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• A Conversation About Typography for Al Jazeera Program

  

  I have just taped an interview that will be part of the Al Jazeera’s program The Listening Post. The topic: typography and its impact in how we get... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Tablet Habit: Studying Why It is a Good One and How It

  As smartphones and responsive design gain momentum, tablet editions get left behind. That ’s why we are happy to read about Lou Hansen’s plans to dedicate his... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• American City Business Journals: the Best of the Project Pinstripe is Here

  

  We continue to admire the work taking place with those 40 American City Business Journals. A review of some well crafted pages that show how print can still pla... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The New York Times’ FirstDraft and “Watching”: Key Case Studies for Digital...

  

  Frequency, storytelling and the news: fascinating topic of conversation in newsroom these days. With The New York Times premiering FirstDraft and Watching, it i... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Design, Journalism, Technology: the Essential Trio

  “Designer or journalist: Who shapes the news you read in your favorite apps?,” that’s the question a recent Nieman Lab piece asks. We discuss it here. Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Fashion Icon Karl Lagerfeld Goes into Daily Newspaper Publishing

  

  There is a new print newspaper around. It is called The Karl Daily and its publisher and namesake, Karl Lagerfeld, the fashion icon, figures prominently (as... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Tablet Editions: 4 Years Later, Less Finger-happy

  

  Great to come upon this study by two Drake University professors, Jeff Inman and Jill Van Wyke. I am in the midst of preparing my presentation for the WAN IFRA... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Longform and iPhone App: Strange Bedfellows?

  

  Longform.org, which spotlights quality non-fiction writing on the Web, has just rolled out its first app for iPhones, timed to the release of Apple's iOS 8... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Brand Design: Plenty of Lessons at a Glance

  

  A day rarely goes by when I don’t take a peek into the world of branding, to see how various companies promote what they are all about in that important first... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Apple Watch: Wearables and the Rise of “glance Journalism”

  

  With the announcement of the Apple Watch, and its availability in 2015, we are likely to see the best definition yet for something that started in earnest in th... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Financial Times: a Classic Redesign for the Digital Age

  

  From time to time a newspaper redesign is announced that gets everyone on alert mode. Such is the case with the redesign unveiled today by the Financial Times.... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Emotions, News and All Things Digital

  

  Do we expect more emotional response when we read a story in a digital platform as opposed to print? The question comes at an appropriate time. Let’s explore... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Jobs and the Newsroom of the Future (actually, of Today)

  

  So Gannett has outlined what the Newsroom of the Future will be like, and, along with that, comes what the job titles will be as the company's publications go... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Apple’s Phablets and Watch: Technology Advances Quicker Than Newsrooms Adapt

  

  While looking at photos and videos of Apple’s new additions—the two larger screens of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and a colorful, smart watch that one anticipates... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• India: Printed Newspapers an Anachronism? Tell Me It Isn’t So

  A piece in the financial daily Mint informs us that even India—thought by many to be the last hold out location for the survival of printed newspapers—is... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Designer’s Role in the Midst of Order and Chaos

  

  Order and chaos: two very distinct words, two states of mind with radically different meanings. On the visual stage that is a newspaper page those two states o... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Job Titles in the Newsroom: They Are Changing—some Are Outright Funny

  

  Titles in newsrooms have always been important. In fact, we can trace the evolution of the craft based on the titles for those carrying out newsroom duties.... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• We Remember What We Read in Print More Than in Digital

  It's the type of study that surfaces occasionally: retention of information when we read in print as opposed to digital platforms. A new study with Kindle... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Clay Shirky Pulls No Punches: Print is Doomed

  

  Discussing the death of the printed newspaper is not a popular subject, as one can imagine. I know that well. Social media theorist Clay Shirky is convinced tha... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Smaller Formats for USA Newspapers: Win Win Situation

  

  While a majority of European newspapers have made the conversion to smaller formats (tabloid isn't a dirty word there), it is still a very slow motion for US... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH