Mario Garcia is posting 10 myths about newspaper design. The first four went up today — he comes out in favor of (or at least not in opposition to) italics, color, reversed type, and bumping headlines.
Joshua Benton is the senior writer and former director of Nieman Lab. You can reach him via email (joshua_benton@harvard.edu) or Twitter DM (@jbenton).
Benton, Joshua. "Garcia on design." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 31 Oct. 2008. Web. 16 Jan. 2025.
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Benton, J. (2008, Oct. 31). Garcia on design. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved January 16, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2008/10/garcia-on-design/
Chicago
Benton, Joshua. "Garcia on design." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified October 31, 2008. Accessed January 16, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2008/10/garcia-on-design/.
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