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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. 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. 3: The Associated Press needed a copy editor for its Super Bowl interactive

Tonight, I spotted this note from the Associated Press on Twitter. Ah, great! An interactive look at Super Bowl history. That would be a fun read tonight. So I gave it a look-see. That particular link the AP offered sent me to the web site of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, where I settled in for a look at 45 years [...]

Feb. 3: A look at today’s Super Bowl pages by the Boston Globe

Yesterday, we took a look at a number of Super Bowl sports fronts that ran this week in the Boston Globe. Here is today’s sports front, again designed by Luke Knox. The lead photo is by staffer Jim Davis. That’s a pretty cool timeline across the bottom of the page, showing the NFL coaches most successful at winning league championships. [...]

Feb. 2: Tim Ball leaving the Washington Post to go freelance

One of the top sports designers working today — Tim Ball of the Washington Post — is leaving daily newspapers to go freelance. Tim tells us this is… …a move I’ve been considering for a while now, and the result of some very careful consideration, and one which has me thrilled at my prospects for the future. I’m heading to [...]

Feb. 2: Inside the special Super Bowl section wrapped around today’s Indianapolis Star (2)

Earlier today, we took a look at great Super Bowl advance pages from Luke Knox of the Boston Globe. Now it’s time to check out a bit of the 24-page special section wrapping today’s Indianapolis Star. Director of digital and visuals Scott Goldman tells us: Design director Phil Mahoney gets the kudos for the cover design and most of the [...]

Feb. 2: How you handle two huge stories on the same day, part two

Nathan Groepper — creative director of Gannett’s Des Moines Design Studio — writes this morning: A few weeks ago, I sent you an e-mail about a situation in Sioux Falls where there were two major news events on the same day. Well, the same thing happened yesterday in Springfield (Mo.). A local football star, one of the top prospects in [...]

Feb. 2: A look at Boston Globe sports fronts leading up to this Sunday’s Super Bowl (1)

Reportedly, there is some sort of football game coming up this weekend. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. The Boston Globe certainly has. Ace sports designer Luke Knox sent us a care package overnight featuring some of his sports fronts from the past week or so. The quotes below are the descriptions Luke sent us. All pages and graphics here are [...]

Jan. 31: A recap of the Poynter chat today with Scott Goldman

The live chat I hosted this afternoon at Poytner.org — with guest Scott Goldman, director of digital and visuals at the Indianapolis Star — went over pretty well. I was worried that we might not get enough great questions. I needn’t have worried. The crowd had fabulous questions. And Scott provided terrific answers. Poynter has asked me to contribute to [...]

Jan. 31: Austin sports design maestro Chris Hanna moving to Newsday

Austin American-Statesman designer Chris Hanna is moving to Newsday. Chris told us a couple of weeks ago: I’m all set. Except for that part where I’m also getting married next week. It’s a busy time, to be sure. I should start at Newsday sometime the week of Feb. 6. It might be hectic for Chris, but the timing of this [...]

Jan. 31: Don’t forget today’s live chat with Scott Goldman of the Indy Star

A fun cartoon illustration on the front of today’s Indianapolis Star illustrates the hoopla around town in advance for this Sunday’s Super Bowl. The cartoon was lead art on page one today… …and was drawn by editorial cartoonist Gary Varvel…   …who is the same guy who drew a large cartoon for A1 last Tuesday, as well. What other cool [...]

Jan. 30: Coming Tuesday: Poynter live chat with Indy Star’s Scott Goldman

The folks at Poynter have asked me to contribute occasional articles and arrange live chat appearances for their web site. The first of these live chats is scheduled for tomorrow. I’ll host Scott Goldman, director of digital and visuals at the Indianapolis Star. Among the things we hope we can get him to talk about: What cool things his crew [...]

Jan. 28: Tampa Bay Times hires sports designer Andy Rosenthal of Casper, Wyo. (1)

The Tampa Bay Times of St. Petersburg, Fla., announced this week on its internal electronic bulletin board: Good news: Andy Rosenthal, currently of the Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune will join us as a sports designer Feb. 13. Andy is originally from the Denver area, and before working in Casper spent some time at the Savannah Morning News. Andy’s excited about working [...]

Jan. 24: Indy Star kicks off Super Bowl countdown with a fun page-one cartoon

The Super Bowl won’t be played until Sunday, Feb. 5. Which might seem like an eternity for Giants fans, Patriots fans or anyone living in the host city of Indianapolis. I doubt Indy is getting much tourism traffic for the game just yet — given that we didn’t even know who would be playing until two days ago. Just the [...]

Jan. 23: A look at Monday’s NFL conference championship pages

Both conference championship games Sunday were very close. Let’s hope the Super Bowl is at least as interesting. In the meantime, here’s a look at a few of the day’s most notable NFL front pages, as seen at the Newseum… __________________________________________ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 23, BALTIMORE RAVENS 20 New England quarterback Tom Brady wasn’t clicking quite as well as usual [...]

Jan. 23: Inside the Penn State Daily Collegian’s special Joe Paterno section (5)

Unfortunately, I don’t have design credits for this. But we can enjoy the pages. Because the special commemorative edition of today’s Daily Collegian — the student paper at Penn State — is a real feast for the eyes. — UPDATE -3:45 p.m. Somewhere around 100 folks worked all day Sunday and up to 2 a.m. this morning on the 32-page [...]

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