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‘Times of Oman’ archive

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Aug. 15, 2012: Yet another bit of Olympics graphic genius from the Times of Oman (1)

My pal Adonis Durado — design director of the Times of Oman — sent us some terrific samples of sports graphics during the Olympics:       And then, of course, there was this magnificent piece: I wrote a lengthy blog post about that graphic here. South Africa’s weekly NewsNow magazine reprinted an edited version of that graphic in the [...]

Aug. 2, 2012: Yet another genius Olympics visualization by the Times of Oman (1)

Adonis Durado and his staff of the Times of Oman have done it again. Two days ago, we looked at a wonderful graphic the folks there did on how Muslim athletes are coping with the physical needs of competing in the Olympic games in London. Which happens to coincide with Ramadan. Which means they’re fasting. It was amazing work in [...]

July 31, 2012: ‘The world would never forgive us if we don’t do this particular graphic’ (2)

Adonis Durado — design director of the Times of Oman — tells me today: I told my staff that the world would never forgive us if we don’t do this particular graphic. Our paper is from Islamic country, and as visual journalists, it’s our responsibility to show this relevant issue to our readers: The challenges a Muslim Olympian will face [...]

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 [...]

Sept. 2, 2011: Times of Oman observes Ramadan with a page a day… for 28 days (2)

Here’s something very, very cool to round out your week. Adonis Durado is design director of the Times of Oman. You might recall that paper won 36 awards of excellence earlier this year from the Society for News Design. Founded in 1975, the Times is actually two daily papers, both based in Muscat, the capital city of Oman. The Arabic [...]

Feb. 10, 2011: What the hell is the Times of Oman? (1)

Did you see the preliminary tally of SND award winners, posted Monday at the Society for News Design web site? If you’re like most of us, you’re wondering: The Times of Oman? Who the hell is the Times of Oman? It’s actually two daily papers, both based in Muscat, the capital city of Oman. The Arabic version has a daily [...]