CONNECTIONS 2003
Monday, January 27, 3:45-5 p.m.
Working the Gridiron: Redesigning For Reach
So you've just redesigned your site, but is it for the better or worse? Come see a panel of experts unearth the next online "American Idol" or hone the performances of your peers.
Moderator/Design Analysis: Matthew Stanton, design editor, Journal Interactive, Milwaukee.
Design Analysis: Jay Small, regional director, Belo Interactive, Dallas; Adrian Holovaty, lead developer, Lawrence Journal-World.
Presenters:
Scott Clark, assistant managing editor, Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com/)
Catherine Thorpe, online content manager, and Nancy Tomaro, online operations manager, The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, Calif. (http://www.pressdemocrat.com/)
About Jay Small
Jay Small is an experienced new media manager, journalist, publication designer and Internet site developer. His professional career began in 1985 as a copy editor, but Small started learning about publishing much earlier - growing up as the third generation in a family of small-town newspaper editors and managers. In the past decade, Small has been a prominent voice in online journalism and continues to post advice through the Web site Small Initiatives. His resume includes leadership and consulting roles at Indianapolis Newspapers, Inc., Evantage Consulting LLC, Thomson Multimedia, and most recently, Belo Interactive. Small currently oversees Internet news teams at Belo sites in eight cities: Houston and Austin, Texas; New Orleans; St. Louis; Louisville, Ky.; Charlotte, N.C.; Norfolk, Va.; and Providence, R.I.
About Adrian Holovaty
Adrian Holovaty is a Web designer, programmer and online journalist living in Lawrence, Kan. In Holovaty's short journalism career, he has been an infographics designer, reporter, copy editor, online producer, webmaster and Web product developer. A Chicago native, Holovaty built a database-driven content-management system for his campus newspaper while at the University of Missouri. He went on to become an assistant database editor and product developer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Web site, ajc.com, and now works as the lead developer at the Web site of the Lawrence Journal-World, ljworld.com. Holovaty evangelizes good design and technical issues through his Web blog Holovaty.com.
About Matthew Stanton
Matthew Stanton made the switch full-time from being an award-winning newspaper reporter and editor to designer of Web journalism and online products in 1997. After developing sports and real estate Web sites for Gannett Corp., Stanton joined the online team of Journal Interactive producing the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Web site and the OnWisconsin.com network. Stanton's interactive work for commercial clients has ranged from the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club to Pepsi Bottling Co. He also has worked as an adjunct faculty member in the University of Wisconsin system and lectured in other universities' new media programs. His latest work includes designs for PackerInsider.com, corporate identity presence for the Web, and on-going editorial projects.