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 [...]
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Is ‘print in vogue’? Or are we ‘stumbling to extinction?’ 3 talking points
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/
Good alt weeklies: ‘The indescribable savoriness of salty, sweet, sour, bitter’
A good alt-weekly. It’s like the journalistic equivalent of umami – the indescribable savoriness that goes with salty, sweet, sour, bitter. It’s just a texture more than anything else and it celebrates being intangible.
Posted by Ron Reason on February 7, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/02/07/what-makes-a-good-alt-weekly/
The consultant weighs in: Inside the process
When the publishing team at Catholic Health World decided they were ready for a new look, nothing was off limits to change. As a result, they ended up with just the fresh, contemporary design they were hoping for. The following article is by Carla Kalogeridis, editorial director of Association Media & Publishing, and is from [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on January 17, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/01/17/the-consultant-weighs-in-inside-the-process/
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/
Santa Fe New Mexican relaunches
Congratulations to the Santa Fe New Mexican, which launched its redesign, created in-house by Art Director Brian Barker in September 2010. I recently had the pleasure of visiting the paper to conduct an intense week-long workshop, where we discussed redesign ideas, pacing and organization of the paper, the pros and cons of possible conversion to [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on November 24, 2010
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2010/11/24/santa-fe-new-mexican-relaunches/
Tampa Tribune unveils design, content changes today
Today’s front page launches the new look. Click image twice to view entire page. Update: See an expanded gallery of page design images from the first two weeks of the redesign. [TAMPA, Oct. 12, 2010] The Tampa Tribune debuts some new design elements and added content today (Oct. 12, 2010). Media General hired me in [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on October 12, 2010
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2010/10/12/tampa-trib-unveils-design-content-changes-today/
Innovation in U.S. papers: Where is it? How to define it?
>> How do we define innovation in newspapers? It’s tricky. Let’s start by giving credit to those trying bold new ways to connect with audiences. Here’s a look inside some very different print publications: a Seattle alt-weekly, the San Francisco literary publisher McSweeney’s, and the Chicago Tribune. One of the fun things about being a [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on October 6, 2010
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2010/10/06/innovation-in-u-s-papers-where-is-it-how-to-define-it/
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 [...]
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/03/21/dont-want-a-generic-redesign-learn-from-those-who-focused/