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• Behold That New Position in the Newsroom: Print Editor

  

  The New York Times has announced that Dean Chang, who serves as city editor for The Times, has been appointed to the new position of "print editor" for the... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Good News Wednesday! Three Reasons to Raise Your Glass of Bubblies Today

  

  It’s a new 8-page (yes, print) business supplement for the Boston Globe. TIME makes opens its archives online for replicas of every issue dating to its... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Marshall Project is Here: Data Visualization at Its Best

  

  The Marshall Project, that much awaited project that united Bill Keller and Gabriel Dance, has been launched: it is a repository of storytelling ideas for in... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• National Post: a Killer of a Multimedia Story

  

  When Canada’s National Post writer xxxxxxx penned a piece about what was described as “s made-in-Canada killing in the birthplace of the Mafia”, illustration an... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• It’s Redesign Time for Politico, Atlanta Journal Constitution

  

  Those who follow Politico and the Atlanta Journal Constitution are doing so via new redesigns of those websites. It is interesting to read the narratives about... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Cuba’s Granma: First Ever Readers’ Survey

  

  It’s no secret that we are all tremendously interested in engaging our readers and knowing what they think about what we produce. But there is a newspaper that... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Economist’s Espresso: Enter the News Baristas

  

  It’s new morning briefing from the editors of The Economist: it is only five items that offer high level curation to make the news on your smartphone more... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Remembering Designer Frank Ariss

  

  Frank Ariss, who died last week, had a successful career as a corporate designer and an academic, but those of us in publication design will always remember... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Banner Ads: Ugly, Clunky, Intrusive and Still Here

  

  Ugly banner ads like the ones shown here are typical representations of the clunky and ugly ads that we see most often I... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Is Reading in Print a More Intimate Activity?

  

  The image on this cartoon reminds me of a project long ago where some ad men envisioned an image of how we read printed newspapers that was way off the mark. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• When the Color Red Prevailed on Those US Front Pages

  

  Now that the US Midterm 2014 Elections are history, we take a look at some of the front pages from across the country displaying the story of what has been... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Montreal’s Le Devoir: a New Morning Tablet Edition

  

  It’s a new morning tablet edition for the Canadian French-language daily Le Devoir. It is available from the iTunes Store. It’s colorful, free, easy to follow... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Financial Rewards of Writing Long

  Former New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson reports that, at her new venture with Steven Brill, writers will be paid advances around $100,000 to produc... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Frequency and Style: Dominant Topics for Mobile Publishing

  While it is seldom directly addressed, frequency is one of the most crucial elements as newsrooms make the painful transition to accepting that mobile is where... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Germany’s Suddeutsche Zeitung: New, Elegant Weekend Edition

  

  Weekends is where the action is going to be, especially for printed products. In Germany a few days ago, one of the largest circulation dailies, Munich’s... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Waiting for the Second Marshmallow

  

  A fascinating study with children, about patience and self control, makes me think that we in newsrooms could learn a bit about the virtue of patience. Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Quartz’ Kevin Delaney: Between the Important and Interesting

  

  Kevin J. Delaney, editor in chief and co founder of Quartz, is the new Hearst Digital Media Professional in Residence at Columbia University’s Graduate School o... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Another Curated Tempo Product: Financial Times’ FirstFT

  

  The curated tempo for how we distribute and consume news got a shot in the arm this week as the Financial Times introduced FirstFT. Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Cheerful Monday News

  

  Two items in the media news that should give our week a great start, Both news items emphasize audience and social media. Read on. Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• New Role for Me:  Senior Adviser on News Design at Columbia’s Graduate...

  

  Steve Coll, the Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, has named me the Senior Adviser on News Design. I am honored to maintain my... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH