The current Enquirer page size, left, compared with approximate dimensions of the ‘super compact’ canvas, right. The design is expected to change substantially. [CINCINNATI, Ohio] I’ve just returned from an invigorating three days helping to advise the staff of The Cincinnati Enquirer on the paper’s conversion (around October 2012) to a smaller format called “three around/ [...]
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In Cincinnati, strategic prep
for the new ‘super compact’ format
Posted by Ron Reason on December 6, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/12/06/in-cincinnati-strategic-prep-for-the-new-super-compact-format/
Magazine redesign and cover design: Some basics
Whenever I work on magazine redesigns, or newspaper redesigns (or sections) that might lend themselves to exploring a more magazine-like direction, I wallow in the joys and challenges of designing covers. Here are four areas where I tend to concentrate my work, that may provide lessons for editors and designers struggling to create magazine covers [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on October 16, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/10/16/magazine-redesign-and-cover-design-some-basics/
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/
Chicago Reader redesign:
‘Will it get me to pick up the paper?’
“READER Week” continues, heralding the April 28, 2011 relaunch of the Chicago Reader. This post previews key changes that aim to make the print edition more appealing to readers and advertisers. There are dozens of smaller improvements to navigation and new content, but below are the biggies. In editing this post, I decided to address [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on April 26, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/04/26/chicago-reader-redesign/
Chicago Reader redesign:
A new music section to flip for
[Prototypes for covers of B Side: Chicago's Music Magazine, the new music section of the Reader. Click to enlarge] Welcome to “READER Week,” a series of posts looking at the April 28, 2011 relaunch of the Chicago READER, the alternative newsweekly celebrating its 40th year. To kick things off, we look at what may be the [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on April 25, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/04/25/chicago-reader-redesign-a-music-section-to-flip-for/
Chicago Reader redesign: Questions, background about the paper and project
I’ve been fielding questions about the Chicago Reader since formally beginning consultation on its redesign in September 2010. Below are a few questions about the redesign since it launched, as well as some basic background and links relating to the paper as of April 2011. For more about the relaunch of the paper on April [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on April 24, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/04/24/chicago-reader-redesign-quick-facts-about-the-paper-and-the-project/
Don’t want a generic redesign? Learn from those who focused
Occasionally I get emails from prospective clients, or people working on their own redesigns, or others just interested in publication design, that are worth sharing on the blog. Here’s one that came through over the weekend: Question: “We’re interested in doing a redesign, but concerned about looking like everyone else. Our community is distinctive and [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on March 21, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/03/21/dont-want-a-generic-redesign-learn-from-those-who-focused/
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/
Launched! A new neighborhood Hispanic newspaper in Chicago
After working with clients, steadily, through 2010 who reported stabilization in display advertising and related revenue, it’s great to see an uptick in interest in starting up newspapers, as well. This week marks the debut issue of El Chicago Hispano, a monthly free newspaper for the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. Congratulations to publisher Clemente Nicado, [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on January 31, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/01/31/launched-new-neighborhood-newspaper-in-chicago/
6 things the news industry can learn from the Chicago Reader (print edition)
[ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 40TH BIRTHDAY] Last year I wrote an admiring post here on Seattle alt weekly The Stranger, praising the paper (as well as its integrated, smart and funny marketing and digital efforts), and pondering: This is a paper I’d really seek out if I lived in Seattle. What is it about [...]
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/10/13/6-things-to-learn-from-the-chicago-reader-print-edition/