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Raising Kane

2:24 AM, January 27, 2006

The Kane County Chronicle of Geneva, Ill., (Shaw Newspapers, 14,324) redesigned on Jan. 19. (The Chronicle is a sister paper of the recently redesigned Northwest Herald.) Managing Editor Greg Rivara wrote:

In delivering a newspaper worthy of your time, we kept five words in mind:

Smart: The newspaper must challenge us to live better, as well as easier.

Reliable: You will not agree with everything you read. But we cannot give you reason to question if there is a motive behind the words.

Local: There continues to be a place for the Pinewood Derby, as well as that increase in garbage stickers. But local does not end when you cross the county line on your way to work or play. We understand that, too.

Useful: It is not enough for us to report the goings-on at city hall. We also must help with 15-minute meal suggestions, study tips for your 15-year-old, and a restaurant suggestion to help wash away a week of 15-hour days.

Fun: Life is hard. We need to appreciate the small victories. We should do so together.

Typographically, they got rid of Cheltenham, Franklin Gothic, News Gothic and Utopia in favor of Miller Headline, PoynterGothicText and Nimrod.

>Redesign reflects busy lives [Kane County Chronicle]

(Thanks, Renita!)

Comments

Heads up: After you hit "post" things may be slow and you may get an error. Most likely, your comment did post. Apologies. I'm looking for a fix.

This is my home town newspaper. I remember the days when there were three editions (one for each city: St. Charles, Batavia and Geneva).

I always felt they sort of jumped the shark when they went daily and countywide (the Beacon in Aurora, IL was for that). But now with increased pressure from Arlington Heights-based Daily Herald (which has a bureau in St. Charles) and growth in the County, it looks a fire was lit below them and they have come out with a really nice, contemporary paper.

Let's hope they make changes to their hard-to-navigate and news-difficient website. For some of us Genevans that live elsewhere, we have had to switch to reading the Daily Herald on line to actually keep up with goings on in our hometown.

Posted by: DC1974 at January 27, 2006 6:24 AM

to the commenter above, as a (fairly new) copy editor at the Chronicle, I'd like to encourage you to send in your thoughts on the website. I agree that it's difficult to navigate and not all that attractive, but if it came from a reader they'd think much better of it.

Posted by: just a copy editor at January 27, 2006 10:06 AM

Hey "Just a Copy Editor" who should I direct my thoughts to? I like to keep up with all of the hometown media and have been sadden to watch the downward spiral of the Geneva Republican, but glad that Kane County Chronicle is still working to improve itself.

Posted by: DC1974 at January 27, 2006 3:16 PM

there should be feedback links on the website, but i'd recommend either managing editor greg rivara: grivara@kcchronicle.com or the general e-mail: editorial@kcchronicle.com

(remember, too, that the daily print design of the paper has pretty much nothing to do with the website -- us lackeys have no say over how the site looks)

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