On Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, we published our first edition of the Long Beach Register. It was a two-section, 32-page paper – the main news section was 22 pages, and the sports section was 10 pages. And it was loaded with ads.
Here are the editorial pages, but not all 32 pages. I haven’t posted any of the pages that were full-page ads.
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Our very first centerpiece story was written by the uber talented Greg Mellen, with an amazing illustration from the Register’s Fred Matamoros. The page was designed by our team’s senior designer, Helayne Perry.
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One of my favorite details on our Page Two package is the custom weather graphics from Chris Morris. And having a standing place to put a cool photo from Jeff Gritchen and our other talented photographers is wonderful.
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Here’s a close-up of that Long Beach Register family photo taken by Ed Cristostomo:
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Here’s the beginning of the centerpiece jump from the cover. Greg Mellen wrote the heck out of this great story, and the page was designed by Anthony Mendoza:
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To go with the centerpiece, we also developed a double-truck historical timeline that was written by Josh Stewart and designed by Jorge Medina:
The centerpiece story then jumped to Page 14, also designed by Anthony:
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Here is our first opinion/voices page:
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Here is the final jump page for the front-page centerpiece by Greg:
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Then the sports section began. For the first few weeks, we’re doing previews of the local high school football teams.
I am blown away by how many stories Bob Keisser and the rest of our sports staff wrote. And Jeff Gritchen’s photos were kick-ass fantastic.
The sports pages were designed by Andres Cardenas and Matt Murray.
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Well, that was the first edition of the Long Beach Register. It was fantastic and I was so proud of our team. But Tuesday’s paper was even more impressive. I’ll try to post a few pages from that paper later in the week to show where we’re heading with the design and content.
Rob Curley 