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I don't know if it's Florida or the fact that the games were on OLN, but I didn't even realize this was happening until yesterday. Did you? Regardless, a couple of nice pages from North Carolina. Raleigh did a clean job with impact, and Charlotte asks the burning question: Can Hurricanes' win create thirst for hockey.
I'm behind the times, I know it, but I feel like I've read somewhere that this is the "new" (quotes indicated my behind-the-times-ness) Monday Tampa Trib. The woman acting as Vanna White to the python kind of bothers me, but it's still the most interesting page from the region today. Gillin on the move
In other Florida news, Josh Gillin of the Philly Inquirer has taken a job at the Trib's rival, St. Pete's tbt*, a free youth-oriented pub.He tells Sarasota's Doug Jessmer: "It's a good little gig and shows how the Times is willing to devote resources and experiment with ways to win readership. It's gotten a very positive response and is aimed at younger readers, kind of like Red Eye for the Tampa Bay area."
Read more on the move at VizEds.Congrats, Josh. Welcome to Region 3.
The release of the state's grades for schools was the big news in Florida yesterday and I like this page by the Bradenton Herald. It's clean and navagable and I'm a fan of the "ups and downs" mimicking the pencils.
I think if there's an opportunity to put the word sex on page one we should do it. The Philly Daily News figured out how to do it three times (four if you count the word sexy on the cover of the GGW vid). I'm not sure how important FEMA aid for hurricanes Katrina and Rita is to that particular readership, but if I were in Philly, I'd care a lot today. I'd laugh, too. What a great page.
Ok, so it makes me crazy that I can't figure out this blogging thing. The design problems with this site make me want to pull out my hair. Please forgive.
Now, we got lots of good stuff from the region today! Zarqawi and others. Enjoy and comment. I like how the News-Press really made the death of Zarqawi local, and the Commercial Appeal is striking.
My one quibble of the day is that I keep seeing the black on the front of the State as opposite, like the tan boxes are not on top of the black box, but rather there's black lines between the boxes. Does anyone understand what I'm saying? Does anyone else see it too?
UPDATE: Master of all things copy desk related, Fred Vultee at the University of Missouri, posts this about the State's page over at his super blog Headsup:
Every now and then one of your originating desks gets .... well, original, and tries to "add" "value" to something it isn't set up to add value to. That's the problem with this enterprising centerpiece. Steering away from the who-what-where approach on a story that's been in play since 3 the previous morning is the right idea. But not all such efforts are equal, and this one should have been thrown back. It subtracts more from the sum of human knowledge than it adds.
I won't lie, I didn't read the page before I posted it here, and still think it's well designed, but Freddo makes some good points as well as sending folks to the conversation on the same topic at Testy Copy Editors. Obviously, we don't know from where the content originated, so I hope I'm not offending a well-meaning designer, though I believe that's Mr. Vultee's point; the idea wasn't bad, necessarily, just not, um, good. Discuss.
The SND silent auction is just months away, and coordinators want you to give them stuff, tax free, of course. SND needs you--or at least, we need the items and services only you can provide for our annual Silent Auction to benefit the SND Foundation.
The auction is always a highlight of the Annual Workshop, and many attendees look forward to the opportunity to take home a piece of visual memorabilia ranging from original artwork to software to consulting services.
Artwork that is signed, mounted and framed always fetches a higher price. We are also looking for gifts of electronic gadgets, sports memorabilia, jewelry, books, tickets, etc.
These items benefit the SND Foundation, SND's nonprofit research and education effort that provides such services as:
--Travel grants and workshop grants to deserving students
-- Partnerships with news organizations to provide faculty, support, and instructional materials for training programs that prepare minorities for jobs in newspaper design and new media.
--Sponsorship of seminars on key issues of design and journalism.
Because the Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, contributions are generally tax deductible (in the United States) as charitable donations. Questions? Contact SND, (401) 294-5233, or snd@snd.org.
We'd be delighted to receive any item you'd like contribute by Aug. 15. On behalf of the next generation of visual journalists, thank you for your support.
Send items, with the attached form, to:
Joan Andrews
Senior News Designer
Orlando Sentinel
633 N. Orange Ave.
Orlando, FL 32801 USA
Doug Jessmer is old. And even more so since his birthday a week ago. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune and SND Swamp founder turned 34 on May 26. Happy Birthday, Doug.
Bonita Burton posted over at VizEds: (Memo to the staff)
I'm delighted to announced that designer Melissa Angle has been promoted to Senior Designer, effective immediately. In her new role, she'll more formally mentor other news designers and will run the desk as needed in the absence of its management team.
Melissa has designed every news section at the paper, and she absolutely thrives in the pressure-cooker that is A1. From her first day on the front page ("DYER CLEARED"), she has designed some of our most memorable pages: Anarchy in New Orleans, NASA's mission to Mars and the classic "Good Luck, God Speed" shuttle cover for which she won two SND awards this year.
When tough visual challenges arise, she is often the first person editors turn to for solutions. Beyond being a strong creative thinker and technical wizard, Melissa has brought impressive project managment skills to bear on revitalizing Local & State and launching Local InDepth. These sections will continue to be a major area of her focus going forward.
Melissa brings a palpable energy, imagination and good humor to the group each day. I couldn't be more pleased to have her join the Visuals leadership team.
Please join me in congratulating Melissa on her new role!
Now, if they could just find that graphics director...
I've been meaning to post this for a week now, but, well, I've got this week off before I start at the Post, and I'm lazy. Still, head over to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's NPD porfolio and website (for audio).
This section [wrapped] our single copy sales on Memorial Day. We remember the soldiers lost in Iraq from the Georgia National Guard's 48th brigade.The type on each page [is] direct words of the people in the photographs about the person they lost, whether it's a father, son, husband, grandson, etc.
Rich Addicks, photographer and reporter; Christoph Furhmans, designer; Chris Stanfield, Director of Photography
I'm behind the times, I know it, but I feel like I've read somewhere that this is the "new" (quotes indicated my behind-the-times-ness) Monday Tampa Trib. The woman acting as Vanna White to the python kind of bothers me, but it's still the most interesting page from the region today. 
