Fine-tuning the ACBJ redesigns
Noted newspaper designer Mario Garcia writes about the redesigns of the American City Business Journals newspapers and how they are being tweaked. Garcia writes, “Jon Wile is creative director for the American City Business Journals, a project with which we have been involved for over two years. I like the way Jon keeps track of […]
Memphis daily cuts standalone biz section, but not biz staff
The Commercial Appeal in Memphis is cutting its standalone business section but not any of its business news staff, reports Madeline Faber of the Memphis Business Journal. Faber writes, “Ted Evanoff, business editor at The Commercial Appeal, said the business staff is not being reduced. This is in spite of the fact that the business […]
How the FT developed its new look
Angus Montgomery of DesignWeek spoke with Kevin Wilson, the head of design at the Financial Times, about its redesign unveiled on Monday. Here is an excerpt: DW: How did you strike a balance between developing the new design and holding on to elements of the previous FT look? KW: It helped that this was essentially […]
TheStreet.com redesigns personal finance website
TheStreet.com unveiled Wednesday the redesign of MainStreet, the company’s personal finance website. The new MainStreet offers a contemporary look with articles displayed in continuous scroll, allowing readers to peruse content more easily. It uses a responsive web design to better reach MainStreet’s growing mobile audience. “Many of MainStreet’s readers are coming to the site through […]
WSJ.com unveils new articles page
The Wall Street Journal‘s ongoing web redesign took another small step forward with the debut of a new article page that will be rolled out site-wide over the coming weeks, reports Joe Pompeo of Capital New York. Pompeo writes, “Beginning with the Journal Reports franchise, the new article-page template is a ‘sharper, cleaner’ design, according to a […]
Miami Herald brings back standalone biz section
The Miami Herald is returning its standalone business section during the week. Executive editor Aminda Gonzalez writes, “Beginning Tuesday, we are melding business news with classified advertising to restore a separate Business section. You can find section C tucked behind local and state news. “When we created the ‘faux’ Business section four years ago, we […]
FT to debut redesign on Monday
The Financial Times will hit newsstands Monday with its first major redesign in seven year, reports Tom McGeveran of Capital New York. McGeveran writes, “Broadly characterizing the redesign of the paper as a ‘simplification’ in a memo to staff obtained by Capital, editor Lionel Barber nearly makes the point: ‘It shows the market that the FT is […]
Pennsylvania paper wants to revamp Sunday biz section
Kate Harmon of the York Daily Record writes that the paper wants to change the content in its Sunday business section to better address the issues facing its readers. Harmon writes, “So, we’re looking at ways to revamp our Sunday business section. “We’ve already been moving toward more local coverage and fewer wire-service stories in […]
Silicon Valley Business Journal seeks lead designer
Reporting to the editor-in-chief, the lead designer ensures the highest possible design and story-telling standards are met by the Silicon Valley Business Journal on all platforms day in and day out online, and week in and week out in print. The ideal candidate should be well-versed in visual storytelling, with a solid background in publication […]
FairWarning.org drops daily email, to publish more stories
The following announcement was posted Thursday on the website of FairWarning.org, which covers safety, health and corporate conduct: Today FairWarning launches an important change in our coverage and on our homepage. We will begin providing more frequent FairWarning Reports — shorter articles on public health, safety and environmental issues that are important to our readers. […]
