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Download the flier with details about the Sept. 23 Chicago workshop here. To inquire about the possibility of future workshops, send an email to me here at any time. Articles index. Home page: www.ronreason.com		On Saturday, Sept. 23, 2006, more than 30 registered participants plus faculty and student guests attended "Designing for a Difference," a one-day workshop on newspaper editing and design. The goals? To raise awareness about design and editing techniques that truly help readers. To change the way the participants think about news design. And to raise money for a good cause, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. In all, more than $3,000 was raised by the one day event! HANDOUTS: In this area we will post links to handouts provided at or after the workshop. Come back often! (Note: clicking links in most cases will automatically download the PDF. You will need Acrobat to view it.) Tips for better front-page promotions. By Ron Reason. Want to sell more papers, or just do better by however you define your promotional elements? Here's a ton of advice on how to do that! Plus: Your new front-page promo mantra! Rethinking headlines for today's reader. By Ron Reason. Some of the rules we thought were golden "way back when" may no longer apply. Here's how to rethink your headlines and create a more engaging conversation with your readers. Plus: Steps to get better. Indexes, digests, rails: How to do better? By Ron Reason. Don't treat your news summary as a dumping ground - for many readers, this is one of the few things (or the only thing) they may read. Get local, get personal, and captivate them. Plus: Who indexes well. Downloadable design planning form. Introduce WED (integrated Writing-Editing-Design) in your newsroom! Print it out, revise it to your needs, and use it to focus your planning of design and editing for centerpiece packages. Alternative story forms that ROCK! Chris Courtney, Red Eye. Are you - or your readers - not quite satisfied with long narrative story forms, or the age-old standby, the inverted pyramid? Then check out a look at some of the freshest approaches to presenting information in newspapers today. Back to top of page
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