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Our redesigns are catalysts for positive change. Visit the gallery to see how we've transformed publications and websites.
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REDESIGN WHITEPAPER
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A redesign is a waste of time and money if it doesn't deliver a return on investment. Download our report to learn how to make your redesign pay off, then see how four newspapers boosted readership and revenue by following our advice.
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INTERACTIVE TOUR
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See in detail how a content-driven redesign did more than make a community daily look better – it made it a better paper.
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RADICAL STRATEGIES FOR CIRCULATION WOES
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ONLINE DESIGN
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Read Steve Outing's interview with Alan Jacobson and learn why newspaper web sites are seriously flawed. Then see alternatives.
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CLASSIFIED REDESIGNS
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EDITORIAL REDESIGNS
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From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, November 2008

Newspapers can choose gloom, doom or a third way

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, November 2008

Repowering newspapers: Taking a lesson from Toyota and GM

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, November 2008

Barack Obama, and how he can help newspaper designers

From THE POYNTER INSTITUTE, September 2008

Designing for dollars

From CLASSIFIED INTELLIGENCE, September 2008

BrassTacks offers fix to boost online revenue

From DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE, September 2008

BrassTacks generates buzz for local newspaper

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, September 2008

How to save the Monday paper

From EDITOR & PUBLISHER, September 2008

BrassTacks redesign could teach the big guns a thing or two

From NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, July 2008

Dressed for single-copy success at the Wyoming Tribune Eagle

From VISUAL EDITORS.COM, June 2008

A “wonderful, wonderful” redesign in Cheyenne

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, June 2008

Advice for Orlando: Concentrate on content

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, June 2008

Orlando's redesign, Take 2

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, April 2007

Eyetrack is offtrack, again

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, March 2007

Warren Buffett knocks out newspapers

From BEST FRONT DESIGN, February 2007

The Orange County Register announces "the end" of print on its front page

From THE POYNTER INSTITUTE, February 2007

Bringing big changes to a little place called Pocatello

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, February 2007

Never say never about newspapers

From DESIGN, December 2006

A newspaper war in New Zealand

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, December 2006

Do big pictures miss the big picture by producing posters instead of useful newspaper pages?

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, November 2006

How TV books hurt newspapers by reinforcing the fear of change

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, November 2006

Design rides to the rescue of The Washington Post

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, November 2006

Critics of API's Newspaper Next don't get it

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, November 2006

Lies, damn lies and statistics: See the charts that show why now is time to redesign for revenue.

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, October 2006

New rules for newspapers

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, August 2006

How to sell more newspapers

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, April 2006

KR's experience in Phila. and San Jose suggests two new strategies for boosting readership and revenue

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, April 2006

Will the new NYTimes.com attract more visitors and advertisers?

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, March 2006

It's time to redesign
the Society for News Design


From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, March 2006

If newspaper markets are so different, why do most papers look so much alike?

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, February 2006

Why tabs won't play in the U.S.A.

From DESIGN, Spring 2006

Prescription for boosting readership & revenue

From DESIGN, Winter 2006

Does design matter to readers?

From DESIGN, Summer 2005

What designers should be doing instead of chasing SND awards

From SND’s’s Design Workshop , Fall 2004

A redesign is a waste of time and money if it doesn't deliver a return on investment

From DESIGN, SPRING 2004

Poynter's Eye-Track research derailed

From INSIDE CLASSIFIED, July 2003

Brass Tacks leads API’s first hands-on, classified design workshop

From API, June 2003

Online profits would disappear without print classifieds

From BORRELL ASSOCIATES, April 2003

Big changes ahead for real estate classifieds

From BRASS TACKS DESIGN, April 2002

A 3-step plan to save the classified franchise

From MACDONALD CLASSIFIED SERVICES, April 2002

Newspapers are losing their classified franchise to competing websites

From MACDONALD CLASSIFIED SERVICES, November 2001

Designer debunks myths

From DESIGN, Spring 2000

Why America was shut out of the SND judging

From DESIGN, Spring 1999

So you want to redesign your paper?

From DESIGN, Fall 1998

Redesign of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

From DESIGN, Summer 1998

Online classified advertising

From DESIGN, Fall 1996

Online newspapers: Where's the revenue?

From DESIGN magazine, Fall 1994

Maintaining the design at The Virginian-Pilot

From DESIGN, Winter 1995

The publisher's perspective on the redesign of the Herald & News

From DESIGN, Winter 1995

The designer's perspective on the redesign of the Herald & News

From COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW,March/April 1996

New Jersey daily really downsized

From BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA, October 1993

News & Record's new design tries to grab the young and restless

From DESIGN magazine, December 1990

Portland Press Herald draws on unusual inspiration for redesign



 
 

newspaper next
Read our abbreviated version of API's report. It'll only take a minute and it's worth it.>>

lies, damn lies and statistics
See the charts that show why now is the time to redesign for revenue.>>

new rules for newspapers
What newspapers need to do to win in the age of the Internet.>>

how to sell more newspapers
A practical, step-by-step approach with examples from newspapers large and small.>>

Knight Ridder sale
Learn from KnightRidder's mistakes at the Inky and the Merc.>>

nytimes.com redesign
This online redesign is not enough to please users and advertisers.>>

does design matter to readers

Design does matter to readers, but only if it's reader driven.>>

newspaper innovation
If newspaper markets are so different, why do most papers look so much alike?>>

newspaper redesign
I wish you luck and offer some advice.>>

newspaper tab conversion
This overhyped trend is a non-starter for America.>>

newspaper design contest
We can make a difference, but not by chasing awards.>>

newspaper classified advertising
At stake is nothing less than newspapers as we know them.>>

newspaper design contest
A thousand awards a year? Gimme a break.>>

readership institute
They never said higher RBS scores would sell more newspapers.>>