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Nov. 12, 2012: Longtime visuals leader Bonita Burton back in newspapers again

After an absence of not quite a year, longtime visuals leader Bonita Burton is returning to daily newspapers. Bo tells us: I’ve accepted a position as executive editor of the Villages Daily Sun and vice president in its parent company, the Villages Media Group, effective Dec. 3. The Villages, located about an hour north of Orlando, is the fastest growing [...]

Nov. 8, 2012: The four faces of Orlando’s election cover

The proximity of President Barack Obama‘s win Tuesday night to press deadline was uncomfortably close for some papers. Early editions all over the country went out with headlines like “undecided” or “too close to call.” The Orlando Sentinel writes that it had four different front pages for Wedneday’s paper. The Sentinel‘s first edition deadline was 10:45 p.m. With the electoral [...]

Aug. 1, 2012: Orlando Sentinel mines viral gold with NBA-themed ‘Call Me, Maybe’ video

Todd Stewart — head of interactive content for the Orlando Sentinel — writes today: There’s a lot of ways to tell stories – and, sometimes, the best way is to break out into song. Our team summed up the ongoing will-he-stay/will-he-go saga surrounding the Magic’s star player Dwight Howard with, well, that song that’s everywhere these days. The animated, parody [...]

April 24, 2012: Orlando Sentinel’s Karen Bellville Beaman leaving the newspaper business

Print and online designer Karen Bellville Beaman is leaving the Orlando Sentinel for the world of academia. Todd Stewart — the Sentinel‘s head of interactive content — announced today: I’m sorry to announce that graphic artist Karen Bellville Beaman is leaving the Sentinel to become an Associate Course Director for Design & Computer Graphics at Full Sail University. Her last [...]

Feb. 3, 2012: Visuals editor Bonita Burton laid off by the Orlando Sentinel (2)

Bonita Burton is leaving the Orlando Sentinel, where she’s served as the leader of visuals since 2004, overseeing the paper’s photography, graphics, design, wire editing and copy desk. Technically, what it is, is another round of layoffs. And Bo is on the list this time. She tells us: I’ve personally administered five [rounds of] layoffs in my seven years at [...]

Feb. 1, 2012: A lot of alliteration in Florida newspaper headlines today

No charts or maps were necessary today to show what happened in Tuesday’s Florida Republican primary. Mitt Romney won by 14.5 percentage points over Newt Gingrich. Which, apparently, qualifies as a good, old-fashioned ass-kicking. At least, that’s the impression you get by looking at today’s front-page headlines. Editors pulled out their “r” words to provide some alliteration for the victor. [...]

Jan. 29, 2012: How Florida papers played the upcoming GOP primary on page one today

Let’s take a look at front pages today in Florida that advance that state’s Republican primary on Tuesday… — HERALD-TRIBUNE Sarasota, Fla. Circulation: 63,864 My favorite front-page treatment of the day was this one by Sarasota. The stories emphasize the strategies employed by the candidates: 1) Don’t mention Social Security. And, if you’re Mitt Romney, 2) Take every opportunity to [...]

Oct. 15, 2011: Behind today’s cool Orlando Sentinel nameplate (1)

Did you see this today? That’s the nameplate of today’s Orlando Sentinel. Click it for a much bigger look. The occasion: A new Lego-themed amusement park opened today in Orlando. Here’s that nameplate, side-by-side with the Sentinel’s regular nameplate.   You’ll see one difference right away: The color. Yellow letters instead of white. The reason for that, most likely: 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 6, 2011: Orlando Sentinel’s Bonita Burton on today’s Today Show (1)

UPDATE: As I reported earlier today — see below — Orlando Sentinel deputy managing editor Bonita Burton will be making an appearance on the Today show this morning, discussing the Casey Anthony verdict. Here’s a video: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy — Today’s a huge, huge day for the Orlando Sentinel. I’ll be [...]