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01.29.2020—1am    Post #16280
Death of an icon

The tragic and untimely death of Kobe Bryant shocked the world. We take a look at how the front pages reported the Lakers’ star’s death.

The death of Kobe Bryant is a global story because of his appeal to basketball fans everywhere, but for the Los Angeles Times, this was a very local story, as Bryant was the mega star player of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Here are some of the pages of the LA Times print edition honoring Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gigi, who died with him in that horrific helicopter crash Sunday, Jan. 26.


Other front pages

Teaching Master Class today

Will engage in some long distance teaching today conducting a Master Class for the Interamerican Press Association (SIP). 

This is a class conducted in Spanish for more than 170 journalists and designers from 17 countries. The organizers of the course use a program called Firestorm, and it is a virtual auditorium, complete with a giant screen and even a “library” section where the speaker can deposit additional documents that the participants can sample. For more information: http://www.institutosip.com

Start the year with The Story

A good read to start the year 2020: The full trilogy of The Story now available–3 books to guide you through a mobile first strategy. Whether you’re a reporter, editor, designer, publisher, corporate communicator, The Story is for you! https://amazon

Mario’s speaking engagements

March 13, 2020, National Media College Association, New York City, NY, USA

Keynote presentation at the National Media College Association Spring Convention.

http://www.collegemedia.org/

March 27, 2020, New York Press Association (NYPA), Sarasota Springs, NY, USA

https://nynewspapers.com

April 22, 2020, Newscamp 2020, Augsburg, Germany

https://medienkalender.bayern/event/newscamp-2020

April 26, 2020, INMA World Congress, Paris, France

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