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Charles Apple: The Visual Side of Journalism

 

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May 7: Let’s help a friend of publication designers everywhere

Do you know Robert Newman? You should. He’s downright legendary as a publication designer. A 1974 graduate of the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, Robert spent more than 26 years in visual leadership positions of a number of publications: Guitar World, the Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly, New York, Details, Vibe, Inside, Real Simple and Fortune. A few samples of [...]

May 7: An off-topic question from a young journalist (4)

While you’re doing favors for me today, how about answering a question for a young female journalist? Rachel Schallom of the Sun Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., asks: Working women — especially working mothers — have been all the rage on the blog scene lately. This has prompted some great conversations among female journalists. Some young female journalists and I [...]

March 31: The reason I follow tornado stories — and weather reports — so closely

From time to time, folks ask me: What is this strange fascination you seem to have with tornado coverage? Sure enough, I post a lot of tornado pages here in the blog.   And I‘ve even been known to get involved directly with some of these stories. I’ve written from time to time — by way of an apology — [...]

March 20: And a quick pat on the back to this blog’s loyal tech wizard… (1)

…who was fruitful and multiplied this past weekend. That’s designer and copy editor Daniel Hunt of the Sacramento Bee and his new son, Liam Alexis Bayard Hunt. The latter of whom was born at 10:56 a.m. PDT Saturday. In case you’re wondering, Dan reported these stats: 8 pounds, 3 ounces 20 1/4 inches Blue eyes Mom doing great By Sunday, [...]

Feb. 27: The Great Apple Transcontinental Migration, part two (5)

Some of you have been following along via social media during my drive from Virginia Beach to Southern California. For those of you who haven’t and would like to read a good soap opera: Find Part One — which covered Friday, Saturday and Sunday — here. When we ended that installment, Sharon and I were holed up in a Hampton [...]

Feb. 11: I need to dump a lot of my stuff (6)

Speaking of old newspapers and tearsheets… I have a problem on the horizon but approaching rapidly: I need to downsize the massive amount of stuff I own. I might be relocating soon. It’s become clear that I will no longer have the fairly large amount of storage space that I now enjoy. This means I will need to get rid [...]

Oct. 24, 2012: For her offensive language, interactive designer wants to help Ann Coulter “climb Mount Retard”

Celebrity pundit Ann Coulter is at it again, referring to President Barack Obama as a “retard” and to his supporters as “retarded.” And special-needs advocates are fighting back. Including former Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel artist Daniel Niblock, the parent of a Down Syndrome son. After he made an impassioned plea for her to knock it off with using that offensive [...]

Oct. 9, 2012: Visual journalist Daniel Niblock to Ann Coulter: Knock it off

Celebrity pundit Ann Coulter is in the habit of calling folks she doesn’t like — usually liberal-minded folks — “retarded.” And longtime visual journalist Daniel Niblock — who happens to be the father of a son with Down Syndrome — wants her to knock it off. Daniel writes today via Facebook: Hey everybody — this is important! Ozzie and I [...]

Oct. 6, 2012: Passing through town tonight: Richard Curtis

Richard Curtis and his wife, Jane, came to Hampton Roads this weekend to do the tourist thing. They were soooo bored this evening that they took Sharon and me out to dinner. Yet, this was the only picture I took. Richard, of course, is the founding managing editor for graphics and photo at USA Today. He worked there for 75 [...]

June 7, 2012: Des Moines’ Nicole Bogdas taking time off this week to make a donation (1)

Nicole Bogdas is taking a little time away from her job as senior news designer for the Des Moines Register in order to work on a side project. She’s donating a kidney to her father. Seriously. This is happening this weekend — right now — at the VA hospital in Iowa City. The reason we know: Nicole is live-tweeting as [...]

Feb. 29, 2012: How a visual journalist gets married in 2012 (1)

A little over two months ago, I brought you the story of Larry Buchanan, visual columnist for McSweeney’s, and the way he graphically proposed to his sweetie Erin Wright. Erin was represented by the glasses; Larry by the flip-flops. Very cute. So how does one follow up a proposal like this? By getting married on Leap Day, of course. Larry [...]

Feb. 19, 2012: News designer Nicole Bogdas writes a brave first-person piece for the Des Moines Register (4)

Nicole Bogdas — senior news designer for the Des Moines Register in Iowa for the past couple of years and now a designer for Gannett’s design studio there in Des Moines — did something today I consider to be extremely brave. She came out today as a sufferer of bipolar disorder. In a first-person column on the editorial page of [...]

Jan. 13, 2012: Use the news about Paula Deen to think about your own health, people (1)

The story about Food Network superstar Paula Deen a) planning to officially announce she has Type II diabetes and b) also announcing she’s signed a multimillion dollar deal to endorse the drug she’s now taking caught my attention today. The Daily reports: Deen has faced withering criticism for the high amounts of fat, salt and sugar in her dishes. When [...]

Dec. 22, 2011: How a visual journalist proposes in 2011 (4)

Down on one knee in a quiet setting? That’s so last century. The new romantic proposal: By pictogram. That’s the way McSweeney‘s visual columnist Larry Buchanan proposed today to his sweetie Erin Wright. Erin is represented by the glasses; Larry by the flip-flops. After you graphically propose, of course, you must go public via social media. Larry tweeted this afternoon: [...]

Dec. 16, 2011: He sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake…

The gentleman on the right is my dad. Seriously. So yes: Apparently, I’m Polish. (Not Poland, silly. The North Pole.) Perhaps I can clear up a few things you may have wondered about over the years… Santa’s North Pole headquarters is just for show. In fact, he operates out of Thomson, Ga. Santa is a graduate of Clemson University. Mrs. [...]

Dec. 13, 2011: Rob Covey’s daughter named chief of staff for House Democratic Whip (1)

From a Congressional press release this morning: House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) announced today that his current Chief of Staff, Terry Lierman, will be leaving the Hill on December 31st. Hoyer has selected Alexis Covey-Brandt, currently his Floor Director, as his new Chief of Staff. Alexis is the daughter of longtime print and multimedia art director Rob Covey. [...]

Sept. 9, 2011: Guest post: Alan Stamm on the ‘Brotherhood of the newsroom’

Alan Stamm spent 27 years as a metro editor at the Detroit News. He departed in 2003 and has worked as a communications, marketing and management consultant — for a number of firms and, now, for his own Alan Stamm Communications, based in Birmingham, Mich. He was part of the team that posted wonderful stories about their former colleague, Felix [...]

May 20, 2011: Deseret News artist discovers — and returns — $45,000 in cash

Wendy Leonard of the Deseret News of Salt Lake City wrote a story this week about a colleague: Illustrator and designer Josh Ferrin. Josh, you see, recently bought a house. Within hours of the closing, Wendy reports, Josh… …noticed a tiny scrap of carpet peeking out of a small door in the ceiling of a workshop at the back of [...]

May 11, 2011: N.Y. Daily News cartoonist Bill Gallo passes away (1)

Longtime New York Daily News sports cartoonist and illustrator Bill Gallo passed away last night. Filip Bondy of the Daily News reports: In recent months, while he fought off emphysema and a series of medical setbacks, Gallo continued to draw his cartoons and write columns from hospital beds and his home, surrounded by trays of colored pencils and erasers, dark [...]

Feb. 24, 2011: World’s Cutest Couple™ gets that much cuter (4)

Two of my favorite people in the world — Martin Gee, features design supervisor of the Boston Globe and Carrie Hoover, art director of a quarterly magazine called Edible Vineyard — got married Friday in New York City. The brief ceremony was attended by a very small circle of family and friends. Mostly because New York City simply isn’t large [...]

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