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 [...]
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Cincinnati Enquirer: photojournalism gets a more personal voice
Posted by Ron Reason on December 13, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/12/13/cincinnati-enquirer-photojournalism-gets-a-more-personal-voice/
In Cincinnati, strategic prep
for the new ‘super compact’ format
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/ [...]
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/
Goodbye to a lover (mostly)
of local newspapers
[Mom and dad read the daily papers. Photo circa 1980s.] La Porte County (Indiana) newspapers may have lost their most faithful reader with the passing of my mom, Carolyn Reason, on Thanksgiving Day. Sadly, crosswords will now go unsolved. Typos will go undiscovered. Comics, columns and coupons will go unclipped; the tomfoolery of local officials [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on November 29, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/11/29/goodbye-to-a-lover-mostly-of-newspapers/
‘Only got a mugshot?’ Fear not!
Impactful designs are possible
CONTEST ALERT! SEND IN YOUR BEST “ONLY GOT A MUGSHOT” COVER AND WIN A BEAUTIFUL HARDCOVER COPY OF THE INSPIRATIONAL PHAIDON BOOK, “A SMILE IN THE MIND: WITTY THINKING IN GRAPHIC DESIGN.” (DETAILS BELOW) Two things got me thinking again this week about creating impactful designs when you’ve “only got a mugshot”: A plethora of [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on May 6, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/05/06/only-got-a-mugshot-fear-not-cool-designs-are-possible/
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 [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on May 3, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/05/03/osama-day-2-front-page-st-petes-mastery-of-editing-design/
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/
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/
Is ‘print in vogue’? Or are we ‘stumbling to extinction?’ 3 talking points
It’s good news, bad news today in the news media world. The good: “print’s in vogue again,” if you consider these three top women editors who abandoned digital startups to return to the magazine world, in a thought-provoking look at news media economics from Women’s Wear Daily. Or, “print is dying,” depending on how you interpret [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on March 16, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/03/16/is-print-in-vogue-or-are-we-stumbling-to-extinction-3-talking-points/
Landing that design/edit job:
3 tips students need now
For a while I’ve been regularly visiting the Indiana Daily Student campus newspaper, and it’s been fun to follow a few of the students in recent years, track their internships and jobs, and field questions like: what do we need to do to improve our chances in the job market? That topic was tackled again [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on February 15, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/02/15/landing-that-designedit-job-what-students-need-to-know-now/
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/