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True Crime: The Layout

Nine pages of news-design goodness. Next installment hits the streets Oct. 18. (Please ignore the wonky spread alignment here; were I smarter, I would have tweaked the spreads before uploading individual pages, but I am very, very dumb sometimes. Rest assured that the folios printed in alignment. Or should have.)

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Day 277: Little Man

We had a brunch for my boss and her family’s new addition, Hunter. I was cracking up because he looks like a miniature old man, adorable and kind of doddering and drowsy. He was so good and laid back, even while being passed around from embrace to embrace. [Project 365]

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What I’ve been working on for two weeks

Every now and then I get to head up the design on a special project at work, and for a couple of weeks now I’ve been wrestling with this behemoth True Crime special section (will post images as soon as I can get my hands on them; the front-page teeze is at left). A lot of hours and eye twitches went into this section, and I’m really grateful for my co-workers for stepping up to…

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Day 203: A Bit Brighter

My boss had her baby! So we sent her some flowers. The kid emerged a giant: Nine pounds, fifteen ounces. THAT’S LIKE THIS BIG. Can’t wait to meet him. In the meantime, I am tasked with keeping my department running. Until October! Last week was a clusterfuck because of scheduling mistakes (mine, naturally) and vacationing co-workers and the feeling that I had tossed myself into some kind of boiling vat of stresswater. But that was…

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Day 197: Going Down

That is in no way a commentary on my state of mind, but is only a description of the direction in which the elevator was headed when this photo was taken at midnight after another bust-ass day at work. [Project 365]

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