I urge everyone to take a look at how The Washington Post has commemorated the first anniversary of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, their colleague who was brutally murdered in what many believe was an act carried out under orders of the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Take a look at the story here:
The print supplement
The print version is also beautifully designed by Chris Rukan. It is classic, authoritative, with excellent and relevant content about the horrific death of a journalist that shocked the world and for which many questions remain.
Here is what Washington Post Design Director, Greg Manifold, wrote me about this work:
Worth noting that this year, the Opinions team created an Art Director role for the first time in recent memory. Chris Rukan moved over from our News Design team to partner with the Opinions staff under the direction of Opinions Editor Fred Hiatt. The work has been outstanding.
Illustration credits: Brian Stauffer for all of the conceptual work. Believe it was 14 pieces in all. Portrait illustration by @daviddespau. Art Direction: Chris Rukan
Fantastic illustration work by
Take a look at the entire supplement
My take
This is excellent, impressive and necessary work. A great example of how Writing/Editing/Design—what I call the WED concept—can make important content like this shine! It is also a reminder than investing in print is still worth it in the mobile era. Mobile can never compete with print when it comes to the display of large photos and illustrations. This supplement from the WaPo design team shows it splendidly well.
For a pdf of all the pages in the supplement:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ephogdpq9npgwx6/wapo-khashoggi-section.pdf?dl=0
Here’s where all of The Washington Post’s Khashoggi coverage lives: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/opinions/global-opinions/jamal-khashoggi-one-year-later/
From Monocle Weekend
THE INTERROGATOR / EDITION 30
Mario García
Editorial consultant Mario García has advised the most important newsrooms in the world on design – and how best adapt to a digital transition. More than 700 publications, from The Wall Street Journal to the South China Morning Post, have received his strategic steer. Other than being an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of Journalism, he also runs his own consultancy firm: García Media. Nowadays his speciality is how digital devices influence narrative structure and consumption; his latest book, The Story, was written specifically to be read on a phone. Here, though, he confesses to a few analogue pleasures.
What they are saying about The Story!
The Story is here!
You can now download my new mobile storytelling book, The Story, from Apple Books at $6.99
This is Book 1 of a Trilogy! The other two books coming soon.
https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-story-volume-i/id1480169411
The newspaper remains the most powerful source of storytelling on the planet. But technology threatens its very existence. To survive, the Editor must transform, adapt, and manage the newsroom in a new way. Order The Story by Mario Garcia, chief strategist for the redesign of over 700 newspapers around the world.
My chat with in Monocle Radio
Listen to my chat in Monocle Radio’s The Stack: Latest episode‘The Face’ and ‘The Story’:We welcome the return of the print version of ‘The Face’ and talk to legendary newspaper designer Mario Garcia about his latest book, ‘The Story’.
https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-stack/368/play/
My interview with CNN en Español
I was a guest in the program Encuentro, hosted by Guillermo Arduino daily at CNN en Español. The interview was about how we read on mobile devices and my introduction of my new mobile storytelling book, The Story, to a Spanish-language audience.
Mario’s speaking engagements
Presentation of The Story at the Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (SIP) in Miami, as the organization celebrates its 75th anniversary serving the Latin American Press, Miami.
October 4, 2019
Keynote Luncheon Speech: Ad Club of Toronto, Newspaper Day
October 25, 2019
Keynote presentation: Business Information & Media Summit (BIMS).
November 12, 2019
Order print edition of The Story
You can order the print edition of my new mobile storytelling book, The Story, from Amazon already here:
An interview of interest
http://www.itertranslations.com/blog/2019/3/11/fd60ybflpvlqrgrpdp5ida5rq0c3sp
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