“lovely” — photo by Martin Gee (via Flickr)
The Mercury News’ Martin Gee has posted a gallery of photos from his paper’s post-layoff newsroom. (via E&P)
Martin says, in his introduction:
“the last round of layoffs and buyouts really hurt me. i mean, each one does but this one especially. this place feels like a morgue. an abusive relationship. remnants everywhere. empty cubicles. empty chairs. abandoned office equipment. goodbye emails. besides looking for a new job and building a massive assemblage, this is a way for me to deal.”
Advertising Age has launched the first in a series of articles on the future (or non-future) of newspapers from the perspective of advertisers, along with a poll asking readers to guess the lifespan of newsprint.
“To commemorate World AIDS day on December 1st the South African newspaper Cape Argus used their page numbers on the top of every page of the newspaper to educate the public on statistics relating to the AIDS pandemic in South Africa. All the statistics were collected from UNICEF and the South African Department of Health.” (via osocio.org and bestadsontv)
These papers received the most awards in the 29th annual Best of Newspaper Design competition, view their front pages today via the Newseum.
Yes, students, we will have a version of The Intern at SNDVegas! After a couple of wonderfully elaborate contests in Orlando and Boston, we’re taking a low-key approach in Vegas. Check out the full details at the SNDVegas site.
SND’s 3D graphics QuickCourse was in San Francisco this weekend for a two-day workshop focused on Newtek’s LightWave. SND Update caught up with the course’s two speakers, South Florida Sun-Sentinel’s Len DeGroot and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Steve Wilson, along Ocean Beach outside San Francisco’s Beach Chalet.
Nuri Ducassi is leaving her post as Design Director at the Montreal Gazette to become Features Design Director at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Memo from Design Director Paul Wallen follows:
EL MUNDO newspaper and elmundo.es are now working together in the new integrated building on Avda. de San Luis, Madrid, Spain. Their first big test was the Spanish National Election Coverage — and the building did not collapse.
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