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Attention-getting grayscale.
The Dothan Eagle claimed to be in the middle of madness, which seems like an apt description of its promos. Hernando Today had a royal flush, and offered good advice for what to do with this mess of a page. Don't forget the TP!
The Tuscaloosa News had a very edgy, staff-produced Harry Potter illustration. The Telegraph was particularly graphic in its walkup to Tuesday's primaries. The Indianapolis Star had a headline that wasn't "outrageous" – it was appropriate and attention-getting. The New York Times discovers white space. A little bit, at least.
The Pocono Record had the best headline: "Strippers nab aliens in terrorist manhunt."
The State proves that it'll put its nameplate anywhere, except where the sun don't shine. The Star-Telegram had 100 must-sees – it should have included itself and made it 101.
What a coincidence in Minnesota – check out Duluth and St. Paul.
The newspaper with the best front design today is the Sunday Republican, for trying something different.
The Sunday Republican was atypically uncolorful, but this break from its norm was bound to get attention. The lead photo was cropped for high impact. The entire page was well organized, balancing both large and small elements. The color red was used minimally for maximum effect.
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2007 WORKSHOPS
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WCAA CLASSIFIED NEWSPAPER DESIGN
ONLINE NEWSPAPER DESIGN Read Steve Outing's interview with Alan Jacobson and learn why newspaper web sites are seriously flawed. Then see alternatives.
EDITORIAL, CLASSIFIED & ONLINE NEWSPAPER DESIGN Our redesigns are catalysts for positive change. Visit the gallery to see how we've transformed publications and websites. EDITORIAL NEWSPAPER DESIGN
NEWSPAPER DESIGN WHITEPAPER A redesign is a waste of time and money if it doesn't deliver a return on investment. Download our report to learn how to make your redesign pay off, then see how four newspapers boosted readership and revenue by following our advice. TARGETED PUBLICATIONS
INTERACTIVE TOUR See in detail how a content-driven redesign did more than make a community daily look better – it made it a better paper. RADICAL STRATEGIES FOR CIRCULATION WOES
The ISJ shows its passion for Pocatello by filling its fronts with faces – featuring five or more per front per day. You can't be too local and you can't run too many faces of local people, because everyone loves to hear these words: "I saw your picture in the paper." See the pages.
The Californian's redesign earned it a spot on Editor & Publisher's list of “Ten That Do it Right.” According to E&P, Bakersfield is appealing to its “really, really conservative market with a really, really radical redesign.”
And it’s working.
Circulation stops are down and revenue is up – over a thousand inches in the redesigned real estate section alone.
See before and after, see more pages and read the stories.
The Eureka (CA) Reporter was just a 6,000-circ. weekly in 2004. Our radical yet elegant redesign helped this startup weekly grow to a daily in less than two years. The Reporter goes head-to-head with an established daily owned by Dean Singleton, who told The San Francisco Chronicle last month that his competitor, “does some good design things.” The Society of News Design agrees – they cited this redesign as one of the best in the world. See more pages.
Today's look at the
future of advertising
Do 6-column photos boost readership and revenue?>>
Who would have thought that TV books would lead to the end of newspapers as we know them?>>
Len Downie's memo calls for more emphasis on design.>>
Read our abbreviated version of API's report. It'll only take a minute and it's worth it.>>
See the charts that show why now is the time to redesign for revenue.>>
A practical, step-by-step approach with examples from newspapers large and small.>>
Learn from KnightRidder's mistakes at the Inky and the Merc.>>
This online redesign is not enough to please users and advertisers.>>
Design does matter to readers, but only if it's reader driven.>>
If newspaper markets are so different,
why do most papers look so much alike?>>
I wish you luck and offer some advice.>>
This overhyped trend is a non-starter for America.>>
We can make a difference, but not by chasing awards.>>
At stake is nothing less than newspapers as we know them.>>
A thousand awards a year? Gimme a break.>>
They never said higher RBS scores would sell more newspapers.>>
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