weekend. The University of Missouri’s Jacqui Banaszynski paid my blog post about all this a wonderful compliment last night by tweeting: Terrif use of blog-form [...]

Aug. 24, 2011: How East Coast papers covered the Great Quake of ’11 (2)

You knew it was coming today: Wall-to-wall coverage of the Great Earthquake of 2011. Of course, folks on the West Coast and in various regions of the world are shaking their heads and wondering about us. No deaths. No suffering. No tsunami. No substantial damage to speak of. So why the fuss? Because we’re not accustomed to earthquakes in this [...]