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May 18: Today’s very best Facebook IPO front page is also the funniest (1)

A number of papers ran cute front pages today advancing the public stock offering by Facebook. We saw plenty of “like” thumbs-ups, thumbs-downs, Facebook app icons and pictures of founder Mark Zuckerberg. In addition, the faux Facebook wall or timeline is in danger becoming a bit of a design cliché. Despite this, reporter Jeff Harrington and A1 designer Jennifer Dickens [...]

April 6: Tampa Bay Times’ baseball preview section: A technogeek, ‘Moneyball’-like approach (1)

Today, the Tampa Bay Times of St. Petersburg, Fla., inserted a special section for the start of baseball season. The Times‘ Suzette Moyer tells us: Designer Tom Bassinger did a bang-up job on this year’s Tampa Bay Rays baseball section. In the past, it’s been a broadsheet, but Tom thought he could make things work more compactly in a 20-page [...]

March 23: A little print magic for the next big movie

What perfect timing! Today at the offices of Leadership — a large newspaper in the capital city of Abuja, Nigeria, where I’m teaching this week — we’re discussing entertainment-themed pages. The Tampa Bay Times‘ Suzette Moyer sent us copies of her paper’s four alternate entertainment tab covers, each featuring a character from the new Hunger Games movie. The covers feature [...]

March 12: A look at a few notable Bracket Monday pages

Today is one of the biggest days of the year for any sports section: The day we present to our readers this year’s NCAA basketball tournament brackets. Years ago, all the better papers out there began building their sections around themes. Over time, those themes have become a) more inventive, and b) better executed. Meaning it’s a great time to [...]

Feb. 27: 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. 2: How newspapers played the Facebook IPO on page one today (2)

Just a few papers had fun today with the announcement that Facebook is about ready for an Initial Public Offering — or IPO — of stock. This is expected to raise $5 billion or more for the company. — DAILY NEWS Palo Alto, Calif. Circulation: 18,500 The paper in Palo Alto led today with a picture of tourists standing beside [...]

Feb. 1: 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. 30: How Florida papers played a horrific highway crash on page one

Just as everyone is gearing up for the big Republican primary in Florida tomorrow, big news breaks. A horrific crash on Interstate 75 just south of Gainesville, Fla., involved 12 cars and six semi trucks, killing 10 and injuring 21. This is the nightmare scenario for anyone who travels a lot on the nation’s interstate highways. It could happen to [...]

Jan. 29: 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 [...]

Jan. 28: Tampa Bay Times hires sports designer Andy Rosenthal of Casper, Wyo. (1)

The Tampa Bay Times of St. Petersburg, Fla., announced this week on its internal electronic bulletin board: Good news: Andy Rosenthal, currently of the Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune will join us as a sports designer Feb. 13. Andy is originally from the Denver area, and before working in Casper spent some time at the Savannah Morning News. Andy’s excited about working [...]

Jan. 27: On the front of today’s tbt* tabloid: Not exactly a horrific crime story (1)

tbt* — the free, youth-oriented tabloid published in St. Petersburg by the Tampa Bay Times — has a very unusual front page today. Check it out: That — and the bullet hole art — really gets your attention. The only clue that the story might not have a horrific ending is the little yellow text across the bottom, telling us [...]

Jan. 1: Name change kicks in for St. Pete Times

For the record, here is the first edition of today’s newly-renamed Tampa Bay Times: The editorial down the left side is about the name change. Which is a bit better than yesterday’s centerpiece, which I thought was rather overplayed. Read the editorial here. Here is today’s front, side-by-side with Friday’s edition:   And, of course, here are the nameplates: Here’s [...]

Dec. 31, 2011: The last edition of the St. Petersburg Times (1)

Hey, don’t get me wrong. The St. Pete Times is one of my favorite newspapers. It does a great job with local coverage, investigative journalism and, of course, visuals. But is it really a screaming front page story — once again — when the paper changes its name? Click for a larger view: Or, is that simply a result of [...]

Dec. 20, 2011: Behind the St. Petersburg Times’ ten-page drug court story (2)

Suzette Moyer of the soon-to-be-renamed St. Petersburg Times was kind enough to send us this ten-page section that ran this past Sunday. She tells us: Reporter Lane DeGregory and photographer John Pendygraft met the subject, Stacy Nicholson, in drug court in February 2011 and followed her, with her permission, throughout the year. At the start of the tale, Stacy was [...]

Oct. 17, 2011: A tragedy on the racetrack (1)

Last night, we looked at photos of the horrific racetrack crash in Las Vegas that claimed 15 Indy cars and the life of two-time Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon. This picture is one of an amazing sequence shot by Jessica Ebelhar of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Not surprisingly, the Review-Journal ran the picture prominently on page one today… …along with [...]

Oct. 6, 2011: Is it possible the S.F. Chronicle is the last paper in the U.S. with any sense?

A few minutes ago, I found myself laughing over this Steve Jobs headline in the satirical newspaper the Onion: Yeah, that sounds about right. Well, make it two American companies that possibly know what the fuck they are doing. Because I received an email this afternoon that knocked my socks off. Frank Mina — assistant managing editor for presentation at [...]

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. 29, 2011: A quick look at today’s baseball playoff pages

Well! While many of we visual journalists are en route to St. Louis for the Society for News Design conference, the regular baseball season ended with some of the most memorable fireworks ever. A  quick roundup of playoff pages… — ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH St. Louis, Mo. Circulation: 196,232 The hometown paper here in town was in a bind this week. [...]

Sept. 7, 2011: Patty Cox leaving the St. Petersburg Times (1)

She left once, ten years ago. But then returned. Now, Patty Cox — currently managing editor for presentation at the St. Petersburg Times — is leaving again. And without a new job lined up, to boot. A 1986 graduate of Bowling Green State University, Patty spent two years as a copy editor and designer for the Journal Gazette of Fort [...]

Sept. 7, 2011: Wednesday’s notable 9/11 anniversary pages (1)

Since we last met to talk about 9/11 anniversary pages, a number of papers sent us a few of their 9/11 pages. Before we dive into today’s work, let’s take a look at those pages, shall we? — NEVADA SAGEBRUSH University of Nevada, Reno Enrollment: 17,679 Designer Riley Snyder of the University of Nevada’s weekly student paper tells us: We’ve [...]

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