Updated, Thursday, Nov. 7, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 16:31
TAKEAWAY: It’s one of those days that die-hard editors cherish, and that put everyone and everything to the test, especially in the era of the media quartet. We think that these Canadian dailies rose to the occasion.
When the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, confessed what some had suspected for some time, that he used crack cocaine while in office, that was already a major breaking news event. Then, just about the same time three senators were suspended over allegations of “gross negligence” related to their expense claims.
While these news events were breaking online, of course, print edition editors and designers had to worry about what play to give a story that people knew about, but that would be extremely interested in pursuing, in whichever platform.
We know that with news events of this nature, the interest and the hype are so high that printed editions do very well. Readers want to know more. The way the news is presented, how the headline is written and how an editor puts the arm around the reader and tells her: “I know that you know this, but I am going to tell you so much more”, all of those elements must be present.
The front pages we show here have excelled in doing that.
We have a favorite: The Ottawa Citizen.
The Citizen managed to package the two events with the same sense of urgency, and with one word headlines. Bravo.
But all of these front pages are a reminder that one can do print happily and efficiently. Take a look!
At The Montreal Gazette: a triple whopper
Walter Buchignani of The Montreal Gazette, tells me that at his newspaper they had the two big Canadian stories of the day to deal with, but also were also dealing with fallout from the local Montreal mayoral election.
So here’s our printed front page on the day after the crack-cocaine bombshell, as well as a roundup of Canadian iPad covers as the news was breaking (screen grabs taken at around 1 pm). Takeaway: Same headline, different impact.
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Senators vote to oust Duffy, Brazeau and Wallin
http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/senators-vote-to-oust-duffy-brazeau-and-wallin-1.1528784#ixzz2jviIEYlv
Rob Ford : ‘Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine.’
http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/11/05/rob_ford_yes_i_have_smoked_crack_cocaine.html
California Printmakers celebrate 100 years
That is Carlos Llerena-Aguirre’s Superman (2012) work on the left
Friend and colleague, Carlos Llerena-Aguirre, a professor at the University of Miami, sends us this invitation: the California Society of Printmakers celebrates 100 years with an exhibit (complete with a Vandercook letterpress-in-action), and the publication of a 330-page book with more than 380 illustrations and seven essays ranging from a short one pager to over 75 pages, from personal reflections to documented history, from a diversity of authors.
For more information:
http://www.caprintmakers.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/csp-centennial-brochure-final-8-12-1.pdf
http://blogs.colum.edu/interarts-cbpa/2013/09/19/new-california-society-of-printmakers-book-features-essay-by-interarts-mfa-david-jones/
Book signing event:
Nov. 7 at the San Francisco Center for the Book.
About Carlos Llerena Aguirre:
http://www.carlosllerena.com
Of interest today
ESPN mobile properties saw more unique visitors than ESPN.com in September for first time ever
http://www.geekwire.com/2013/espn-mobile-properties-unique-visitors-desktop-september-time/?utm_source=API%27s+Need+to+Know+newsletter&utm_campaign=72aaa128a4-Need_to_Know_November_5_201311_5_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e3bf78af04-72aaa128a4-31701869
First paragraph:
Here’s yet another sign of the movement toward mobile devices: ESPN, for the first time ever, saw more unique visitors on its mobile properties than on ESPN.com in September
Native advertising: How news sites separate church and state
http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/native-advertising-how-news-sites-separate-church-and-state/s2/a554648/?utm_source=API%27s%20Need%20to%20Know%20newsletter&utm_campaign=72aaa128a4-Need_to_Know_November_5_201311_5_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e3bf78af04-72aaa128a4-31701869
Highlight:
How news organizations are building commercial teams of former journalists who create paid-for content on behalf of brands
Metro launches evening tablet edition
http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/1219323/metro-launches-evening-tablet-edition/
Highlight:
Metro’s publisher DMG Media is to compete with The London Evening Standard for homeward commuters by publishing a Metro evening tablet edition at 5pm every weekday from today.
Few people frequently turn to Twitter for breaking news
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/228401/few-people-frequently-turn-to-twitter-for-breaking-news/
Highlight:
Sixteen percent of Twitter users “say they turn to Twitter frequently for breaking news,” a poll by Associated Press and CNBC says.