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Jun. 17th For France’s La Tribune:  Prize for Best Remaking

TAKEAWAY: La Tribune, one of France’s financial dailies, has received recognition during the 11th annual Grand Prix des Medias organized by CB News as the best remake of the year.  We were involved in the transformation of La Tribune from a tabloid to Berliner and send our congratulations.

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Jun. 16th From the Daily Me to the Daily Perfect

TAKEAWAY: Can anyone create the perfect newspaper? It has been tried for years, usually under the project title: the newspaper of the future. Now, a website goes for the ultimate customized newspaper, yes, yours. Give it a try. To me, the “daily perfect” is more than a customized version of what interests me. Indeed, daily perfect to me is a combination of serendipitous encounters with depth and analysis of what I already know.

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Jun. 15th The beach of my disconnect

TAKEAWAY: After one week off, TheMarioBlog resumes its daily postings today.  Call it a week of disconnects, something rare for me. Was it strange? Read on.

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Jun. 5th TheMarioBlog takes a vacation: see you June 15th

TAKEAWAY: It is that time of the year when i take my first beach vacation. TheMarioBlog will resume its daily postings Monday, June 15. Until then, good weekend to all, and see you soon. PLUS: Links to your favorite bllog postings of the past 12 months, and comments you have sent us for the first year anniversary of TheMarioBlog

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Jun. 4th New look for Newsday: with smaller format

TAKEAWAY: In 2004, we at Garcia Media worked with the Newsday team to give that Long Island, New York, newspaper what I described as
a “full bath”.  Five years later, working with their art director, Newsday editors Monday introduced a new look, and a new format. PLUS:  Reporting from the Mediamixx 09 Congress in Bulgaria ANDTheMarioBlog celebrates first year anniversary. Send us your thoughts.

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Jun. 3rd At Ball State: the collaborative media classroom

TAKEAWAY: This is the eighth in a series of blogs devoted to innovation in the teaching of journalism at colleges and universities around the world. Today we profile Ball State University, in Muncie, Indiana, and talk to Professor Jennifer George-Palilonis, whose specialty is teaching courses with a multimedia emphasis.  ALSO: Media coverage of the crash of Air France flight 447

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Jun. 2nd The Air France disaster and use of multimedia coverage online

TAKEAWAY: Last week in Paris we participated in the IFRA Design Conference and met Geoff McGhee, of Le Monde Interactive. Today many of the examples that he talked about in his presentation come alive as http://www.lemonde.fr covers the crash of Air France flight 447 in the Atlantic Ocean while en route from Rio to Paris.

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Jun. 2nd Preparing to celebrate one year of TheMarioBlog: tell us what you think

TAKEAWAY: Almost one year after we started TheMarioBlog, we are still here. Let us know what you think. ALSO: Taking a look at the design of the Daily Business Review six weeks after it premiered.  PLUS: New design for Newsweek magazine—is it retro confused? What were the intentions?

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Jun. 1st Miami Daily Business Review—six weeks after redesign; also Newsweek’s “retro-confused” new look

TAKEAWAY: Monday in Miami and we take a look at the design of the Daily Business Review six weeks after it premiered.  ALSO: New design for Newsweek magazine—is it retro confused? What were the intentions.

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May. 30th Newsweek’s reinvention: retro confused?

TAKEAWAY: The legendary newsmagazine, Newsweek, unveiled its much anticipated new look May 18. This may be an example of how design can strip a familiar magazine of its soul.  We look before we read. In this case, when we look, what we find is something that resembles a prolonged advertorial. ALSO: Links to weekend reading of interest

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May. 29th IFRA design in Paris: digital highlights conference

TAKEAWAY: The 2nd annual IFRA International Design Conference took place in Paris yesterday; highlights of the program included designing for online, creating infographics for the new media, and reminding art directors that storytelling strategies are what ‘s important. ALSO: Text messaging and teens: the three r’s—reading,‘ riting, rebelling PLUS: Plato not Prozac; therapy for the sane

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May. 28th At Syracuse: collaborative teams and the Newhouse School: also report from Paris IFRA conference

TAKEAWAY: This is the seventh in a series of blog postings about journalism schools worldwide which are modifying their curriculum to meet the needs of a rapidly changing industry. Today we profile Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications ALSO:From Paris today: updates on IFRA’s 2nd international conference—Design for the news and magazines publishing industry.

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May. 24th At Northwestern:  teaching how to think and to use online platforms

TAKEAWAY: This is the sixth in a series of blog postings about journalism schools worldwide which are modifying their curriculum to meet the needs of a rapidly changing industry. Today we profile Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism ALSO: University of Miami PLUS: Mario on a camel in Dubai COMING NEXT: Tony Golden tells us about innovation at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

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May. 22nd University of Tennessee: innovation here inspires others

TAKEAWAY: This is the fIfth in a series of blog postings about journalism schools worldwide which are modifying their curriculum to meet the needs of a rapidly changing industry. Today we profile University of Tennessee’s School of Journalism and Electronic Media.  COMING MONDAY:  Jeremy Gilbert tells us about innovation at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism

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May. 21st At Hofstra University: thinking new, thinking big in a small journalism department

TAKEAWAY: This is the fourth in a series of blog postings about journalism schools worldwide which are modifying their curriculum to meet the needs of a rapidly changing industry. Today we profile Hofstra University of New York.  ALSO: Forbes India appears today. COMING TOMORROW: We profile innovation at the University of Tennessee

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