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Matt Erickson is design director at The Times of Northwest Indiana, Munster, and the founder of Kern Redesign (kernredesign.com). He is the Region 4 Director for the Society for News Design. Reach him at matterickson23@gmail.com.

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The Gazette Cedar Rapids
A week after their front page double truck, the Gazette has a fantastic aerial shot showing both the flooding and President Bush’s tour in Marine One.

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The Des Moines Register
The Register had a strong and dramatic photo and played it the way it ought to have been played.

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The Des Moines Register
Another amazing photo, this time showing the widespread damage to Cedar Rapids — and a note to readers explaining, not surprisingly, that their papers might be late.

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Quad-City Times Davenport
In times of crisis, newspapers are one of the first places Americans turn to for more information on how to get help.The QCT does that well with a rail of information about dealing with the flood and refers to all their coverage inside.

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The Gazette, Cedar Rapids
We’ve seen this approach before for big news stories, and no one can deny the power of that photo played across two pages. In a time of true disaster, the Gazette chose impact over front-page utility for its readers.

Permalink:: Tue 08/19/2008 @ 04:38

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