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ARTICLES & ESSAYS: DESIGN "To Redesign: Why? How? Who?" Advice for those considering the daunting task of remaking their newspaper. "The Elements of Style(books)" Why every newspaper needs a design guide. "Visual Thinking for Writers and Editors" Ten (mostly painless) steps for improving the paper through design, graphics, photos and teamwork. Based on a presentation for the National Writers Workshop. "Advice for smaller newspapers" Good design can happen even with limited budget and staff. Here are a few quick ideas. "Fonts for the 50-inch Web" Reducing your web width? Wondering how to select body-text typefaces in general? Here's some advice in an article commissioned for Presstime. Inside the Boston Herald's decision to redesign, as chronicled in an article commissioned for Presstime magazine. "Tips for better design and planning of business sections" Based on a presentation for the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. "Tips for Better Food Section Designs" Adapted from a presentation for the Association of Food Editors and Writers. JUST FOR FUN "Things Never to Say to a Newspaper Photojournalist." "22 Things Never to Say to a Newspaper Designer." By Brenda Shoun, for the ASNE Magazine "The News Designer's Horoscope," a whimsical look at your future in the biz. |
ARTICLES & ESSAYS: CREATIVITY Click here for an interactive quiz with a total of 12 art direction challenges, and the solutions professional art directors chose. Click here for tips for thinking and illustrating more simply yet creatively. TOOLS, ARTICLES & ESSAYS: TRAINING, MANAGEMENT, PLANNING  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 design and editing planning. (Note: clicking links immediately above will automatically download the PDF. You will need Acrobat to view it. "Training editors in page design." An article commissioned for the American Society of Newspaper Editors special edition on design  The Wall Street Journal stylebook: Click here for a downloadable PDF of the SND Update newsletter, where I chronicle the creation and implementation of the stylebook created for The Wall Street Journal's redesign. With tips all newspapers can use. (Must have Acrobat Reader. View and print pages 6 thru 9, written by your web host.) "Design management: Why does it seem to be so hard?" Some thoughts for editors, from the front lines. "Six reasons to consider on-site skills training" Just why should you bring in an outsider to help fine-tune the staff? |
MY PRINT AND WEB EDITING AND DESIGN: [For current redesign case studies, link here.] EXTERNAL LINKS ABOUT DESIGN, JOURNALISM: www.poynter.org: The informative web site about all facets of journalism, from The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, where I directed the Visual Journalism programs for five years. You can check out the latest news and gossip about industry movers and shakers at the MediaNews page. Andrew Skwish's personal home page: Features page design, illlustration, and personal photography of the creative and wacky genius! Jim Parkinson's personal home page: Newspaper and magazine typography and nameplate design, with great examples of fabulous nameplates from around the world Society for News Design: Look for a job. Search for page designs from winners of the annual contest. Research workshops and conventions. Browse the member database. And newcomers to the field can learn a little bit more about the industry here. Feast of Fools: It has nothing to do with news design, but this engaging podcast, produced by a gaggle of raconteurs in my neighborhood in Chicago, will bring a smile to your face! Warning, it's a little racy, but we're all adults. Want to suggest a link about news design? A great portfolio our readers need to know about? Email me here. |
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