Teaching on newspaper design and redesign trends at the world Editors Forum Master Class workshop in Romania October 2-3, 2008.
Bucharest (Master class for Editors-in-chief)
Romania: Master classes for Editors in Chief
October 02 — 03, 2008Monthly Archive for June, 2008
Bonita Burton, AME of the Orlando Sentinel explains that this first draft of the Orlando Sentinel redesign style book was designed as a “quick-and-dirty guide to what’s new - just something to tide folks over while we update the full style book.”
Sentinel designers Nick Masuda and Wes Meltzer get credit for producing it.
Continue reading ‘Orlando Sentinel redesign - A peek at the style guide’
Sam Zell appears to be serious about redesigning the Tribune company this year and he has the editor of the Chicago Tribune, Ann Marie Lipinski, writing memos to her troops to follow the general’s marching orders about making dramatic changes to the paper and the newspaper company.
This is serious. When editors want fast action - they write memos. And form committees.
History tells us (And a visit to the shrine at Cantigny will verify) that The Chicago Tribune was once led by a Colonel (Col. Robert R. McCormick) with grand visions and the pecadillos that seem to accompany wealthy media barons - so issuing memos should come naturally to lieutenants like Lipinski who are now charged with drawing up rapid redesign battle plans under the shadows of the Colonel’s famous flying buttresses at 435 N. Michigan Avenue.
It has been a long time since I have talked to Ann Marie Lipinski - we once worked together a LONG time ago in the Tribune newsroom editing the paper’s Sunday Perspective section. So much time has passed (I don’t have her current phone number) but I’d love to talk with her and get her take on the company’s direction. I am currently on the road but easily reachable all summer. I even plan on being in Chicago the entire month of July so there’s no reason we can’t do a sit-down interview soon.
November 20 - December 20
Directing a documentary film project and teaching journalists how to report with video for MDP Egypt.
Sweden: Student journalists report in video from the first day of the World Editors Forum featured three roundtable discussions, one about freedom of the press, new digital platforms and perhaps the biggest challenge for newspapers these days, how can newspapers attract young readers. The 15th World Editors Forum and congress has gathered 1,800 participants from 130 countries in Gothenburg. Blogs and more video reports from the congress can be found online at the Editors Weblog.
