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Feb. 9: Three interesting page-one visuals

Here are three interesting items I found in my daily romp through the Newseum… — STANDARD-EXAMINER Ogden, Utah Circulation: 62,603 You’re looking at a picture of a python. Playing with the owner’s ten grandkids. His name was Monty (I know, I know). Monty died last week at age 30. He spent 27 years in a classroom at Plain City Elementary [...]

Feb. 9: A great above-the-nameplate display today in Fort Myers (2)

In Cape Coral, Fla., yesterday, an Army soldier popped into an elementary school to surprise his children who didn’t know their dad was home from South Korea. Freelancer Sarah Coward was there to photograph the reunion. The Fort Myers News-Press played the best picture huge atop A1 today: Find the story here by Don Ruane of the News-Press. Find additional [...]

Feb. 9: What it’s like to sit in on a news meeting held in Afrikaans

From time to time, folks ask me what it was like working for months at a time in South African newspapers. It was a lot like working in U.S. newspapers, really. Except much of the time, everyone spoke Afrikaans. So attending planning meetings can be like going to a meeting in the U.S. in which they’re discussing, say, programming. Or [...]

Feb. 8: World’s largest punctuation? (3)

Did you see the front of today’s Cincinnati Enquirer? I can’t say for certain. But I’m pretty sure this is supposed to be a single open-quote mark. Click for a larger view: The topic is the somewhat odd State of the State address by Ohio governor John Kasich Tuesday. The top of the story by staffer Paul E. Kostyu: Non-bluetongue [...]

Feb. 8: Cartoon characters invade page one in Hartford, Conn.

It’s rather low on the page. But there is an amazing assortment of cartoon characters on page one of today’s Hartford Courant. The story, of course, is a new advertising campaign by MetLife Insurance — the first commercial of which you may have seen during the Super Bowl. Here’s a closer look at the illustration, which is presumably a handout [...]

Feb. 8: A look at today’s GOP caucus front pages

There were two caucuses and one primary yesterday on the campaign trail for Republican presidential hopefuls. Everyone, of course, is reporting the stunning sweep by Rick Santorum. But consider this: Santorum picked up a total of 28 delegates Tuesday while Mitt Romney captured six. And those are non-binding delegates: They are free to change their votes at the Republican convention [...]

Feb. 8: SND judges honor first Best of Show winner in ten years (1)

The last time the Society for News Design’s annual competition resulted in a Best of Show winner was 2002: The New York Times won the honor for its coverage of the events and aftermath of 9/11. Meet this year’s Best of Show: Svenska Dagbladet — Stockholm, Sweeden’s third-largest daily. The story that produced this amazing edition was that tragic, two-pronged [...]

Feb. 7: A look at the Washington Post’s huge political earmark story (3)

The big story today in Washington D.C.: The Washington Post launched the next big segment of its ongoing series in which they examine the personal finances of all 535 of our legislators in the House and the Senate. Today’s topic was huge: Earmarks. We used to hear a lot about “pork barrel” politics. That meant when a Congressperson or a [...]

Feb. 7: An accusation of visual plagiarism from last year’s SND contest (1)

The graphic in the center of this double-page spread from La Stampa of Torino, Italy — reviewing how trapped miners in Chile were rescued in October of 2010 — won an Award of Excellence last year for breaking news graphics in the annual Society for News Design competition. You’ll find it at the bottom of page 205 of SND32, the [...]

Feb. 7: Spoiled NFL wife makes for great tabloid fodder today (6)

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen — better known to some as the wife of New England Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady — made big sports news after the Super Bowl, it seems. The New York Daily News reports: When fans heckled the supermodel, crying out “Eli rules!” and “Eli owns your husband,” Bundchen kept a tight smile on her face and kept walking. [...]

Feb. 6: How does a college paper shake up its content for a cool new Friday edition?

The hugely talented Greg Mees — visual managing editor for the student paper at Colorado State University, Rocky Mountain Collegian — wrote me a week or so ago. Greg wrote: We are just getting back into the swing of things here at the Collegian for the spring semester and, with that, we have launched the Weekender. This is our new [...]

Feb. 6: A look at today’s notable Super Bowl pages (4)

There was way too much similarity in choices of front-page Super Bowl art around the country. The best photo choices were made today by some of the nation’s largest papers. Here’s a look at some of the more notable pages of the day… ________________________________ REPRESENTING THE NEW YORK GIANTS — NEWSDAY Melville, N.Y. Circulation: 404,542 Newsday today wrapped its usual [...]

Feb. 6: Now, THERE’S something you don’t see every day: A story about typography. On page one.

The story of the day in Chattanooga, Tenn.: Typography. A group of designers in that city have decided they want the area to have its own typographical identity. So they started work on a project to create one. The story was the centerpiece today for page one of the Times Free Press. The main headline is set in Chatype, the [...]

Feb. 5: An inside view of today’s Super Bowl from the Indianapolis Star

Scott Goldman – director of digital and visuals at the Indianapolis Star – is on duty at the Super Bowl today. And he’s tweeting like mad. Around 3 p.m. EST, he tweeted: An hour later, he had found the Star‘s seats. He tweeted: Here is the view from those seats: Scott refers to Star sportswriter Phillip Wilson, who’s livechatting from [...]

Feb. 5: A look at today’s notable Super Bowl preview pages (3)

Just about everybody had something out front today for America’s biggest unofficial holiday, Super Bowl Sunday. Here’s a look at the most notable pages I’ve seen… ____________________________________ REPRESENTING THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — BOSTON GLOBE Boston, Mass. Circulation: 205,939 My favorite picture of the day is this one, on the front of today’s Boston Globe. You’re seeing the Patriots lining [...]

Feb. 5: Meanwhile, today in cold, lonely, Wisconsin…

The state’s pro football fans aren’t happy at all that the Green Bay Packers failed to earn the right to defend their Super Bowl crown. However, they did receive a little consolation prize yesterday when quarterback Aaron Rodgers was named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player for this past season. That page was designed by Ed Brud. The picture of Rodgers [...]

Feb. 5: Roman numerals are all Greek to them (1)

Check out the top of the “special souvenir edition” inside today’s Republican of Springfield, Mass. Yeah, that’s wrong. The correct title of today’s game is Super Bowl XLVI. Which means 46. Now, don’t misunderstand me. I think the use of Roman numerals for these games is pretty stupid. I’m ready to push for dropping that convention. But until the NFL [...]

Feb. 5: Last night’s ‘border war’ made for two great sports pages today (1)

If you’re not from Missouri — and I’m certainly not — then you might have some difficulty wrapping your brain around the excitement folks there felt last night when the University of Missouri Tigers knocked off the Kansas Jayhawks 74-71. After all, Missouri was ranked No. 4 in the nation. Kansas was ranked No. 8. The favorite won, right? Perhaps [...]

Feb. 5: Gannett’s Nashville Design Studio launches ‘big, bold’ redesign of Florida Today

Florida Today of Melbourne, Fla., launched a redesign this morning. On the left is a Sunday front from October. On the right is today’s front.   Chris Bistline of the Gannett Design Studio in Nashville writes: We wanted to share with you our redesign of Florida Today. We’re starting with Sunday 1A and will gradually roll out the new look [...]

Feb. 4: Four clever and fun page-one illustrations (1)

Here are four fun art elements I found in my daily romp through the Newseum… — PRESS & DAKOTAN Yankton, S.D. Circulation: 8,332 He use to work as a decorative element for the top of your car antenna. After those jobs went away, he worked for Walmart, on its “falling prices” signs. But what’s Mr. Smiley Face been doing since [...]

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