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‘Happy birthday’ archive

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May 22: Birthdays for Wednesday, May 22

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to five excellent visual journalists… John Grimwade is graphics director of Condé Nast publications. A graduate of the Canterbury College of Art, John previously served as graphics director of the Times of London. He has taught all over the world and has created graphics for Popular Science and a slew of other magazines. Find [...]

May 21: Birthdays for Tuesday, May 21

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to five terrific visual journalists… Marsha Blackburn is a quality assurance specialist and technical writer for the Research Triangle Institute in the Raleigh/Durham area of North Carolina. A graduate of the nearby University of North Carolina, Marsha spent seven years as features editor for the Fayetteville Observer and then three years as assistant editor [...]

May 20: Birthdays for Monday, May 19

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to five excellent visual journalists… Jennifer Conklin is director of publications for Advance’s Alabama Media Group in Birmingham, Ala. A 1998 graduate of the University of Kansas, Jennifer spent two years as a designer for the State in Columbia, S.C., and then five years at the Charlotte Observer. She moved to the Herald of [...]

May 19: Birthdays for Sunday, May 19

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to four terrific visual journalists… Stephanie Haberman is a social media producer for NBC News — specifically, Rock Center with Brian Williams and Dateline. A 2010 graduate of Indiana University, Stephanie spent the summer of 2009 as a multimedia intern at Newsday and then served as photo editor and multimedia editor of the Indiana [...]

May 18: Birthdays for Saturday, May 18

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to seven wonderful visual journalists… John Caserta is founder of the Design Office, which provides business support for freelance designers in downtown Providence, R.I. A 1995 graduate of the University of North Carolina, John spent a year as a staff artist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution before becoming design director for interactive news for the [...]

May 17: Birthdays for Friday, May 17

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to seven excellent visual journalists… Nancy Albritton is enterprise editor for the East region of the Associated Press. A 1971 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Nancy spent several years as a reporter and editor for the the Sun-Herald of Biloxi, Miss., United Press International and the Philadelphia Inquirer. She moved to [...]

May 16: Birthdays for Thursday, May 16

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to three superlative visual journalists… Bob Beamesderfer is a copy editor for the Orange County Register here in Santa Ana, Calif. A graduate of Arizona State University, Bob spent four years as news editor of the East Valley Tribune in Mesa, Ariz., before coming to the Register in 1988. After five-and-a-half years as news [...]

May 15: Birthdays for Wednesday, May 15

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to six wonderful visual journalists… Barry Cooper is a new media manager and consultant in Orlando, Fla. A product of UNC-Wilmington, Barry founded BlackVoices.com, a social networking site for the Tribune company in 1998 (It’s now part of the Huffington Post). He was a general manager and project manager at the Arizona Republic before [...]

May 14: Birthdays for Tuesday, May 14

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to three excellent visual journalists… Tim Frank is director of Gannett’s design studio in Asbury Park, N.J. A 1981 graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art, Tim spent six years as managing editor for visuals at the Lewiston, Maine, Sun Journal and two years as senior editor for design and graphics of the Arizona [...]

May 13: A fun illustrated biography of a faux-news-media ‘rock star’

Did you know that today is Stephen Colbert‘s 49th birthday? Actually, I did. But only because I sprinkle in a few celebrity and media birthdays into my blog posts and twitter feeds. Alex Smith at Can’t Miss TV has gone a step further, however, building one of those tall internet-type “infographics” that gives us a brief but entertaining illustrated biography [...]

May 13: Birthdays for Monday, May 13

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to a pair of brilliant visual journalists… Cassie Armstrong is sports photo and video editor at the Orlando Sentinel. A 1994 graduate of Eastern Illinois University, Cassie worked as a reporter and photographer for the Robinson (Ill.) Daily News before moving to the Sun-Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale as a page designer. Four years later, [...]

May 12: Birthdays for Sunday, May 12

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to three excellent visual journalists… Hayden Goethe is assistant sports editor of the Forum of Fargo, N.D. A 2004 graduate of Minnesota State University in Moorhead, Hayden edits copy, designs two or three pages a night and supervises three other editors plus five part-time clerks. Find his portfolio here, his blog here and his [...]

May 11: Birthdays for Saturday, May 11

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to five excellent visual journalists… William Couch is a front-end product engineer for Twitter. A 2007 graduate of the University of Michigan, Bill served a fellowship at the Poynter Institute before going to work as a multimedia artist for the Orlando Sentinel. In 2009, Bill moved to USA Today, where — among other things [...]

May 10: Birthdays for Friday, May 10

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to Ruth Oneufer, a designer for the News-Journal of Daytona Beach, Fla. Ruth is a 1985 graduate of Seton Hill University of Greensburg, Pa. She turns 49 today. Ruth shares a birthday with actors Kenan Thompson, Frederick Austerlitz (better known as Fred Astaire), Wade Dominguez and Anna Myrtle Smoyer (better known as Nancy Walker); [...]

May 9: Birthdays for Thursday, May 9

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to Brian Duffy, a nationally-syndicated editorial cartoonist in Des Moines, Iowa. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Brian spent more than 25 years as cartoonist for the Des Moines Register — where, yes, his cartoons ran on page one. Laid off in December 2008, Brian now works as a free-lance illustrator, cartoons for [...]

May 8: Birthdays for Wednesday, May 8

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to four gifted visual journalists… Nicole Bogdas is senior news designer for the Gannett Design Studio in Des Moines, Iowa. A graduate of the University of Missouri, Nicole was news projects designer for the Palm Beach Post and also spent a couple of years at the Sun-Sentinel in Ft. Lauderdale. She worked at the [...]

May 7: Birthday for Tuesday, May 7

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to Gage Church, pastor of the Congregational United Church of Christ in Ogden, Utah. A 1986 graduate of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, Gage spent four years as a copy editor and page designer for the St. Petersburg Times before moving to the New York Times in 1997. In 1998, he returned to [...]

May 6: Birthdays for Monday, May 6

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to four wonderful visual journalists… Paige Braddock is creative director for Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates in Santa Rosa, Calif. A 1985 graduate of the University of Tennessee, Paige spent two years as an artist and illustrator with the Orlando Sentinel before joining the Chicago Tribune in 1991. A year later, she moved to [...]

May 5: Birthdays for Sunday, May 5

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to five superlative visual journalists… Jennifer Becknell is general manager of three small McClatchy-owned papers in north central South Carolina: The Fort Mill Times, the Lake Wylie Pilot and the York Enquirer Herald. A 1983 graduate of the University of Iowa, Jennifer worked at the Herald in Rock Hill, S.C., for many years — [...]

May 4: Birthday for Saturday, May 4

Here’s wishing the happiest of birthdays to Kevin Armstrong, a journalism instructor currently based in Tulsa, Okla. A 1982 graduate of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Kevin earned a master’s degree from the University of Missouri in 1984 before joining the Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Va.. He worked a number of positions over 24 years, the last being editor of the [...]

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