Considering a career in photojournalism, already entrenched in one but want to get better (or make fewer gaffes along the way), or just want an inside look at some do’s and don’ts from a pro? Check out the following blog entries from Chicago Tribune standout Alex Garcia: Photo tips you should know before you’re ready to [...]
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Photojournalism survival tips from Tribune pro Alex Garcia
Posted by Ron Reason on November 16, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/11/16/photojournalism-survival-tips-from-tribune-pro-alex-garcia/
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/
Kudos for a campus newspaper redesign well done
Congratulations to editors and staff at the Indiana Daily Student campus newspaper for their redesign launch this week. (Live pages shown above – click to enlarge.) For a look at these and other live pages from the IDS redesign, visit this Facebook album. For a closer examination of three unglamorous (but very important and well [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on March 23, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/03/23/kudos-for-a-campus-newspaper-redesign-well-done/
Chicago Reader: moving forward (with a quick look back)
Today’s news of a new editor-in-chief at the Chicago Reader is a good push forward for a redesign that has been in the works there (in fits and starts) for a few months. We aim for a spring launch date for the paper soon to be helmed by Mara Shalhoup, currently with Creative Loafing in [...]
Posted by Ron Reason on February 7, 2011
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/02/07/chicago-reader-moving-forward-with-a-quick-look-back/
Want more zip?
Grade your publication’s spirit
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 [...]
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/
3 unglamorous (but excellent) details from a campus newspaper redesign
The Cult of News Design loves to fawn over magazine covers and newspaper front pages (that’s what wins awards, after all), much to the neglect of small details and inside pages that comprise 90% of a newspaper or magazine. This post zooms in a bit on some smaller but impactful work that came out of the [...]
http://ronreason.com/designwithreason/2011/03/23/3-unglamorous-but-excellent-details-from-a-campus-newspaper-redesign/