The Virginian-Pilot's annual Fantasy Football page got a little shallower this year as we were able to sell an ad for the bottom. Just wish we went with my headline suggestion of "BETTER 2 RECEIVE" ... Oh well. Sports copy editor and our fantasy…
Considered a modern day marvel - the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel turns 50 years old. Here's the graphic I created for The Virginian-Pilot. Dave Forster was the reporter, Carl Fincke was the editor and Paul Nelson led the presentation team on the…
Reporter Stacy Parker provided the text, the image I got from splicing together some satellite aerial views from Bing. It ran in B&W in the paper but we made the color version available as a PDF online.
A lot of credit for this needs to go to Joe Kacik, the Pilot's fantasy sports blogger and copy editor. Joe provided a lot of the copy and rankings this year. Thanks, Joe! If you're into fantasy sports, you should check out his blog -…
There have been 4 dozen fires set in a 4 month period on the Eastern Shore of Virginia recently, here's where they are. Reporter Margaret Matray provided the words and info. Unfortunately, it's running in B&W inside the Pilot tomorrow. So pick up…
The Pilot's annual Super Bowl preview page. I've kept the design the same the past few years since it works. Thanks to Sports writer Tom Robinson and his editor Tom White for the text.
I've been adapting and using variations of our college basketball March Madness brackets for other sports for the last few years. Here's it for the 2012 Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) playoffs. Our local college - ODU - is seeded 4th.
Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. would like to expand but it's surrounded be three dense neighborhoods and a river. Text was provided by Tom White and Harry Minium, photo by Ross Taylor. The map was spliced together from Bing satellite images.
National electoral college map and Virginia cities and counties map for the 2012 presidential election. I did the maps - prepping them for election night took a lot longer than filling them in - the page was designed by Lisa Merklin.
The light-rail commuter train in downtown Norfolk turns 1 year old this weekend. Here's a look at it's first anniversary. Virginian-Pilot reporter Dave Forster provided all the text. I just had to make it all look good.
A brief look at the six actresses who have donned the catsuit in Batman movies and TV. An idea I pitched a few months ago for The Dark Knight Rises release.
How Hurricane Irene in 2011 caused sea levels in the Outer Banks region of North Carolina to rise. Virginian-Pilot photographer Steve Earley did a lot of the research and he shepherded this through in print and online.