Launched Sept. 2, 1997 | Updated March 12, 2009 Menu of Consulting Services | Online Design & Rethinking | Custom Staff Training/Client Portfolio Marketing | Tips, Articles, Resources | "Design With Reason" Blog | Bio/Contact
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![]() Updated PDFs of Redesign Client Pages Click here to visit a partial client list with PDFs of post-redesign pages. ALSO UPDATED: Popular post "Six Questions About the Redesign Process: Where to Start." |
![]() News Design Blog: Designing the Multimedia Newsroom POSTED March 2, 2009: Designing a brand-new newsroom facility from scratch, with an eye to converged newsgathering. PLUS: Marketing the redesign, and a 6-month checkup for The Standard. The Design With Reason blog. |
Does Your Newspaper's Marketing Suck? CAMPAIGN TIME?: Despite their roles as communicators, many newspapers do a lousy job where it counts: getting their own important messages across, to readers and advertisers. Link here to see samples of marketing campaigns we are creating for clients, and link to a series of related blog posts. |
![]() Major Revamp for Kenya's Standard CASE STUDY: Eight months in the making, the bold new look of The Standard in Nairobi, Kenya, is unveiled. The six-month report card? A 22% jump in circulation. |
Custom Staff Training/Client Portfolio | Tips, Articles, Resources | "Design With Reason" Blog | Bio/Contact This is the web site for the professional services of Ron Reason, Chicago-based newspaper designer, educator, consultant, and current visiting faculty, and former Director of Visual Journalism, of The Poynter Institute for Media Studies. ![]() GOOD NEWS! Revenue from this business has helped raise $13,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training program, and has launched the first library in Nairobi's Kibera slum. Journalists, designers, photographers, editors and students have all contributed. Link here to learn more. Comments about this site? Questions about publication design in general? Need advice? E-mail me at any time: ron@ronreason.com |
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