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• It’s SND Award Season

  

  TAKEAWAY: We talk to Steve Dorsey, 2011 President of the Society of News Design, about this year’s SND contest, currently taking place at Syracuse University.... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• A Front Page That Surprises, a Definition That Amuses

  

  Pages we likeThe Spanish daily, ABC, carried a distinctive and colorful front page Wednesday, a tribute to the artist, Antoni Tapies, the Spanish Catalan painte... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Tablet Editions Are a Reality, So Why Are Some Newspapers Still Not There?

  TAKEAWAY: The relationship between newspaper publishers and the iPad is, well, not well defined. About 75% of newspapers still do not have an iPad edition. Why... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• The Perfect News Tablet App: Updates and Surprises

  TAKEAWAY: So The Daily app may not have gotten perfect yet, but neither has The New York Times’ tablet edition. It is good that both are getting better all the... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Creativity: the Splendor and the Myths

  

  TAKEAWAY: When it comes to tablet editions, there is no doubt that you need to recruit the most creative minds for the task. And, so, publishers and editors... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2012 MEDIA

• Cleaning the Files, Comparing Notes, Discovering the Way We Write a Book Today

  

  TAKEAWAY: Time for office file cleaning, and the discovery of bulky files of another era. However, the scraps of paper brought back the memories. Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2012 MEDIA

• Long Form Journalism Finds Perfect Home in the iPad

  

  TAKEAWAY: All that frequent talk about iPads being a “lean back” platform may be one reason that longer narratives do so well there.  A new app celebrates the... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2012 MEDIA

• The Daily Turns One: Why is It Still Not a Habit with Me?

  

  TAKEAWAY: It’s the first newspaper entirely created for the iPad and this week The Daily turns one. Like one year olds, it’s starting to walk, has teething pain... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Money Magazine iPad App: Expanding the Canvas

  

  TAKEAWAY: Money magazine has invested time and creativity in a great looking iPad app that I recommend you sample. Following quickly in the footsteps of its... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Becoming a Better Media Consumer in the Era of “everyone’s a Journalist”

  

  TAKEAWAY: So a large member of our media audiences are involved in reporting, sharing and interacting with us directly. Perhaps there should be an Intro to Medi... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• They Can’t Relocate My Memories of The Miami Herald’s Iconic Building

  

  This is the weekend edition of TheMarioBlog and it will be updated as needed.The next blog post is scheduled Monday, January 30. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• We Take a Look at Newsweek’s New iPad App

  

  TAKEAWAY: It is a new iPad app for Newsweek and it may represent what magazine apps will be like in 2012: moderation rules, reading mode is king, photos shine... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Financial Times and “distilled Storytelling”

  

  TAKEAWAY: Now that the successful Financial Times series, Capitalism in Crisis, is finished, Kevin Wilson, head of design, explains the concept of the... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Newspapers in 2012: Some Expand, Some up for Sale

  

  TAKEAWAY: It is mixed bag of news for newspapers as the last week of January 2012 starts. One announces territorial expansions, a famous one may be up for... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Apple, Textbooks and New Publishing Opportunities

  

  TAKEAWAY: Apple obviously wants to create good reading habits on its extremely popular tablet, the iPad, and it wants to do it through textbooks, allowing a... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Sydney Morning Herald: Good Things Happening Here

  

  This is the weekend edition of TheMarioBlog and it will be updated as needed. The next new post will be Monday, January 23TAKEAWAY: We conclude our reports... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Report from Hong Kong 2012:  #2 Evolution of a Design, and What Are Those...

  

  TAKEAWAY: We take a look at a selection of pages published in the South China Morning Post since their May 16, 2011 rethinking ALSO: What happens when... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2012 MEDIA

• Report from Hong Kong 2012 Infographics at the South China Morning Post

  

  TAKEAWAY: We take a look at some fantastically informative infographics published in the South China Morning Post AND: Do you know some news apps that deserve t... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Get Ready for the Tabletazzi

  

  TAKEAWAY: Gossip and celebrity fanatics, the app you have been dreaming about is coming your way next month: The National Enquirer will premiere its tablet... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2012 MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Covering a Disaster at Sea

  

  TAKEAWAY: It was supposed to be the cruise of a lifetime for many of the thousands of passengers on board the Italian cruiseliner that ran aground this weekend.... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2012 CURRENT, MEDIA, SOCIETY