The current Enquirer page size, left, compared with approximate dimensions of the ‘super compact’ canvas, right. The design is expected to change substantially. Originally published December 2011; see update as of May, 2012, at bottom. [CINCINNATI, Ohio] I’ve just returned from an invigorating three days helping to advise the staff of The Cincinnati Enquirer on the [...]
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In Cincinnati, strategic prep
for the new ‘super compact’ format
Posted by Ron Reason on May 15, 2012
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2012/05/15/in-cincinnati-strategic-prep-for-the-new-super-compact-format/
Cincinnati Enquirer: photojournalism gets a more personal voice
One of the real joys of my newsroom visits is being able to see in print or online, sometimes immediately, the end result of our conversations about change in culture, creativity, the development of personal “voice,” and other topics that go beyond “design.” Two real-life examples followed my recent three-day visit to the Cincinnati Enquirer, to [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on December 13, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/12/13/cincinnati-enquirer-photojournalism-gets-a-more-personal-voice/
A business newspaper redesigns
‘from a position of strength’
[The first live edition of the redesigned newspaper. From the logo to the body text, all type was reconsidered. For the first issue, a more magazine-like centerpiece was planned to grab attention. See additional design variations in prototypes below, and compare the new look to the old look from recent issues.] [LITTLE ROCK] Arkansas Business, [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on July 28, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/07/28/a-newspaper-redesign-from-a-position-of-strength/
22 things to never say
to a designer or art director
Following up on my last post, “Things to never say to a photojournalist,” we have the classic list that inspired it. Reprinted from The American Editor, the journal of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, these gems were originally compiled by Brenda Shoun, who for a long time was a genius designer/editor with the Orange [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on April 20, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/04/20/things-to-never-say-to-a-designer-or-art-director/
20+ things to never say to a photojournalist
In light of The Washington Post‘s achievement this week in scoring a Pulitzer for its excellent photo coverage from Haiti, I thought I’d dust off this list which originated in my days as Director of Visual Journalism, and faculty member, at Poynter. There, along with my colleague Kenny Irby, we tried hard to help gain/earn [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on April 19, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/04/19/things-to-never-say-to-a-photojournalist/
Ad Age goes edgy with ‘Digital Issue’ cover lettering
This week’s cover of Advertising Age (a past client that I watch regularly) provided a bit of a typographic shocker: a chaotic digital font (or is it a font?) overlaid on a cast photo from MTV’s “Skins.” The headline: THE DIGITAL ISSUE (an annual affair for Ad Age). The subhead: “Your consumer’s brain on digital: [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on March 2, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/03/02/ad-age-goes-edgy-with-digital-issue-cover-lettering/
With Charles Apple: Inside the IDS newspaper redesign workshop
A somewhat collaborative blog post on student newspaper redesign, with Charles Apple, the inside scoop of an intense, 3-day workshop I participated in with the student editors of the Indiana Daily Student (IDS) campus newspaper, at Indiana University-Bloomington. I was among three alumni guests, invited to give some “over the shoulder” consult to current students, [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on February 21, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/02/21/with-charles-apple-inside-the-ids-newspaper-redesign-workshop/
Virginia community newspapers redesign: A success story
[Lynchburg, VA] Great news to end the year with: Our relaunch of a new shared design for a number of smaller community newspapers produced from Media General’s editing center here has been an instant success. In the words of Managing Editor Jason Snyder: “The redesign has gone great so far. It’s been the easiest of [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on December 20, 2010
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2010/12/20/1097/
Tampa Tribune shines
in Redesign, Week One
Following are live pages from Day 2 of the Tampa Tribune’s redesign. (More on the jump.) Click twice on the image to access a larger view of each page. (Link to previous blog post that examines the project in detail.) For additional pages from the first two weeks of the redesign launch, visit this Flickr [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on October 13, 2010
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2010/10/13/tampa-tribune-shines-on-redesign-day-2/
Osama Day 2 front page: Dissecting
St. Pete’s mastery of editing, design
Today’s second-day front by the St. Pete Times is a standout. Here are three reasons why. I may be an average consumer of news about the Osama capture/killing – viewed the press conference, and listen to NPR in the morning, spend 20 minutes or so surfing stories on the web, follow Facebook/Twitter feeds and review [...]
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/05/03/osama-day-2-front-page-st-petes-mastery-of-editing-design/