Great conversations with creative directors and production managers here in Toronto, with the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. There aren’t a huge number of the art folk here, but they are smart and passionate about their papers, digital products and overall brand. Several have shared this concern: with the tightening of news hole, and down sizing [...]
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Want more zip?
Grade your publication’s spirit
Posted by Ron Reason on July 18, 2010
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2010/07/18/want-more-zip-grade-your-papers-spirit/
An alt-weekly wish list: Editing, design, spirit
[Newer Post: 7 Things to Love About The Stranger: An Illustrated Guide.] More thoughts from a weekend immersion in the world of alternative weekly newspapers. Fun crowd with lots of talent, energy, and passion, despite the challenges of the current economic climate. Here’s a little fantasizing about where I’d take them in a perfect world [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on July 17, 2010
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2010/07/17/an-alt-weekly-wish-list/
Table of Contents pages: WHY?
DISPATCHES FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF ALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLIES One bonus of attending a journalism convention is you get to see a ton of samples of fresh papers in one fell swoop. No reader ever sees newspapers this way, but it gives me a chance to think in fresh ways about why and how we do what [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on July 16, 2010
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2010/07/16/table-of-contents-pages-why/
Appearing soon @ AAN in Toronto, SND Denver
Just confirmed: headed to Toronto mid-July to speak at the annual convention of the Association of Alternative Weeklies. Following is a draft of the session, tentatively slated for Friday afternoon, July 17: Topic: “Redesigning? Don’t just aspire. ATTACK.” Gone are the days when redesign meant new fonts, maybe a new logo, perhaps moving things around [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on June 17, 2010
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2010/06/17/appearing-soon-aan-in-toronto-snd-denver/
At Burning Man, two alt weeklies stir up some dust
I’ve been in alt-weekly mode with several cool clients this year, and some work with the AAN, so I was intrigued to find not one but two alternative weekly newspapers circulating at Burning Man, the annual desert festival of art-culture-camping-music-whatever in the remote desert of Nevada. Well, no wifi or cell phone service for the [...]
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2010/09/12/at-burning-man-two-alt-weeklies-circulate/