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The Denver Sheraton
I’ve spent some time now at the Downtown Sheraton Denver, site of this fall’s SND conference.
You’re going to like this place. The hotel is beautiful, beds are super-comfy, and the facilities appear well-suited to our conference. And it’s right downtown, [Read more...]
Knox
Luke Knox of the Arizona Republic is the new lead sports designer at the Boston Globe.
“Luke impressed all of us with strong eye, passion, and enthusiasm,” said Dan Zedek, the Globe’s design director.
Luke, a native Vermonter, starts June 22.
This is on the heels of another big hire.The Globe recently hired Martin Gee to oversee features design, including the covers of the Sunday Magazine.
Is this the right image to use with all the devastation going on? Just askin.
Is it me or lately is it harder than ever to balance each day’s events on Page One?
What’s news today for you? Hurricane season begins; the prospect of a Gulf of Mexico ruined for decades, the threat of a new Korean war, Israel’s deadly attack on Gaza aid ship. Locally you could have a local girl missing, the death of a prominent local citizen, Memorial Day parades, school commencements… I could go on and on.
The “Hot L” layout has come and gone, and now it’s back with a vengeance and paid for by P.C. Richards!
The Apple blog posted this story yesterday, and I immediately commented that I thought they should keep this look all year long. The Baltimore Sun celebrated an off-year anniversary by resurrecting their original nameplate.
I’ve changed my mind. I think they should go back to it permanently. What a cool nameplate. Pretty edgy, even kinky. Suddenly the new flag looks a little too polished and bland.
I went back to our original nameplates at the group of dailies I work for, and none of them convey this strength or character. In fact, when we did our recent redesign, we pored through our archives looking for something iconic that represented our heritage. Nothing. Most papers started out in the 1800s looking pretty much the same.
Maybe someone will start a Facebook campaign to restore the original flag.
We’re a local paper. We consider that our strength. So how does our nation/world presentation figure in? We’ve broken away from a conventional layout. Frank Mina of the San Francisco Chronicle came up with this.
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