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Nov. 3, 2010: The best and the brightest Election Day front pages (4)

Just when you think you’ve seen U.S. papers fall into a huge, huge rut, something like a midterm election comes along and — boom! — just like that, dynamite pages are produced all over the country. It’s taken me a while to pull this together. But hopefully, I can take you on an interesting tour of the best and brightest [...]

Oct. 13, 2010: How papers covered the Chilean mine story (3)

The miner rescue story posed particular problems last night for the print media. For starters, the first miner was brought up very close to deadline — at least in the Eastern U.S. Plus, the story is an ongoing one: The last miner won’t be rescued until dawn Thursday, if all stays on schedule. So how does one play a story [...]

Oct. 12, 2010: San Diego hires two big graphics guns: Beto Alvarez, Aaron Atencio (2)

The San Diego Union-Tribune announced the addition of two more big visual guns Monday, plus the addition of a full-time researcher. In his official newsroom memo, graphics editor Matt Perry welcomed… Information graphics artist/reporter: Beto Alvarez Beto, a Texas native, comes to us from Philadelphia after two years as a freelance graphics artist and illustrator. Previously, he worked as a [...]

Aug. 17, 2010: San Diego Union-Tribune launches redesign (6)

The Union-Tribune of San Diego, Calif. — circulation 249,630 — launched a redesign today. On the left is a page from last week. On the right is today’s debut front: A closer look at the new front: New features, as unveiled two weeks ago: New color-coded section navigation aids More legible body copy typography Headline typography to make hierarchy more [...]

Aug. 10, 2010: San Diego Union-Tribune unveils details of upcoming redesign (3)

There are no complete prototype pages posted yet — that I can find, anyway. But there are lots of details dribbling out of San Diego regarding the redesign to launch there Aug. 17, a week from today. Among the redesign features touted on the Union-Tribune‘s “Discover the new U-T” site: New color-coded section navigation aids More legible body copy typography [...]