Tag: online+news+design
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Newspaper Wiki: Schematics – Information Architects
Calling this a wiki is clearly off-putting to some people, but they’re on the right track to creating a dynamic archive of stories, where corrections, annotations, developments and commentary all lives together on the page. Newspaper Wiki: Schematics – Information Architects
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Things Web Viewsers Never, Ever Say – Lost Remote TV Blog
“The anchors’ heads at the top of your site reminds me of Mount Rushmore. It calms me and makes me want to watch the newscast.” Things Web Viewsers Never, Ever Say – Lost Remote TV Blog
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Washington Post Redesign as a Wiki – Information Architects
Sexy hypothetical redesign of washingtonpost.com, all traditional above the fold, all social and 2.0 and commenty and UGC and wiki and whatnot below the waist. Washington Post Redesign as a Wiki – Information Architects
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El Comercio.COM.PE
Online paper in Peru with a hot little slider to page back through the day’s news. I like the grid better than the sliding bit, frankly. Keep it all on the page and let me scroll down, or make it one box high and I’ll scroll right. via e-media tidbits. El Comercio.COM.PE
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EyeTrack07: The Myth of Short Attention Spans – Poynter Online
Readers read more of a story online than they do in print. Lots of great info here – watch the video for the key takeaways. EyeTrack07: The Myth of Short Attention Spans – Poynter Online
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Brisbane Times
Clean, bold, basic design with uncomplicated horizontal nav and colorful boxes in the middle rail for highlights and promos. (This is an online-only paper from a major Aussie news company, launched to compete directly with a dead-trees-edition in town.) Brisbane Times
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International Herald Tribune article page
Can we talk for a second about how well-designed the IHT’s story pages are? International Herald Tribune article page
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Eyetracking points the way to effective news article design – OJR
Awesome eyetracking data — the first example tells designers what they already know: whitespace and grids are good. Eyetracking points the way to effective news article design – OJR
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USAToday.com 2.0 – Recovering Journalist
Mark Potts weighs in on the USAT redesign and its design flaws. He’s a bit more specific than I am about what the design problems mean for user interaction on the site. USAToday.com 2.0 – Recovering Journalist
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The Journal News – LoHud.com
A different look for a newspaper site – all the usual parts, but well-designed, with a graphic Flash barker that looks like it’s news, horizontal nav, and pretty modern web typography. Plus Lightbox-driven galleries on the front page. The Journal News – LoHud.com