The Washington Times' wide-open canvas: Inspirational characters

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The Washington Times was quickly recognized within the newspaper community with news sections followed by the weekend editions introduced in 1991, which pushed it to new levels of achievement. Features were reorganized into a daily broadsheet section, called 'life' which became a strong presence in the paper and was designed to look and read with different voice than the newspapers, reflecting the editorial content.

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The trendsetter: Allentown Morning Call: The A-team

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The Morning Call team of the late 1970's and early 1980s, led by editor Ed Miller and presentation editor Robert Lockwood, one of The Society for News Design's founding fathers, changed the course of history for newspaper design in the United States. The innovations included specially designed art classes so editors could better understand visual presentation of information.

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The eye-trac study: The eyes have it

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The Poynter Institute's 'Eyes on the News' study released in 1990 in the United States is the first of its kind and takes a detailed look at the way readers actually read newspapers. The study generated new enthusiasm for inventing better ways to organize content and help readers navigate the newspaper.

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