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A Fresh take on the editorial page by Geoff Giordano, AME/News, The Journal News, White Plains, NY. Double truck, baby!

Non-narrative content by Jeff Schnick and Michael Apuan, News Sentinel, West Chester , PA. Building content layers for your packages.

Erase that creative block by Bryan Redding, Graphics Editor of the Daily Local News
5 ideas to get your design moving and get your pages to the next level.

Beautiful handdrawn infographics by Javier Zarracina, Graphic editor, El Correo
A step-by-step explanation about El Correo's handrawing technique.
Download the pdf • ENGLISH • SPANISH

Secrets for small papers
A PDF handout from the SND workshop in Savannah, including samples from this site
Download hi-res/2.5 meg • Download lo-res/438k

How do you get away with that? by Tim Frank
Selling your ideas to management

9 design tips for small papers by Molly Hartle
Keeping it smart and simple

The flat-bed photo studio
Making art on your scanner

Typography as dominant art by Tim Frank
It's like illustrating in Quark

How to jpeg your pages
Get that portfolio online

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