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‘News design’ archive

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May 13: Clever headline alert: Sydney, Australia, Sun-Herald

Matt Martel — managing editor for presentation of the Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald — wrote to alert us to this clever Sunday front-page headline about gays in the Australian military: Yep. Very clever. Matt tells us the headline was… …the idea of art director Steve Salmon. Find the story here. The Sun-Herald is the Sunday tabloid edition of the Morning [...]

May 13: Four fabulous front page Mother’s Day stories

Hey, I appreciate the visit today. But rather than reading what I have for you today, I’d much rather you call your mom, if you can, and wish her a happy Mother’s Day. These four nice front page stories can wait until Monday. You’ve already spoken to her? Great. In that case, let’s take a look at four Mother’s Day [...]

May 12: Four interesting page-one photo crops

Today’s theme is photo cropping. I like unusual-shaped photos. Unusual shapes make for unusual pages. Don’t be afraid to crop your photos in an unusual way — especially if you can accentuate the subject matter with the crop. Here are four papers that did this exceptionally well today… — TIMES AND DEMOCRAT Orangeburg, S.C. Circulation: 11,863 This is especially true [...]

May 11: The New Yorker’s take on the Obama gay marriage issue

Here’s the cover of next week’s issue of the New Yorker: Artist Bob Staake writes about the cover: It’s a celebratory moment for our country, and that’s what I tried to capture. (I don’t especially like those rainbow colors, but they are what they are—I had to use them.) I wanted to celebrate the bravery of the President’s statement—a statement [...]

May 11: Another “this HAS to be intentional” headline

But seriously: How on Earth could anyone write a headline like this unintentionally? Just amazing. This headline was posted Thursday afternoon and reportedly stood like that for a while until it was finally, mercifully, changed to something more benign. It was originally pointed out by James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal and then written about last night by Mediaite. [...]

May 10: For your consideration… (3)

As Stephanie Halberman of Mashable tweets this morning: Here is the cover of the new issue of Time magazine: According to a Q&A in the edition: Jamie Lynne Grumet, a 26-year-old mother of two in Los Angeles, is on the cover of Time this week breast-feeding her son, Aram, who turns 4 next month. Feifei Sun of Time‘s LightBox photo blog writes [...]

May 9: A novel ‘graphic novel’-type approach to a very personal story

Cool, cool stuff today from the Chicago Tribune. The story: A first-person piece from a local 17-year-old 11th grader who suffers from depression. Obviously, he’s had his ups and downs. The kid — T.J. Watson — agreed to share his story with Tribune readers. But instead of a long narrative, the Tribune‘s Phil Geib put the tale — expertly written [...]

May 9: A blueprint for a great college paper news package

As you know, I’m always eager to post interesting projects by college journalists. With that in mind, Sam Lane — managing editor of the Daily Iowan of the University of Iowa — writes: We ran a story today about the presence of radon in the state of Iowa, which has the highest levels of radon in the country. The story [...]

May 8: Roanoke Times’ night sports editor Carrie Cousins leaves newspapers (1)

Carrie Cousins — night sports editor of the Times of Roanoke, Va. — is leaving newspapers. Here’s the official announcement that presentation editor Andrew Svec put out last week: After more than 10 years in our newsroom, Carrie Cousins has decided to take on a new challenge with the Roanoke Regional Partnership where she will be able to write more, [...]

May 8: A fun, page-one political cartoon treatment from Australia

Paul Wiggins — a subeditor and web producer for the Fairfax Media newspaper group in Liverpool, Australia, near Sydney — passed along a tweet from a fellow Aussie praising the national budget-oriented cover illustration on Wednesday’s Illawarra Mercury of Wollongong, New South Wales. Click for a larger view. The story is about a surprising — but not terribly large — [...]

May 6: Saturday and Sunday’s Kentucky Derby pages from the Louisville Courier-Journal

Earlier, we looked at Kentucky Derby preview and coverage special sections from the Lexington, Ky., Herald-Leader. Now, let’s check out before- and after-Derby sections by the paper right there in Louisville, the Courier-Journal. First, Saturday’s 24-page preview section. Here is page one. Click any of these pages for a much larger view. Those are all staff file photos. The page [...]

May 6: More Kentucky Derby pages today from the Lexington Herald-Leader

Yesterday, we took a look at the Lexington Herald-Leader‘s Kentucky Derby preview pages. Today, lead sports designer Dennis Varney was kind enough to send us a batch of post-Derby pages. A special 14-page section wrapped around the entire paper today, Dennis tells us: The front page led with an image by staff photographer Mark Cornelison and was accompanied by a [...]

May 5: A look inside the Lexington Herald-Leader’s Kentucky Derby special section

It’s that time of year again: Today is the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Ky. Lead sports designer Dennis Varney was kind enough to send along a batch of pages from today’s 12-page special section, which wrapped around the paper today. Here’s the front page, featuring a fabulous cover illustration by Dan Zakroczemski from the Buffalo News. [...]

May 4: Everything should be copy-edited. Even ‘art heds.’ ESPECIALLY ‘art heds.’

That was the lesson learned today, I’d presume, by my friends at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. A rather unfortunate thing happened with the cute reflection-in-the-water gimmick someone attempted on today’s features front. As you can see. Yes, it does look almost like it says “shit yourself.” Obviously unintentional. But still: You have to watch out for things like this. Jim Romenesko [...]

May 4: Geekazoid Friday: ‘Will it go ’round in circles?’ (2)

That’s the question I have about the USS Enterprise found on the front page of today’s Courier-Post of Camden, N.J. Because, as you can see, there’s a part missing from one of the engines. With only one good engine, the good ship Enterprise will just go around in endless circles, right? I’m guessing the uncredited photo was shot at the [...]

May 4: More fabulous Avengers features pages are rolling in today

Are you getting sick of seeing Avengers movie pages? I’m not. But then again, I’m such a fanboy. As you might have noticed, I took the morning off from blogging and took my daughter to see the movie. Even at 9:40 a.m., it was a packed house. We didn’t bother with 3D or Imax or any of the other gimmicks. [...]

May 4: Yet more fun Avengers movie treatments (1)

Can you tell I’m excited about this movie? In fact, my daughter and I have tickets to an early morning showing of the Avengers. We’re both excited. And my wife is rolling her eyes. Hey, it could be worse. I could have made a costume like this fellow did: Pretty sweet, huh? There’s nothing quite like a superhero movie to [...]

May 3: Two more fun Avengers movie treatments to enjoy (2)

The clock is ticking down until midnight tonight, when the Avengers opens in many cities around the U.S. I’m not crazy enough to try a midnight showing. But I have tickets to a Friday morning show. In the meantime, here are a couple more fun Avengers pages to tide you over… — McCLATCHY-TRIBUNE INFORMATION SERVICES Washington, D.C. MCT senior designer [...]

May 3: How U-T San Diego covered the death of former NFL great Junior Seau

News that stunned his family, friends and the entire sports world: Former NFL standout Junior Seau was found dead in his home yesterday, after apparently taking his own life. The news was especially a shock to residents of San Diego, where Seau spent most of his prime playing years. Here’s how U-T San Diego played the story on page one [...]

May 3: More fun ‘Avengers’ movie treatments (1)

I have two Avengers movie treatments to show you today and another two in house to show you tomorrow. So far, that is. I’m hoping you folks will send me a lot more. — BILL KUCHMAN Washington, D.C. Private project Bill Kuchman — a designer for Politico, writes: Politico obviously doesn’t run movie previews/reviews, but I wanted to do something [...]

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