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Now that’s a knife!

by on January 10, 2009 in Story and design

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I designed Page One today

by on January 8, 2009 in Story and design

1a_01-08-09… and I was satisfied with how it turned out.

Click the image of the front page to see it larger, or you can download and view the PDF. (2.1 Mb)

The point of the design for today’s News-Sentinel was to play up not only the major news of the day, but also to make sure the reader could tell we had an exclusive interview with the family.

Did this page do the trick? Was it different enough from the front page of Brand X?

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News-Sentinel homicide maps

by on January 2, 2009 in Story and design

I was the designer of the 2008 homicide map in today’s News-Sentinel.

You can find the Google map I did in support of the package right here.

Or you can download the PDF of today’s graphic over here.

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Favorite coffee mug I don’t actually own

by on December 23, 2008 in Odds and ends, Story and design

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The Helvetica coffee mug from Veer, with some sans serif typeface humor.

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New favorite font: Bree

by on December 19, 2008 in Story and design

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I love this sans serif! Christmas hint: Five weights for only $150.

veer-bree-regular

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Newsweek, without the news

by on December 12, 2008 in Church and theology, Story and design

What’s the matter with Newsweek’s cover story on gay marriage? It’s the journalism, stupid:

It looks like Newsweek, in the face of an economic disaster, has decided to do the full monty, becoming an out-and-out opinion-oriented magazine.

The problem is: the readers never got the memo. Most people thought newsmagazines were supposed to be objective and have not been aware of the two decades of soul-searching about how to insert more opinion. So suddenly they wake up and this magazine that used to be balanced has come out of the closet as an overt opinion magazine. …

Most stunning was editor Jon Meacham’s defense of the cover story, in which he says “this conservative resort to biblical authority is the worst kind of fundamentalism.” …

This cover may ultimately become known less for its significance in the culture wars but as a watershed in the history of American journalism.

Great perspective. Hat tip: getreligion.org

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The trouble with polls

by on December 10, 2008 in Story and design

Dilbert.com

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2008 general election precinct map of Allen County

by on November 11, 2008 in Story and design

Since I can’t find this PDF on The News-Sentinel’s site, I thought I’d post it here.

This map of Allen County shows how each precinct went in the general election. The darker the blue, the higher the advantage for Barack Obama. The darker the red, the higher the advantage for John McCain.

Click the map (or click right here) for the PDF.

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