Archive for June, 2008

June 29, 2008 0

Miss Florida

By Nina in Poynter

I ran into someone from my high school today. She’s running for Miss Florida. We both studied journalism. Funny how different our lives our and both ended up in the U of South Florida dorms. Small world. Both of us simltanously asked “What are YOU doing here?”

June 28, 2008 0

Shan and Jan

By Nina in Poynter

Shan Carter over at the Times in NY did an excellent sessions on interactivity and user experience. Darla and I have been waiting and waiting for a this. Keep it simple, but sometimes use cilantro. Looking forward to the hands on workshop tomorrow in the lab. Jan Leach (right) over at Kent State here is [...]

June 25, 2008 0

Tableau Vivant

By Nina in Poynter

Our friends at the St. Pete times had a session with the Visual Journalists (VJs). Each group of three selected a photo or painting to recreate. Here I am Matisse’s Jazz Icarus. The photo links to the original painting. This was surely a test of patience and endurance. The whole project was done in 90 [...]

June 22, 2008 0

Orlando Sentinel Redesign

By Nina in Poynter

Grilled the copy editors from Orlando on the redesign while at the ACES conference. Tory Hargro showed up and there’s just so much more to talk about!

June 22, 2008 0

tory tory tory tory

By Nina in Poynter

Tory was here for a few days and first and foremost it was wonderful to see him again. I snapped photos during his “How I plan to stay employed for the next 10 years” but they didn’t do him right. His presentation was wonderful and engaging. Also, I think the designers are quite happy [...]