When I arrived in Barcelona (Spain) on Thursday night, I went to the first newsstand at the airport on my way to get a taxi.
The rack of newspapers was almost empty.
It was 9 pm.
No La Vanguardia.
No El Periodico.
Two Avui.
No El Mundo.
No El Pais.
No ABC.
Three La Razon.
Twenty Publico!
Publico is the new national newspaper launched a few [...]
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A NEWSSTAND VERDICT FOR PUBLICO
Published by October 13th, 2007 in ABC, AVUI, EL PERIODICO, La Razon, La Vanguardia, Liberation, PUBLICO, Pagina 12, THE INDEPENDENT, el-mundo and el-pais. 4 CommentsGOOD COVER, GOOD QUESTIONS!
Published by June 27th, 2007 in FRONT PAGES, Gordon Brown and THE INDEPENDENT. 0 Comments
Gordon Brown, the new British PM, gets good questions from The Independent readers.
Some of the Q&A:
In an answer of one word, and with the benefit of hindsight, was it wrong to invade Iraq?
No.
You were the one person who could have stopped Blair signing up to the invasion of Iraq, either by threatening to quit [...]
EUROPE’S SHAME AND MEDIA’S SHAME TOO
Published by May 30th, 2007 in DeMorgen, Europe, FRONT PAGES, Media and THE INDEPENDENT. 0 CommentsPeter Popham reported from Rome and The Independent published this dramatic picture with the right headline last Monday (May 28).
Read the full story here, which starts like this:
For three days and three nights, these African migrants clung desperately to life. Their means of survival is a tuna net, being towed across the Mediterranean by [...]
THE NEW YORK TIMES: A ‘PERSPECTIVE’ NEWSPAPER
Published by May 23rd, 2007 in PERSPECTIVES NERWSPAPERS, THE INDEPENDENT, The New York Times, VIEWSPAPERS and WARREN HOGE. 0 CommentsThe New York Times’ masthead slogan, “All The News That’s Fit to Print,” dates back to 1896.
But as Warren Hoge said, today’s New York Times is not a “newspaper of record.”
“We don’t record the news. We find the news.”
I agree.
Yes, it’s a challenge.
But there is no other way.
Find the news.
Explain the news.
And tell the [...]
TONY BLAIR: THE BIG PICTURE
Published by May 11th, 2007 in DESIGN, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, TONY BLAIR, front page and pictures. 0 CommentsWhile The Independent played the typography card today, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph played the big picture one.
In both cases, good pictures, good cropping and good front page design.
THE INDEPENDENT AND TONY BLAIR
Published by May 11th, 2007 in THE INDEPENDENT, TONY BLAIR, TYPOGRAPHY and VIEWSPAPERS. 2 CommentsThe “viewspaper” of London devotes its front page to the Tony Blair years.
Another example of bold, provocative and powerful design just with typography.
Well done!
UPDATE: A perfect match between The Independent and the jacket of a friend, a journalist in London, who sent me a picture.
As he says in his message:
“Together they looked fabulous among commuters. [...]
THE INDEPENDENT AND THE ECONOMIST ONLINE ARE OFF LINE
Published by May 6th, 2007 in THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, THE ECONOMIST, THE INDEPENDENT and THE TIMES. 1 CommentThree hours after the news from the French elections, the online edition of The Independent has no news about the results.
The same at The Economist.
No news.
No pictures.
No videos.
No podcasts.
No nothing.
While The Daily Telegraph and The Times have excellent online coverage.
Well, something is wrong at one of the best European newspapers and the influential — but [...]
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