may-august - Portfolio images - NewsPageDesigner2024-03-29T06:46:45Zhttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/feed/tag/may-augustDONATING TO THE GOVERNORhttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180827-regentsdonatetoabbott2018-08-27T18:51:29.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:29.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821551896?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Emily Foxhall wrote about how every member of the Texas Tech board of regents — except for one, the student rep — had donated to Gov. Greg Abbott’s campaigns.</p><p>Aug. 27, 2018</p></div>HARVEY: RE-EVALUATING HOUSTON’S FLOOD DEFENSEShttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180827-harveyflooddefense2018-08-27T18:51:28.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:28.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821549701?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Emily Foxhall wrote about Houston’s line of defenses against flooding and how Harvey defeated them. Aimed at our one-year-later special section but ran in the mainsheet instead.</p><p>Aug. 27, 2018</p></div>ISRAELI NATURAL GAS OPERATIONShttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180826-israeloilfield2018-08-27T18:51:27.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:27.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821529670?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Locates natural gas operations off the coast of Israel.</p><p>Aug. 26, 2018</p></div>HARVEY CHARITIEShttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180826-harveycharities2018-08-27T18:51:26.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:26.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821526477?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>How much money did local agencies collect for helping folks after Harvey? And How much has been distributed? Reporting by Todd Ackerman. For our one-year-after special section.</p><p>Aug. 26, 2018</p></div>WHERE FEDERAL HARVEY MONEY IS GOINGhttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180826-federalharveymoney2018-08-27T18:51:25.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:25.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821527487?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>This one shows the federal money that rolled into Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, where it’s being spent and when Texans might expect to start seeing some of it. It’s been a year, now, y’know. Reporting by city hall reporter Mike Morris. For our one-year-after special section.</p><p>Aug. 26, 2018</p></div>HERE’S WHAT WE BOUGHThttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180826-harveybond2018-08-27T18:51:24.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:24.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821525875?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>We put this together to show where the $2.5 billion in bond money approved by Harris County voters would be spent. Reporting by Zach Despart.</p><p>Aug. 26, 2018</p></div>HARVEY: INCREMENTAL RECOVERYhttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180825-harveycoastalrecovery2018-08-27T18:51:23.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:23.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821524495?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Emily Foxhall wrote about how the communities near where Harvey made landfall a year ago — Rockport, Texas — has or has not recovered. Aimed at our Harvey one-year-later special section but ran in the mainsheet.</p><p>Aug. 25, 2018</p></div>THE LIFE OF HURRICANE HARVEYhttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180825-harveytrack2018-08-27T18:51:23.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:23.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821523083?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>I built this last year and used it on page A2. Then we used it again in the Chronicle’s Harvey book. With all our one-year-later anniversary stories, I thought it’d be a good idea to recap what happened, when and where.</p><p>Aug. 25, 2018</p></div>HOMICIDE CONVICTION RATEShttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180825-immigranthomiciderates2018-08-27T18:51:21.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:21.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821548288?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>In the wake of the killing in Iowa by an alleged undocumented alien, our Austin bureau did a story on what numbers for similar crimes look like here in Texas.</p><p>Aug. 25, 2018</p></div>EXTRA COVERhttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180823-extracover2018-08-27T18:51:20.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:20.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821546863?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Nice NYT wire story and photo resulted in a great Extra cover. As usual, the plan was to run it big and get the hell out of the way.</p><p>Aug. 23, 2018</p></div>FRONT PAGEShttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180822-fourfrontpages2018-08-27T18:51:19.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:19.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821521475?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>I designed the front page several times in August, including this stretch where I did it four times in eight days. Particularly notable is the 8/22 front with the Manafort verdict and the Cohen plea.</p><p>Aug. 15-22, 2018</p></div>DRUG OVERDOSES KILLING TEXANShttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180820-drugoverdoses2018-08-27T18:51:15.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:15.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821528467?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Drug overdoes are up here in Texas — way up. And it’s not just opioids. Reporting by Todd Ackerman.</p><p>Aug. 20, 2018</p></div>THEATER DISTRICThttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180819-theaterdistrict2018-08-27T18:51:14.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:14.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821527060?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Our features folks wrote a story on how Houston’s Theater District — which was hit hard during Harvey last year — has recovered. In case you’re curious, the old Chronicle building filled the block where the word “Texas” is in “Texas St.”</p><p>Aug. 19, 2018</p></div>LOVE LOCKShttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180818-lovelocks2018-08-27T18:51:14.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:14.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821518874?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Map locates where couples place locks on the chain-link fence of a pedestrian walkway to commemorate their love.</p><p>Aug. 18, 2018</p></div>LOCKHARThttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180818-lockharttexas2018-08-27T18:51:13.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:13.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821517259?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Simple locator for our weekly column by Joe Holley.</p><p>Aug. 18, 2018</p></div>INTERCHANGE INTERRUPTIONhttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180817-interchangeinterruption2018-08-27T18:51:12.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:12.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821524670?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Transportation writer Dug Begley wrote about the disruption that will be caused by demolition work at a key intersection on the south side of downtown Houston. When I saw the scenarios for all the detours, I knew we had a talker on our hands. We invested the space to show every one of them — the unsaid message being: Oh, to hell with it. Just stay away.</p><p>Aug. 17, 2018</p></div>HOUSTON’S IR SCHOOLShttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180816-imrovementrequiredschools2018-08-27T18:51:09.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:09.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821525256?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Houston had a smaller number of schools cited for “improvement required this year” — even taking into account the exemptions made for Hurricane Harvey. Reporting by Jacob Carpenter.</p><p>Aug. 16, 2018</p></div>SCORES AT STRUGGLING SCHOOLShttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180816-strugglingschoolsscores2018-08-27T18:51:08.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:08.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821523671?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>After the state released standardized test scores, we took at look at results from the 10 Houston schools that had been placed on double-secret probation. Six passed and four were given exemptions for hardships after Hurricane Harvey. Reporting by Jacob Carpenter.</p><p>Aug. 16, 2018</p></div>EXTRA SPREADhttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180814-extraspread2018-08-27T18:51:07.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:07.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821523266?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Nice, nice photo from the Washington Post. I hope this evens out the karma, somewhat, for how small we often run our photos.</p><p>Aug. 14, 2018</p></div>PRISON GUARD BONUSEShttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180813-prisonguardbonuses2018-08-27T18:51:04.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:04.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821545456?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>The state is growing desperate in turing to attack guards for its prisons. Reporting by Keri Blakinger.</p><p>Aug. 13, 2018</p></div>FIREFIGHTERS WITH CANCER DENIED WORKER’S COMPhttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180812-firefighterworkmanscomp2018-08-27T18:51:03.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:03.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821521298?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Firefighters are compelled under Texas law to file for workers’ comp when they are found to have cancer. Yet administrators are denying those claims. Explosive stuff from our Zach Despart.</p><p>Aug. 12, 2018</p></div>A DISPROPORTIONATE SHAREhttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180812-disproportionatediscipline2018-08-27T18:51:02.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:02.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821543281?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Black students are disciplined disproportionally in the Fort Bend school district, writes Shelby Webb. This was the second of two graphics I contributed to her story.</p><p>Aug. 12, 2018</p></div>UNEVEN DISCIPLINEhttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180812-unevendiscipline2018-08-27T18:51:01.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:01.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821521877?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Black students are disciplined disproportionally in the Fort Bend school district, writes Shelby Webb. This was one of two graphics I contributed to her story.</p><p>Aug. 12, 2018</p></div>CANCER BY THE NUMBERShttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180812-cancerbythenumbers2018-08-27T18:51:00.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:00.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821518278?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>A quick by-the-numbers bar chart for our Sunday health page.</p><p>Aug. 12, 2018</p></div>CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTHhttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180812-charterschoolgrowth2018-08-27T18:51:00.000Z2018-08-27T18:51:00.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821520085?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Charter schools are getting bigger and bigger here in Texas. The growth of this one particular school has been huge. Reporting by Jacob Carpenter.</p><p>Aug. 12, 2018</p></div>ABBOTT’S AIDES IN THE MONEYhttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180812-abbotsaides2018-08-27T18:50:58.000Z2018-08-27T18:50:58.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821541485?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is spending a LOT of money on his staff. More than California. More than New York. More than Illinois or Florida. And more than the previous governor, Rick Perry. Reporting by Allison Morris of our Austin bureau.</p><p>Aug. 12, 2018</p></div>BISSONNET ANTI-PROSTITUTION ZONEhttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180809-bissonnetprostitutionzone2018-08-27T18:50:57.000Z2018-08-27T18:50:57.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821547898?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>There have been so many prostitution busts in this one area southwest of Houston that the police have told hookers and johns that they’ll be arrested on sight. Note the police department satellite office, in a zombie mall next door.</p><p>Aug. 9, 2018</p></div>FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERShttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180808-firsttimehomebuyers2018-08-27T18:50:56.000Z2018-08-27T18:50:56.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821545701?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Maggie Gordon wrote a story about how folks here have to get roommates in order to afford rental properties in the Houston metro region. Part of that story: The number of unmarried couples who buy homes is on the rise.</p><p>Aug. 8, 2018</p></div>SPORTS FRONT AND JUMP PAGEhttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180807-sportsfrontandjump2018-08-27T18:50:55.000Z2018-08-27T18:50:55.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821518094?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>For only the third time in three years, I was asked to design the sports front. Lucky me: Our centerpiece was to be a Jenny Dial Creech column and terrific Michael Ciaglo photos showing Santa Fe High School’s emotional return to football practice. Our photo editors decided what to use on the front — it’s a nice picture but it left out the best image of the entire shoot, in my opinion. So I was delighted when I was asked to design the jump page as well. I used my favorite photo as large as I could get it.</p><p>Aug. 7, 2018</p></div>BORNEOhttps://newspagedesigner.org/pages/180806-borneo2018-08-27T18:50:52.000Z2018-08-27T18:50:52.000ZCharles Applehttps://newspagedesigner.org/members/CharlesApple<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5821516476?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>For a story by Alex Stuckey about endangered elephants.</p><p>Aug. 6, 2018</p></div>