The March of the Tabloids
Everything makes a comeback. There is an eternal renaissance of essential things. In journalism, design, literature and art. Things tend to simplify themselves. As life in the big cities turns more...
View ArticleExcerpt from ‘iPad Design Lab’: How tablets allow us to disconnect
Mario Garcia interviews William Powers.
View ArticleFinancial Times: A classic redesign for the digital age
“Mario, it’s still pink and still a broadsheet”.
View ArticleQuartz and storytelling lessons beyond editorial
This article has been republished, with permission, from GarciaMedia.com. To see more articles like this, check out their blog. A recent visit to the Quartz newsroom in New York City proves the point:...
View ArticleTime to start thinking of smartwatch mini-editions of your newspaper
“What’s your fascination with this Apple Watch, Mario?,” a long time colleague asked me when I ran into him at the WAN IFRA World Media Congress recently. “It’s your new toy, isn’t it?” I admit that my...
View ArticleThe rise of the mobile editor
As the number of mobile readers climbs over 50 percent for many newspapers, it is logical that we would infuse mobile thinking throughout the newsroom.
View ArticleThe Washington Post’s new website: print-inspired hierarchy
Without a doubt, perhaps one of the most appealing features of a printed newspaper page is how it can show hierarchy for the content it displays. When an editor and designer work together on...
View ArticleWhy 3 Canadian newspapers gave up on the tablet edition
Those wonderfully produced tablet editions of the Postmedia group in Canada have ceased to exist. Yet, other tablet editions in Canada appear to thrive. What gives? The Postmedia tablet editions are...
View ArticleHighlights and lowlights of journalism innovation in 2015
It’s almost a wrap for 2015, and what a year it was for the media. Here are my notables, plus my two disappointments. Much has happened to advance storytelling. One of the most important, in my view,...
View ArticlePoynter: A new site for a new era
Poynter is a resource for journalists around the world. Many of them — publishers, editors, reporters and designers — visit the site for an update on the latest media news. Some are college and...
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