There are lots of good ideas in NPR’s new mobile redesign, which responds to the mainstreaming of mobile devices as a way of getting news.
The Investigative News Network is sponsoring nonprofit news sites that need help (and funding) to grow. nie.mn/10XxsZ4 
Articles tagged web design (40)
May 8, 2013
May 1, 2013
Article pages now have added depth and context, providing more opportunities for readers coming from social media to discover more content.
March 20, 2013
“Casino-driven design is all about reducing friction to participation.”
February 27, 2013
What does an ideal front page look like, can social media usage predict political involvement, and how is user-generated content coming into newsrooms: all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.
February 5, 2013
The co-founder of Facebook says the relaunched magazine will need to experiment with how its content is delivered and how they engage with advertisers.
November 16, 2012
In print, decades of design language have helped publications draw extra attention of readers. But news web design has mostly been straitjacketed in rigid templates. A few news sites are trying to break out.
September 25, 2012
Vox Media used responsive design to unify its more than 300 sports blogs and meet the demands of a growing mobile audience.
September 21, 2012
Plus: Ideas for innovation in j-schools, Newsweek’s “Muslim Rage” backlash, and the rest of the week’s news in media and tech.
September 7, 2012
Boyer, the head of NPR’s news apps team, puts on his professor hat and offers a syllabus for “making useful things for people.”
The Times’ “quick links” allow writers to better illustrate parts of a story through pop-up multimedia within an article.
June 1, 2012
The experimental projects, produced by the Times’ beta620, will allow readers to test new ideas before they’re ready for global launch. First up: new search and accessibility features.
April 17, 2012
In expanding the healthy living blog, designers wanted to find way to give non-timely stories prominence and get readers to come back more often and for longer stretches.
In order to give a special report added weight and readability, designers broke out of the mold of the site’s normal design.
November 1, 2011
The new gadget site features big, bold visuals, room for community, and lots of structured data.
October 26, 2011
Cody Brown and Kate Ray launch a new tool to help non-coders design on a story-by-story basis.
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