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• The Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald Launch with New Look

  

  Two more McClatchy titles launch with new philosophy, look today, this time The Miami Herald, and its Spanish-language sister paper, el Nuevo Herald. For me... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• There is Still Agate Type Around

  

  Agate is the smallest size of type that the eyes can read, about 5.5 points. One has usually found type set in agate for classified pages, legal news listings... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Nothing Like a Robust Weekend Print Edition

  

  I rejoice everytime I see a weekend edition of a daily newspaper that feels heavy, with the promise of many sections, some great lean back type of stories,... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Australia: Future Forum Conference Emphasizes Mobile, Audience

  

  I am in Australia today to speak at Newspaper Works’ Future Forum, where the main topic seems to be the rise of mobile and how users are migrating there in larg... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• For European Newspaper Front Pages: Refugees Dominate

  

  It is unmistably the story that is most talked about and shared among European newspaper readers. While passing thru the Frankfurt airport, I collect several... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• After Seven Years with Garcia Media, a New Direction for Reed Reibstein

  Reed Reibstein, our director of product design, will be departing to pursue a new position that will allow him to focus on user experience for the products of... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Luck, Success and (yes) Hard Work!

  I have always been interested in discussions about the luck factor in the lives of successful people. Two articles have pointed me in that direction last... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Catholic Extension: Our Project Makes It to the Vatican

  

  A representation from Chicago's Catholic Extension, the national magazine, has visited the Vatican in the past few days. We at Garcia Media completed the lates... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• It Will Be a Marathon for the US and Cuba

  

  Upon returning from my vacation I have found dozens of messages from friends around the globe asking about my reaction to the renewal of diplomatic relations... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Reader’s Digest’s Four-year Quest to Integrated Newsroom

  

  How this magazine, first published in 1922, has rethought itself with the help of an editor-in-chief and chief content officer who valued the experienced of... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Adjusting One’s Mentality is the Toughest Challenge

  Revisiting the subject of change, our hesitation to adapt to it and our primal instinct at work when it comes to sticking to the familiar. All of these are... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Slow Journalism for Lingering Minds Who Want More of the Why of the Story

  

  It is all about quality now: on your phone, your watch or your tablet. But now, it is also about the why of the story. Some reporters favor slow journalism,... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Renewed Energy as September Makes an Entrance

  

  Summer vacations are over, the suntan lotions, sandals and swim trunks are put away and the mind turns to the rituals of fall, which, for me, always include a... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Video and Mobile Consumption: Waiting for the Next Year

  

  Video is the word when we conduct workshops in newsrooms across the world. Now a prediction gives 2016 as a milestone year for when more users will watch video... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Tales of Fresh Fruit Kiosks and Real Scoops

  

  Behold the press kiosk, and take a picture of the next one you see, as they are becoming historic pieces. Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Another Reason to Go Mobile with Storytelling

  

  Not that I think anyone needs to be reminded, but the figures in the second annual Bank of America Trends in Consumer Mobility Report make it obvious: we are... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• What Constitutes Breaking News in the Era of the Apple Watch?

  

  Time to redefine Breaking News, folks. Or, perhaps, a good opportunity to decide when interrupting the audience has merit? Even in the age of the journalism o... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Washington Post, the Republican Debate and Those Colorful Twitter Cards

  

  Perhaps none of the 10 Republican presidential hopefuls debating in Cleveland Thursday night emerged as winners, but The Washington Post certainly did, with... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Undoing of Redesigns and Other Weekend Musings

  

  This week we blogged about design changes in The Wall Street Journal in the seven years since Rupert Murdoch bought it from the Bancroft family. That post... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• At The New York Times: Capitalizing on Those Mobile Moments

  Starting this fall, NYT readers may be approached at just the right moments with information that is not limited to news, but includes ads as well. Another... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2015 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH