Comments on: AJC Redesign Revealed

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:41:22 +0000

As much as I enjoy, and even instigate, a good dog-pile on the AJC, I got a chance to read the new Sunday edition yesterday and have to offer some props.

I’m not saying it will or won’t save the business or the industry. But they’ve suggested their intent was to provide a Sunday paper conducive to a longer, more leisurely read, with greater depth and strong investigative reporting. If that’s the stick against which it should be measured then I gotta say, it was pretty well done. I haven’t devoted that much time to the Sunday AJC in ages.

By: JEM

JEM — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:20:46 +0000

I, too, like to curl up with a newspaper and a cup of coffee on a Sunday. I take the AJC seven days a week. What I like about the new newspaper is that it is so much narrower than the old AJC, that I can easily read it without having to fold the paper. I have fairly short arms. But, it seems to lacking in depth. I am very happy, though, that we still have the AJC! I love reading newspapers.

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:40:55 +0000

OK, I thought I kinda liked the new design.

Now that I’m looking at it in hard copy, it kinda looks like a neighborhood newsletter now. But that could just be my well-known hatred of bold, rounded fonts.

By: oldschool

oldschool — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:09:05 +0000

Yeah! I’m more than happy to be proven wrong about those assumptions! I wish that it happened more often.

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:35:35 +0000

oldschool, I think you raise valid “chicken or egg” points, but its also kinda amusing since you’re posting these comments on a local news blog written by a 29 year-old who gets both a 7 day AJC and a “weekender” NY Times…and does indeed “curl up with it in the weekend!