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Welcome to the blog of the fall 2007 Copy Editing and Layout class in the department of Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

editing320

Welcome to the blog of the fall 2007 Copy Editing and Layout class in the department of Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Todays front page of The San Diego Union-Tribune seemed pretty bland in my opinion. There were only 2 images and they were both centered, le...

I thought this was a really interesting and light piece on the New York Times website, a story about the Color of the Year for 2008. With t...

There's been quite a few examples of bad design posted, so I decided to search out an example of (by my estimation) excellent design, an...

In my search for editing topics I turned to Professor Keith's suggestion of Poynter.org's Romanesko's blog. While searching thr...

I don’t like the photo package on the front page of the Panama City News Herald. The reverse type, graphic star image and italic typeface s...

I found another interesting front page on newseum.org in which the layout was intriguing. Aside from the large photo that appears in the mid...

Here's a much better example of a Rolling Stone cover, circa 1976 - back when they still had the psychedelic type face going on. The pic...

I stumbled upon this interview posted on a blog on Poynter 's website. It's a pretty great read, and substantive. Chip Scanlan ...

I found this front page on newseum.org. I thought it was a really good example of front page layout and design. More and more people seem t...

The National Enquirer ran a story accusing John Edwards of being involved in a “love child scandal.” The tabloid linked Edwards to a women n...

Really, Rolling Stone? Truth be told, Rolling Stone is probably my favorite magazine, and I have a great amount of respect and admiration fo...

When I saw this front page I was confused. That's not something any editor would want to hear but there it is. I don't think I ha...

Eye tracking study shows design to be extremely important I came across an article out of USC about a study done to determine how much page ...

Last week gossip website X17online.com posted an alleged confession of French supermodel Alexandra Paressant , who claims to have had a tw...

Dealing with Grief on the Front Page Before I read the headline or anything else in the article, this photo really drew my attention to the ...

When I saw this centerpiece on the front page of the San Diego Union-Tribune, I immediately thought of the original post made by Professor K...

Last April, The Society for News Design released its 28th annual list of the “ Worlds Best Designed Newspapers ”. Of the top four contender...

Browsing through the "Today's Front Pages" section of Newseum.org has often left me underwhelmed. Every once in a few pages s...

I just wanted to make a post of the most talked about piece of news I've seen in a while; Britney Spears' 16-year-old sister is preg...

I stumbled upon this Scottsdale Tribune front page while browsing Newseum's Today's Front Pages . The extremely large photograph th...

This past Saturday was the fifth "birthday" of Creative Commons. For those of you who aren't familiar with CC, it is a licens...

Looking at the before and after of the Yakima Herald-Republic classified section, it becomes very clear how much good design matters. The t...

How much does color count? When browsing through the pages of a newspaper or magazine, what is it that catches your attention? Is it breakin...

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Victoria's Secrets She was 1/5 of the biggest female pop group in the world to date. Her husband is recognized internationally, admired ...

The wowPhone: A Product of Synergy and Lazy? In a special issue (The World in 2008) of The Economist , I came across an article about a g...

Libel? I found this front page on SportsDesigner.com and decided to post it becaues it is on the same topic as my other post regarding the...

Tasty Teasers! I decided to look at my hometown newspaper, The News Journal , to see the front page on newseum.org . Before I even got to ...

Do you have what it takes? http://desktoppub.about.com/b/2003/09/12/art-direction-do-you-have-what-it-takes.htm This article poses the quest...

It is obvious that newspaper journalism is changing and has to find ways to adapt to the internet and television. Last class we worked on s...

WED? WED is a philosophy of journalism that focuses on the print media. Never heard of it? We studied it all semester, but the Poynter semin...

When I look at the front page of The East Valley Tribune I see stacks and stacks of grey text. There is one big picture along with the Ariz...

In coming across this front page in http://www.newseum.org/ , I was horrified by the quality of the photograph used in the centerpiece as w...

The front page of the Anchorage Daily News made me stop for a minute and reflect on the war. This is an excellent and powerful use of image...

In browsing through http://www.newseum.org/ , I came across this front page http://www.newseum.org/media/dfp/pdf18/CA_OT.pdf . The centerpi...

Chip Scanlan holds a column entitled, Chip on Your Shoulder on poytner.org. This column, http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=52&aid=134...

With the talk of global warming affecting all of the climate changes we are experiencing today, I found a story on http://www.msnbc.com/ ex...

Wycleff Jean was asked about the Fugees and Lauryn Hill in a Rolling Stone magazine interview. Even though Wycleff Jean begins his answer w...

When scrolling through stories on http://www.ew.com/ I came across a story on America’s Next Top Model. You can take a look at the story at...

The front page of The Tampa Tribune did something today that I thought was really interesting and eye catching. Instead of using a photo to ...

Un-publishing Bad News? Bob Steele and Bill Mitchell, recently published this article, http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=1290...

In viewing newseum.org , the front page of the Lewiston Tribune caught my eye. I think the publication did a great job of capturing both har...

In keeping with the theme of libel problems that journalists face, the ever so controversial National Enquirer is reporting that presidentia...

The East Bay Daily News front page cover today wasn't very appealing in my opinion. In choosing to focus on the weather by emphasizing a...

Here is the front page for the below post.

While looking through Newseum.org, I found an interesting front page from the San Francisco Examiner. The type of layout it uses, is one th...

While searching for editing and design topics to write about, I decided to check out my local paper from Lyndhurst, NJ, The Record. The stor...

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