• Robert Capa - Lost Negatives - Art - New York Times
  I saw the "Falling Soldier" series of photographs at the International Center of Photography last fall. Amazing.
  (tags: photography photojournalism robertcapa warphotography spanishcivilwar internationalcenterofphotography)

• EveryBlock: A news feed for your block.
  Adrian Holovaty's much-anticipated project launches. Excellent, excellent stuff here.
  (tags: adrianholovaty community data database design everyblock feed rss newmedia journalism hyperlocal mashups maps mapping)
• Poynter Online - Launching EveryBlock
  Interview with Adrian Holovaty.
  (tags: adrianholovaty database data community newmedia journalism hyperlocal everyblock)

• WiredJournalists.com
  "Our goal is to help journalists who have few resources on hand other than their own desire to make a difference and help journalism grow into its new 21st Century role."
  (tags: community journalism multimedia newmedia newspapers training socialnetworking ning)

• The four best online and multimedia professional journalism groups | Will Sullivan's Journerdism
  About SND, Will says: "Youthful feel, experimental, diverse, inspiring, a little crazy, but a good crazy… like you don’t know what’s around the corner but you want to look."
  (tags: journalism photojournalism multimedia newmedia newspapers snd)
• LA Observed: Times editor O'Shea fired
  Not a very high life expectancy for members of the species Californicus Editorus these days, is there?
  (tags: losangeles latimes tribunecompany newspapers journalism)

io9 has a roundup of sci-fi newspapers, including the one above from “Ultraviolet” about a Vampire Epidemic!!! Too bad most Hollywood movies can’t get their prop newspapers even close to looking right.

• Salty Sam -- Courant.com
  Referring to Tribune's companywide website platform, Sam Zell said, "It sucks."
  (tags: newspapers tribunecompany samzell newmedia journalism)

• Incremental adjustments in radical times | yelvington.com
  The "narrowing of the web width seems symbolic of the trap that snares large newspapers. Unable to make the bold and sweeping changes that might reverse their sagging fortunes, they tinker with the format, making small and insufficient alterations."
  (tags: newspapers journalism stoprearrangingthedeckchairs newsroomculture newmedia)
• Herald will not outsource editorial functions - 01/14/2008 - MiamiHerald.com
  "The more we looked at the prospects of editing and layout from outside the newsroom, the more it was clear these skills involving news judgment and experience are not likely to work well from afar." Gee, ya think?
  (tags: newspapers journalism outsourcing miamiherald)

The Chicago Tribune, following the industry trend, debuts a narrower page Monday. They're taking the opportunity to make a few design changes, not the least of which is to change the Page One nameplate. It's been reversed out of a blue field for the last 25 years, but no longer. Joe Knowles, the Trib's AME for design and graphics tells the SND Update blog that "it had become overpowering in a way. It was a difficult visual element to overcome on the page. The new one lets the content come forward." The nameplate was redrawn by Jim Parkinson.

They're also making some typographic tweaks and some other minor changes. Details here.

>Goodbye blue at the Chicago Tribune [SND Update]

I've been doing some upgrading to the backend of things around here. Most everything seems to have come through OK, but there is some comment weirdness. After you hit submit on a comment, it seems to spin forever and then either timeout or throw an error. The comment posts OK, though. I'm trying to track down the problem.

Here are the top U.S. front pages today in the wake of yesterday's New Hampshire primary.

Given that the No. 2 most overused word of last night's coverage was "comeback," I did NOT just see five major newspapers use "Comeback Kids" as a headline!

• E&P: 'Mercury News' Editor's Surprise Departure Followed Controversial 'Three-Section Paper' Proposal
  If reorganizing the print paper from five sections to three is seen as "too bold," we're screwed.
  (tags: newspapers journalism newmedia newsroomculture stoprearrangingthedeckchairs)

Newspapers & Technology reports that The Miami Herald is planning to outsource "some of its copy editing and page layout design work to Mindworks, a prepress production firm based in New Delhi, India." The company will oversee a weekly section of Broward County community news and other specialty advertising sections.

Wow. First I've heard of actual editorial design work being outsourced.

Update: I had previously linked to E&P, but it appears the report initiated with News & Tech, so I've changed the link. Thanks, Chuck!

Update 2:Robb points out this was an AP story on Dec. 27, noted, with the Herald memo, on Visual Editors. Hmm, trying to drop the bad news turd unnoticed in the middle of a holiday week. Where would a newspaper editor learn such a thing?

• the exploding newsroom
  John Hassell, online editor at the Star-Ledger kicks off a new blog. "Newsrooms across the country are exploding. Staffs are shrinking, there’s less space for news, and managers everywhere are cutting costs. ... How will all of this shake out?"
  (tags: newspapers newmedia blogs newsroomculture journalism starledger)
• Etaoin Shrdlu: Velocity matters
  McClatchy's Howard Weaver: "It sounds simpleminded, but ready-fire-aim often is the soundest decision. We can change it later; we can iterate; we can fine tune. The thing we cannot do is dawdle."
  (tags: newspapers journalism newmedia google stoprearrangingthedeckchairs)
• Teaching Online Journalism » Time to get crazy
  Mindy McAdams says: "It’s too late for incremental change. It’s too late to be cautious and timid. The time has come to be bold." Read the comments, too.
  (tags: newspapers journalism newmedia newsroomculture stoprearrangingthedeckchairs)

I've put together the front pages of today's top U.S. papers plus several Iowa papers for your presidential campaign enjoyment. And remember, Mike Huckabee doesn't believe in evolution, only that there's a list of animals that Chuck Norris has allowed to live.

Some changes afoot in the visuals department of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, including promotions for Sharon Yemich to Design Director/Features and Emmet Smith to Deputy Design Director/News.

Full memo from Design and Graphics Director Michael Tribble and AME/Visuals David Kordalski after the jump. Congrats to all!

Hey folks,

In order to handle the demands of thoughtful, content-centric design across the newsroom, David and I are announcing a few structural changes in the design department that will improve communication, add accountability and increase efficiency so we can better tell the stories of our community.

Scott Sheldon moves from Features Design Director to Graphics Editor. Scott has a proven track record as a strong journalist, informational designer and department manager and a well-earned reputation for being extremely organized. He will use these skills to oversee the work of our team of artists as he manages all graphic work that appears in The Plain Dealer and on cleveland.com. 

Sharon Yemich replaces Scott Sheldon as Design Director/Features. She will ultimately be responsible for the planning, design and production of The Plain Dealer’s features sections and for the scheduling, coaching and managing of our features design team. Sharon will work closely with the features staff to ensure open communication between designers, reporters and editors, will represent the design team at daily and planning meetings. 

Amanda Hamann steps into a larger role as Deputy Design Director/ Features. She will work closely with Sharon to help manage the features design team. In her new role, Amanda also will concentrate her strong design background to ensure that informational design, illustration and typography is consistent and effective throughout all features sections. She also will serve as the art director for our Sunday features sections.

Emmet Smith moves from his role in features to Deputy Design Director/News. He will be ultimately be responsible for the overall design and planning for The Plain Dealer’s news sections and will serve as the paper’s coordinator/designer for projects and special topic work. Emmet will represent the design team at daily meetings and will troubleshoot potential visual challenges throughout news sections.

Lisa Griffis moves from her role on the news desk to an expanded role as Deputy Design Director/Business. She will be responsible for the overall look and feel of the daily and weekend business sections. Lisa will manage graphics and illustrations for the business sections and work closely with editors and reporters to create dynamic visual solutions for topics that at times can be complex and dry. 

Bill Lammers and Chuck Caton will continue their roles as Deputy News Editors. They are responsible for evening operations and news editors at The Plain Dealer, including scheduling, deadline management and operations issues. Both will work closely with me to ensure efficiency and organization in all aspects of nighttime production. Both are lead designers at night and will continue to run the daily afternoon meetings.

Ken Marshall moves from Graphics Editor to Assistant Graphics Editor/Print, becoming the primary graphic artist for daily and project work that appears in The Plain Dealer. This new role puts Ken into a position that plays to his real strengths: An extremely talented graphic artist with a good understanding of what makes a news graphic great.

William Neff's current role as Assistant Graphics Editor morphs into Assistant Graphics Editor/Online. He will be the primary graphic artist for daily and project multimedia work that appears on cleveland.com. One only has to see what he's already accomplished with the Johanna online graphics to know that Bill is the perfect person to lead this charge.

Neff will work closely with Dale Omori, who David and Director of Photography Bill Gugliotta recently promoted to the new position of Deputy Director of Photography/Multimedia. In his new position, Dale will oversee the photography department’s visual online content, including video, audio slide shows and multimedia projects.  He will work closely with other departments to coordinate multimedia efforts and be heavily involved in training and technology.

Thanks,
Michael and David

• Howard Owens' post on "objectives for today’s non-wired journalist" is generating a lot of discussion
  Best Howard comeback: "The flip-side, of course, is don’t do these things, if you don’t INVEST in your own career, then all I can say is, enjoy your second career at Wal-Mart."
  (tags: blogs innovation journalism multimedia newspapers training twitter video facebook myspace media)
• The Best Links 2007 (kottke.org)
  I generally hate all these year-end list things, but Kottke's, as always, is great. (via Ryan Sholin)
  (tags: 2007 blogs internet links lists kottke)

• The New York Times | 2007: The Year in Pictures
  Beautiful presentation
  (tags: 2007 journalism multimedia news photography photojournalism nyt)