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• It’s No Myth That Design Thinking Must Start at the Top

  

  A former Apple designer speaks his mind about his experiences in what is probably the ultimate dream design laboratory in the world. What we in the media can... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Ottawa Citizen for iPad: Precisely What a Tablet Edition Should Be

  

  The Ottawa Citizen is the first of the Postmedia's Candian titles to go through the launch of a totally new concept. Its evening tablet edition is just what... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Class at Columbia Journalism School, Part II: Students’ Work

  

  Each student in my class was given the opportunity to select one of the several projects they completed during the semester. I have asked the students to provid... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• In Canada, a Multi-platform Transformation for the Ottawa Citizen and Postmedia

  

  The Ottawa Citizen today is the first of the Postmedia newspapers to launch what is not just a new look, but an overall philosophy of presenting news in the... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Class at Columbia Journalism School, Part I: The Final Project

  

  This post is by Reed Reibstein, García Media art director and Mario's assistant at Columbia Journalism School. This semester, Mario and I taught... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Firing of Two Top Female Editors Allows Us a Peek into Newsroom Tumult Over...

  The New York Times abruptly fired Jill Abramson; the same day, Le Monde also fired its editor, Natalie Nougayrede. Through these ousters, we may get a glimpse... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• American Airlines: Slick Advertising Recalls Era Long Gone

  

  Let's hope the new American Airlines First Class service from New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco is as slick as its advertising insert promoting it. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• SonntagsBlick: It’s a Fresh Look on Sundays in Switzerland

  

  Switzerland's Sonntags Blick has a new editor, a new look, a new way of presenting information for readers on that most important day for the lean back read. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Two Tempos Part 2: Alternative Story Forms

  

  When it comes to story structures, we need to refocus to create story forms that are not in the traditional mode. Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Two Tempos Part I: The Short and Long of Storytelling Today

  It's all about two tempos for news: the live, short, now and "raw", the long, more lean back and better cooked. It's important to understand both. Janine Gibso... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Let’s Drink to This Type Attack in a Can

  

  As readers of the blog know, a "type attack" refers to situations in which the design relies almost solely on type to create visual impact; it's ideal for... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Newspaper Wars: Who Would Know?

  

  The first real newspaper war was between the New York World and the New York Journal It was a tweet from Raju Narisett,... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Kevin Spacey and a Message of Disruption We Need to Hear

  

  How I wish I had been there. Yes, it was Kevin Spacey, the two-time Academy Award winner and star of the Netflix American political drama House of Cards--and... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Traditional Storytelling Tools Shine in New Medium

  

  The New York Times does it again, this time via a story that can't be classified as multimedia, but that could be described as powerfully engaging using two... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• New Los Angeles Times Website: Innovative, Inspiring

  

  It's an aesthetic treat, functional and appropriate for what the Los Angeles Times stands for. We take a look at this textbook case study of how the modern... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• At The Washington Post: Moving Along with the Two Tempos of News

  

  It is The Washington Post after Bezos: Digital is getting plenty of attention. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• We Congratulate Our Winning Clients from WAN/IFRA Asia

  

  Seven of our of clients, past and present, garnered accolades at the recent WAN-IFRA Asia 2014 competition. We salute the staffers of these award-winning... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Importance of Surprise on Page One

  We have said it repeatedly: the printed newspaper has lost the time advantage, but it retains the ability to surprise us. A recent internal discussion at The... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• La Vanguardia: Doing Print Smartly

  

  File this blog post under "page one surprises", which is exactly what Barcelona's La Vanguardia does on the front page of this Sunday edition. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• FB Newswire: Curating for the Curators

  

  As curation of content becomes more essential for news organizations, and as social media's content reflects so much of what those in our audience are intereste... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH