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Aug. 19th Gulf News Editor discusses challenges ahead for UAE media

TAKEAWAY: Veteran journalist and editor, Abdul Hamid Ahmad, says the progress we see in UAE media is only the beginning, but he warns that there is a lot of room for progress: “There has to be more openness, transparency and press freedom.”

31 comments Posted by Dr. Mario R. Garcia

Aug. 18th Published every Thursday, Xpress surprises, refreshes, titillates in Dubai

TAKEAWAY: It is an old and reliable recipe for success—-well chosen content that is focused and stays focused; color on every page, headlines that seduce, faces everywhere, and stories of the human condition.

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Aug. 17th Nine dailies, two languages: publishing newspapers in the city of the future

TAKEAWAY: Newspapers thrive in this fast growing, multi-ethnic city of Dubai. Some are broadsheets, others tabloid. Some are in English, some in Arabic. The audience is just as mixed.  Starting this week, we take a look at the Dubai newspaper scene.

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Aug. 17th Ambitious aging: Madonna is 50 and Roger Black is 60!

TAKEAWAY: A landmark weekend for sure in the birthdays’ department as pop princess and super diva of reinventions, Madonna, turns 50, while one of design’s most admired, Roger Black, reaches 60 with a Texas-style bash.

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Aug. 16th Saturday follow ups on the newspaper of the future, typography and more

TAKEAWAY: Saturday Sequels becomes a regular feature to present follow ups to postings during the week, and, in some cases, answers to your frequent questions.

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Aug. 15th Tips for designing news online editions

TAKEAWAY: Functionality and effective navigation are the two main
characteristics of a well designed news website; oh, yes, make it appealing to the eye if you can.

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Aug. 14th Hoefler: “A Second Golden Age of Typography”

TAKEAWAY: Jonathan Hoefler discusses the customization of type fonts (“it creates administrative, technical, and even legal hassles”), the state of type creation today (“type foundries producing better work today”) and his foundry’s output (“adding most requested features to our hardest-working typefaces”).

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Aug. 12th Students design newspaper of the future: Yes, it is printed!

TAKEAWAY: There must be at least a dozen institutions that I know of “thinking up” ideas for the newspaper of the year 2020 and beyond; journalism classrooms are fertile ground for such experiments. Here are the results of one of them, at the University of Miami.

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Aug. 12th The photographer’s view: “Forceful photos can prolong the life of newspapers”

TAKEAWAY: Photography is a key visual element of any publication.  Veteran photographer, photo editor and all-round creative wiz, Maggie Steber, perhaps one of the most celebrated photographers of her generation, and a former newspaper photo director, chats with us, and presents her strong views on newspaper use of photos: “most newspapers use photos that are banal and repetitive”. She encourages photographers and editors “to take chances”.

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Aug. 11th Text type: here are five that work for me all the time

TAKEAWAY: Although the choices are many and varied for newspaper text type fonts, I have my favorite five, which I share with you: Miller, Poynter Old Style,  Mercury, Chronicle and the new one with a retro style: Quiosco.

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Aug. 9th Text size: we look at five newspapers and how they handle it

TAKEAWAY:  Perhaps the most important decision an editor and designer will make will be the font and size they select for text type. We take five newspapers at random and look at the size of their text type. A short video discussion follows.

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Aug. 8th Victor Ehikhamenor: The artist becomes newspaper Creative Director

TAKEAWAY: There is much to learn when an artist who specializes in colorful mixed media brings his talent to a newspaper page. “Does the headline on that fashion page really need to go above the fold?” Maybe not.

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Aug. 7th Illustrator Andrew Skwish talks about his craft and his new exhibit opening August 8 in Chicago

TAKEAWAY: Skwish disccuses the state of illustrations in newspapers (“I would say it is sad”), maintaining his creativity (“I look at life through the eyes of my little boy.”) and creating art for the web, and for his exhibit (“I like the interaction: people do react to your work on the web, or in an exhibit, right in front of you’).

3 comments Posted by Dr. Mario R. Garcia

Aug. 6th Visual briefs: another way to bring readers into those news pages

TAKEAWAYT: Newspaper reading research has confirmed what we already knew: brief items do very well with readers. Adding a small photo enhances the package.

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Aug. 5th Magazines: a recent conference can teach us a few lessons

TAKEAWAY: Get us the video for that story, grab the mobile telephone and engage the readers please! Did you say we are not in the magazine business?

4 comments Posted by Dr. Mario R. Garcia

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