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VJ crew at ribfest
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soften face shadows) the highly paid tv talent is not far behind. [...]
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Susan Jacobson, new media professor at Temple University, talks with Robb Montgomery at Newstrain about digital journalism. The Pennsylvania Newspaper Foundation hosted the event in their headquarters in Harrisburg. The podcast was produced as a live exercise by Robb Montgomery in the [...]
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World Editors Forum - SIXTH SESSION How can weekend editions strengthen the newspapers? Editors Edward Greenspon from Canadian Globe & Mail and Erik Bjerager from Danish Kristeligt Dagblad answer this question and offer ideas for both [...]
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At the 15th World Editor’s Forum Garry Kasparov was the guest speaker of the second editor’s lunch. He spoke on different subjects, such as the lack of freedom of speech in today’s Russia, the political climate for [...]
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According to Timothy Balding, CEO of WAN, newspapers in a global perspective are doing well, contrary to trends in specific regions like North America and parts of Europe. Print as a distribution form is losing ground to [...]
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Nikesh Arora, President EMEA Operations & Vice President, Google Inc., UK, presented participants at the 15th World Editors Forum with food for thought as to the way in which the media consumption habits and the media landscape [...]
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Chinese journalists suffering under sever press freedoms are honored in the Golden Pen ceremony at the opening ceremonies of the World Newspaper Congress and the World Editors Forum conference in Gothenburg, Sweden. Student journalist teams from JMG [...]
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Sweden: At the first day of the World Editors Forum in Gothenburg, editors-in-chief of newspapers from all over the world were gathered for an intimate welcome breakfast. Peter Hj??rne, editor-in-chief for the opinion and editorial pages of [...]
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Video journalism training - lessons learned from Robb montgomery
Documentary report from the Camp Video Journalism training week held at the Chicago Sun-Times May 5-9, 2008.
Camp Video Journalism upgrades a reporter’s skills to meet the demands of the networked journalism era. Camp VJ Chicago students included [...]
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Camp VJ: Hands-on training for the next generation of video journalists. This promo film was produced by David Dunkley Gyimah from footage taken during the week-long Camp VJ Chicago workshop. David is a U.K. video journalist, the [...]
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 Managing change
Berlin: Robb Montgomery of Visual Editors interviews Lukas Kircher, the principal founder of the editorial design house KircherBurkhardt.
They discuss the process and strategies necessary for changing the company culture at publishing firms.
A [...]
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill SND chapter hosted a portfolio review this past week, and we were fortunate to have dozens of representatives from a wide range of prestigious publications both local (The News & Observer, the Greensboro News & Record…) and national (National Geographic, USAToday…)
It meant [...]
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Colin Mulvaney of The Spokesman-Review was in town to judge the North Carolina Press Photographers Association awards, and he gave a passionate speech on embracing video journalism.
Of course he told us about avoiding common signs of amateurism by panning and zooming in and out excessively. He said to always plan [...]
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Join us in the new VizEds sandbox.
Things you can do here . . .
- Blog at any time
- Edit your profile
- Join a discussion
- Create a group
- Share photos and pages
- Share a video
- Invite your friends
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Number of comments: 1 I checked out CNN.com and ran across two different “duped readers in uproar” stories (two too many, in my opinion.)
One was from a (non-presidential) political campaign where the candidate’s head was superimposed on a slimmer body in mailing propaganda.
The other was the recent cover of Golfweek magazine, which [...]
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David Dunkley-Gyimah filming a documentary in Old Cairo. (Photo by Robb Montgomery)
David Dunkley-Gyimah is a senior lecturer, at the University of Westminster (UK), founder of ViewMagazine.tv, winner of Batten Award and International video journalism award and 20 year broadcast journalist e.g. BBC World Service and ABC [...]
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Video instructors - Chicago May 5-9, 2008 - Angela Grant
Angela Grant is a multimedia producer for the San Antonio Express-
News and the founder of newsvideographer.com. Angela shoots and edits video stories for the Web, produces photo slideshows and
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 Texas-based multi-media producer, Angela Grant talks with Robb Montgomery about teaching Web video techniques for print journalists.
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Web video journalism - Advanced story forms
Two day workshop - May 8-9, 2008 in Chicago
Description: Advanced level workshop on planning and developing stories that engage audiences with high degree of web video integration and community interaction.
Who? Multi-media editors, story producers, video editors, solo JVs.
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Final Cut Pro Editing Techniques
One day workshop - May 7, 2008 in Chicago
Description: Time-saving techniques, editing sequences, using advanced cuts and transitions, story development, voice overs, bed tracks, encoding and solving problems in sequences and with audio.
Who? Multi-media editors, story producers, video editors, solo JVs.
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The Vizeds Video Workshop week: a two-day newspaper Web video workshop for beginners, a one-day workshop on editing in Final Cut Pro and a two-day workshop for advanced web video story forms and editing workflows.
Listen to a podcast with Robb and Angela about the Chicago workshop
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Author: Robb Montgomery
Subject: Get your geek on: Macworld 2008 coverage
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:08 pm (GMT -6)
Time to feed your inner geek again.
I know I will be watching MM 2008 live via [www.macrumorslive.com]
What feeds do you like to monitor for MW?
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Author: Dave Dombrowski
Subject: Is being compared to USA Today an insult?
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:05 pm (GMT -6)
My paper, the Wisconsin State Journal, launched a redesign last week with a mission of being bolder and more vibrant. We now use much more color in the section [...]
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Author: bburton
Subject: Ellen Lynch to the Orlando Sentinel
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:47 pm (GMT -6)
I’m delighted to announce that Ellen Lynch, a designer at The State in Columbia, S.C., will join us on Jan. 30 as a designer on Stephen Komives’ nightside team.
Ellen graduated from [...]
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Author: scott sines
Subject: The Kalish
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 11:14 am (GMT -6)
It?s time to register for The Kalish version 2.008.
For those who have experienced The Kalish, you might think about coming back because it?s much different. If you?ve never been to The Kalish you should [...]
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Author: Tom Peyton
Subject: Who’s is Harris Siegel?
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:17 pm (GMT -6)
I recently ran a job posting that said "Looking for a young Harris Siegel" to my dismay few in my newsroom knew Harris.
Would anyone what to help describe the father of great sports [...]
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Author: Abraford
Subject: V-P sale to Pat Robertson?
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:59 pm (GMT -6)
By Philip Walzer
The Virginian-Pilot ? January 11, 2008
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson, who has sharply criticized The Virginian-Pilot in the past, is considering making a bid to buy the newspaper, an associate [...]
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Author: Dave Shutton
Subject: I redesigned my site
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:50 pm (GMT -6)
I redesigned my site over the past couple days. Well, my main site, davidputney.com, but not inevitableriseofthemachines.com or mosthorriblethingever.com. There’s still some glitches to work out. I haven’t seen it in IE yet, [...]
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Author: martin gee
Subject: designers’ image / reputation in newsrooms
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 2:40 pm (GMT -6)
i saw this comment left on poynter this morning and it totally irked me.
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One of the biggest issues with design experts, they only know design. Page real estate is costly [...]
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Author: Chris Lee
Subject: Two candidates, one headline
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:18 am (GMT -6)
Yesterday, as the news made it to print that Huckabee and Obama won the Iowa caucus, I looked over many of the front pages and noticed something strange.
In the 72 point [...]
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A friend bought an iPod nano over the holidays, and it brought to mind how “new and improved” versions of things make buying the first of anything irrelevant. (Where did all of the original iPods go anyway?)
This is especially true in the design field. I purchased Macromedia Flash 8 when [...]
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Author: Leith Phillips
Subject: Layout Champ and InDesign
Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 2:16 pm (GMT -6)
I’ve just been reading more of the same about Layout Champ and InDesign.
I cannot believe there are people out there who have used both but prefer the Chump! Hands up if you are [...]
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Author: Ben Ramsden
Subject: Literacy is up in Twin Cities. Thanks to newspapers
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:12 am (GMT -6)
This is encouraging — well, at least in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Minneapolis is ranked No. 1, while St. Paul is ranked No. 3 in a national study released [...]
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Number of comments: 1 Bhutto Assassination - newspapers coverage
A selection of the today’s front pages selected by Robb Montgomery.
I edited this collection from pages available at newseum. I looked for papers that edited with a sense of history, an understanding of the terror component as well as papers that found a profound or [...]
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Author: Joseph Mountain
Subject: This CANNOT be good…
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:22 pm (GMT -6)
The Miami Herald to outsource ad work to India ?
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MIAMI (AP) ? The Miami Herald is outsourcing some of its advertising production work to India, the newspaper?s [...]
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Author: Robb Montgomery
Subject: Front pages: Bhutto assasination
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:18 pm (GMT -6)
Post your Bhutto pages here:
I’l start the review with what I have found so far.
[www.visualeditors.com]
Trib PM, published in Pittsburgh, PA USA
[www.visualeditors.com]
Kerala Kaumudi, Kerala, India
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:35 pm (GMT -6)
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Author: jjackson
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:01 pm (GMT -6)
Pic Description: One the four poster/double trucks over 2 days. This one is minus text to show the grunge border, background a little more clearly. Comments welcome.
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Author: jjackson
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:19 pm (GMT -6)
Pic Description: This is one of our posters for prep football players of the year. Actually, what is shown is the first team offense. The player of the year is in the foreground left. This is an [...]
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Author: Robb Montgomery
Subject: Happy Birthday Beth Androuais!
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:03 am (GMT -6)
Beth Androuais is a VizEds moderator and all-around magician behind the scenes at VizEds. Beth organized the CD swap at last year’s Orlando fundraiser and made the daunting task seem effortless.
According [...]
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Author: Robb Montgomery
Subject: Thank you Matt Mansfield
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:50 pm (GMT -6)
Matt has contributed $100 to the charity that produces Visual Editors. That gift will go a long way in the new year.
You can match or donate any amount through the secure site established [...]
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Author: John Shifflett
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:56 am (GMT -6)
Pic Description: The Boise State-Hawaii part of this page is the final product. For first edition, the secondary photo was the main art. After our photographer got the main shot, I changed the thing in between [...]
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Author: Robb Montgomery
Subject: The VizEds T-shirt shop is open again
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:29 pm (GMT -6)
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By popular request the VizEds T-shirts are back.
The Cafe Press shop is restocked with new styles, new designs, new colors and the same deal [...]
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Author: Autumn Heep
Subject: Audio slideshow icon?
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:11 pm (GMT -6)
What icon do we use to refer people to a photo gallery? Easy, a camera.
A video? Easy again, a video camera, film strip, etc.
An audio slideshow?
We’re stumped. We’ve thrown some [...]
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Author: Howard Primer
Subject: Alpha front-end system
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:56 pm (GMT -6)
At some point soon (hopefully), our paper is getting a new front-end system called Alpha. None of us have ever heard of it. All we know is that it’s made in Germany. Has anyone [...]
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Author: Robb Montgomery
Subject: Facebook helps charities like Visual Editors
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:26 am (GMT -6)
Facebook has sponsored Visual Editors as a Giving Challenge participant. Visual Editors is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit and qualifies for their amazing donation support system.
Please share the fund-raiser link below and [...]
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Author: J. Todd Foster
Subject: Transitioning to universal copy desk
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:51 pm (GMT -6)
We are a 41,000-circ daily on the Virginia-Tennessee line getting ready to phase in a consolidated copy desk. I need advice from design/copy editors who’ve gone through this before and to [...]
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Author: kgude
Subject: KARL GUDE JANUARY WORKSHOP, SAN FRAN.
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:56 pm (GMT -6)
VIZTHINK.COM
How to Communicate Visually Using Infographics
Facilitator: Karl Gude
Company: Michigan State University
Session Title: How to Communicate Visually Using Infographics
Fee: $300, this is in addition to your conference fee, pre-registration [...]
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Author: tksajeev
Subject: change in method
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:27 am (GMT -6)
for the last so many years we have been doing the pages including the page one from 9pm .deadline time is 10.30.our desk begins at 4 in the evening.only after the meeting at 6pm as [...]
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Author: kghadiali
Subject: 2008 voter guides
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:41 pm (GMT -6)
Is anyone doing a voter guide for any and all elections in 2008?
What are you including? Are you going to tie it in with an online section?
Are you including general information such as how to [...]
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Author: john josey
Subject: Who's got my 44-inch web? Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:36 pm (GMT -6)
My paper is pondering this change, and I was wondering who out there, if anyone, has made the switch and what the challenges are. What had to change in terms [...]
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Author: Grayson Mendenhall
Subject: "Top Ten Stories" Package Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:34 pm (GMT -6)
I've been tasked, again this year, to design both a centerpiece and bottom of the page horizontal package for our Top Ten Stories of the Year countdown. Last year wasn't so [...]
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Author: Yuri Victor
Subject: Happy Birthday MattE Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:42 am (GMT -6)
I'm pleased to announce MattE turns the big 23 today! [...]
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"> German journalist and competitive yachtsman, Joerdis Guzman is filing daily multimedia reports for a Berlin newspaper from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. She is using nothing more than a laptop, a point [...]
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Author: john josey
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:14 pm (GMT -6)
 Pic Description: Local man who was in Pearl Harbor on that fateful morning [...]
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Author: Ben Ramsden
Subject: Tiny type quandary Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:58 pm (GMT -6)
Hey you guys and gals.
What's your favorite agate font? What agate font has the 1/3 and 2/3 fractions? and /8's?
Do you have the answer?
Please respond [...]
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Author: Robb Montgomery
Subject: Thank you, Andria Krewson for supporting Visual Editors Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:47 pm (GMT -6)
Visual Editors, NFP is the 501(c)(3) registered Not-for-profit that provides this Web site and all the resources and educational programming that keep this online community connected.
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Robb shovels out his podcast studio in snowy Chicago to reach Howard Finberg at the Poynter Institute. They discuss Facebook, iPhones, Twitter and the tools to teach print journalists new tricks. [...]
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With many boats having reached the 1,000 mile mark today it also seems they have also entered the ?battle zone?, where no one is safe from the deluge of flying fish.
Visual Editors got an e-mail update from European Best Designed Newspaper winner and [...]
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We’re all in this business, but probably only half of us planned it that way.
I’ve talked with professionals who have been in the field awhile about how they got into the design side of things and most were writers/copy editors or artists first. You kind of had to be - [...]
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FLICKR: This photo by Andres D’Elia flashed across the transom today and, naturally, caught our eye because the model (Alejandra Maglietti) was, uh, modeling a newspaper. Yep - that’s our story and we are sticking to it. You DO see the newspaper now . . [...]
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Lopping off an inch of a broadsheet is nothing- this paper’s about the size of your finger! [...]
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The European Newspaper Congress has notified the winners of “Europe?s Best Designed Newspaper”
Europe?s Best Designed Newspaper
Category local newspaper
The Mayo News, Westport, Ireland
Category regional newspaper
El Periódico de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Category nationwide newspaper
Elefteros Tipos, Athens, Greece
Category weekly newspaper
Welt am Sonntag, Berlin, Germany
They have a neat little [...]
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I heard this great story once that’s particularly suited to share this time of year. I promise it has a point…
A mother was prepping a turkey for Thanksgiving. This year her daughter wanted to learn how it was done and was watching carefully. As the mother chopped off one side [...]
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That's a heady toll for a newspaper who saw it's circulation actually increase in the last accounting.
More details in the IHT story. [...]
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It’s official: 5 out of 5 Web sites recommend personal website scripted in HTML than one created in Macromedia Flash.
Okay, so maybe I only looked at five websites, but surprisingly there’s not much out there in terms of creating an online portfolio. What there is (um, about five sites) says [...]
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The blog just caught Charles Apple adding the new Charles Apple Facebook app.
How very, meta!
Add Charles to your Facebook profile. [...]
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I was showing my portfolio to a graphics professional during an interview last year, and he asked me why I had chosen a black binder in which to present my work. I blubbered something about how it was easily portable and could show the work well. It was true, but [...]
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Please let me share quickly what is new on VizEds.
- Webinars
- SND Boston reports
- Redesign
- Are you on “The List?”
Webinars from college campuses
This week Michigan State University hosted a live video webinar with the amazing magazine illustrator, Bryan Christie. VizEds coordinated with MSU Journalism Prof Karl Gude to allow more [...]
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Denise Reagan
Martin Gee (Hellvetica)
Nina Mehta
William (Bill) Couch
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Professor Michael Stoll
Vanessa McVay
Anders Tapola
Matt Erickson
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Steve Dorsey
Nicole Bogdas
Mark Friesen
Robb Montgomery
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I got in here a little late, but this seems like a fairly interesting session.
It’s all about community here, and it’s really interesting to see the work of the Sun Journal and Times of Northwest Indiana.
The emphasis is on journalism and not decoration, on negotiation and risk.
Nick Masuda: “It’s good [...]
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Posted: October 13, 2007, 5:41pm EDT by ernie
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Boo, the Imperial Ballroom hookup isn’t working again. But it’s cool, yo. We’ll survive.
Anyway, this should be good.
2:04 p.m.
Kelli Sullivan of the Times is starting out, talking about her family.
Now it’s time to talk project-planning.
Big phrase: “Be a conduit for the various disciplines”
? Get graphics on board
U-Haul example: Dry photos, [...]
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Posted: October 13, 2007, 5:13pm EDT by ernie
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If you missed Storytelling in Multimedia and Print, then you missed Jenn Crandall’s onBeing. Go watch it online — now. It’s simple, fantastic storytelling. [...]
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Posted: October 13, 2007, 3:59pm EDT by erica
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Web design skills vs. Print design skills., originally uploaded by vizeds.
The Guardian’s Design director, Mark Porter, lays out the key things he learned as a newspaper designer who is learning to design for Web.
This slide lays out the differences [...]
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Oh well. I missed the Guardian session. How was it?
But anyway, I’m currently hiding out in “The Future is Now” session hosted by two NY Times guys. On the plus side, though, the Imperial Ballroom now has wi-fi again. Good.
This is really interesting ? it’s all about mobile phones and [...]
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Posted: October 13, 2007, 11:57am EDT by ernie
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Tomorrow, I will be wearing this T-Shirt during the day. Consider it a dare.
In a world full of professional journalists, I will stand out for my utter lack of taste and odd sense of humor. I figure if nothing else, I have that going [...]
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Posted: October 13, 2007, 11:43am EDT by ernie
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Let’s talk about the DOTS, baby.
4:48 p.m.
David Berlow is talking about type on computers, particularly his work with MS and bitmaps and Cleartype.
He’s currently working on the Mac trying to figure out how exactly to improve readability.
4:52 p.m.
He has to work hard on improving type because people screw it up [...]
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Posted: October 13, 2007, 11:42am EDT by ernie
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Late but still here.
3:18 p.m.
Yay for surveys about how people read! ROCK AND ROLL!
Eyetracking studies have honestly changed the approached in newspapers. Now they’re comparing print and online.
3:20 p.m.
Woosh, big graphic.
The intro to this video feels like a infomercial about going to rehab.
3:21 p.m.
Newspapers really want to know a lot [...]
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Posted: October 13, 2007, 11:41am EDT by ernie
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Have you seen the custom screen-printed SND Vegas poster on the auction table?
It’s designed by Mile 44. SND member Dave Windisch and Stacy Curtis started Mile 44 a few years ago when they were co-workers at the Times of Northwest Indiana. They’ve done work [...]
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Posted: October 13, 2007, 10:46am EDT by erica
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Not at all SND related, but did you see this crazy story?
An Australian man has had an ear implanted in his arm. Yes, an ear is implanted in his arm.
The guy says: “I hope to have a tiny microphone implanted to it that will connect with a [...]
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Posted: October 12, 2007, 5:46pm EDT by erica
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Xtreme Dalahorses for sale right now!, originally uploaded by anders.tapola.
The Xtreme Dalahorse Makeover competition was a smash hit at SND Scandinavias workshop in Stockholm in May. Now the horses are on an American tour. And they just arrived to Boston!
And [...]
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Bad art at Bad Art Museum, originally uploaded by anders.tapola.
Bad Art Museum in Boston is really bad. And small ? and really funny. Piotr from Poland and Jacqueline from Singapore are taking pictures of each others. And I took [...]
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Hello!
This is my first try to blog ever. Robb Montgomery is teaching me right now (in Swedish) how to do. I will start a combined beer and design blog at Vizeds. I’ll keep you posted.
Boston is great so far, and Chip Kidd was really rocking as the first speaker at [...]
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