Josh Jones

Lead News Designer @startribune. 43rd Competition Coordinator @snd. J school grad @UMNews. 🇵🇭

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It's ALIVE! ⚡ Debuting a personal website of my work from nearly a decade at the @startribune. Take a look at https://t.co/QH3Sd6xCzH.

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Sunday @StarTribune: Shooting deaths in Minnesota have tripled in a decade, often involving a handgun. This 9mm, made in Texas and legally purchased, later hit the black market — and started a bloodbath in St. Paul.

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Supreme Court overturns affirmative action leads Friday's @StarTribune

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In Saturday's @StarTribune, the federal indictment of Donald Trump, with document work by @JonesJoshL.

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SND print competition does not have a designer of the year like our digital comp, but when only one print designer receives a gold in individual portfolios, it's clear one of us had the most outstanding year in the biz.
Congrats @clmifsud !
Her portfolio: https://t.co/Ja2iLZHPNO

[Society for News Design @SND]

Check out this great interview with @clmifsud about her SND award-winning @nytimes cover that showed a representation of the 1 million deaths from COVID-19 in the United States.

https://t.co/D9EhIYkgz6

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And, behind the scenes look at junior designer Poppy's edit on the art.

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Taking over the Sunday Business section: The annual @StarTribune 50, a ranking of Minnesota's public companies by revenue.

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@cjsinner @annamarieboone 🥹 thank you @cjsinner

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Police called Heather Mayer's hanging death a suicide, but her mother believed there was more to it. As she set out to find the truth, more women came forward with allegations of assault in the Twin Cities bondage community. In the Sunday @StarTribune

By @AndrewMannix @reneejon

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@suelmorrow Thanks!

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"Precise and clean." That's right folks, we leave the crazy mess over on the pasteboards.

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🥈#SND44 Print judges have awarded a Silver medal in the category Individual News Portfolio to @JonesJoshL of @StarTribune.

Judges said: "This body of work demonstrates a real breadth of skill and execution, showcasing a precise and clean design aesthetic."

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@cjsinner Thanks!

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@LouisianaWally Thanks!

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@n_yang I believe this is how Minnesotans discovered the existence of the atom?

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To note:
- The war in Ukraine took the longest run of large, banner headlines.
- The Star Tribune published its first A1 wrap when the U.S. passed 1 million recorded COVID deaths.
- The largest obit was Queen Elizabeth's, but rivaled by the funeral coverage of Walter Mondale.

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Some of the biggest headlines on the @startribune 's A1 in 2022. The three largest headlines this year were:

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2-YEAR SENTENCE
on Feb. 19 following Kim Potter sentence in the death of Daunte Wright

ROE REVOKED
on June 25 following SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade
WALZ IN A WALK

on Nov. 9 following Walz reelection during midterms

[Society for News Design @SND]

The Best of News Design Creative Competitions’ Call for Entries is on our website! Here’s a thread of the biggest changes to the competition this year. Read it all here: https://t.co/qKScCAmQS4 (1/7)

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@cjsinner @StarTribune Meticulously planned and artfully executed, with room still to make smart pivots on tight deadlines. All for the reader's better understanding! Kudos to you and your team 🎉

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DFL wins full control leads Thursday @StarTribune.