Patrick Henry

I'm a writer, an editor, and an educator who specializes in graphic communications.

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

GCSF Spotlights Its Best and Brightest in New Online Showcase

Meet some of our outstanding young scholarship recipients here:

https://t.co/HmDoR9AvYC

#scholarships #graphiccommunications #StudentSuccess

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

Five years ago, on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, New York City printers then doing business in the vicinity of the Twin Towers shared their memories of what they saw on that grim day:

https://t.co/M5NUQzqWPS

#NeverForget911 #TwinTowers #WorldTradeCenter #NewYorkCity #printers

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

Hats off to Sharp and the Mariano Rivera Foundation for opening a career path that takes high school graduates from the classroom to real jobs as MFP field service technicians:

https://t.co/TAXN13HnYi

#Sharp #MFP #MarianoRiveraFoundation

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

You're going to love what a team of talented design students did to give the Pocket Pal an entirely new look and feel for its Twenty-Second Edition. Read the story here:

https://t.co/yDhMQvH8mv

#PocketPal, #Sylvamo, #graphicdesign, #InternationalPaper, #bookdesign

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

Anyone looking for an inflection point in the progress of offset lithography probably didn’t find one in 2024. But that point—a moment of accelerating and transformative change that breaks the thing undergoing it decisively from the past—can’t be far off: https://t.co/XzdoLJHPlv

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

Like their forebears at the time of the nation’s founding, printers are doing what they do best to popularize the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. Read about it here:

https://t.co/YnNjDQiuBO

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

The time has come to revise official but obsolete definitions that make graphic communications appear to be a dead end for students, career counselors, and employment seekers. Read about it here:

https://t.co/Bu2L9VMdmX

#education #graphiccommunications #careers #academics

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

Get thee to a magnifier. Everything that William Shakespeare wrote for the stage can be seen and read in this meticulous but straightforward piece of offset lithographic presswork. https://t.co/KwXbR7sidc

#Shakespeare #printing #lithography #FirstFolio

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

@ecomchasedimond I need to work harder on 4 and 6, and now I understand what "friction words" are. Thank you!

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

Women's Press Collective teaches everyday people how to print. Dedicated to inclusiveness in media, WPC provides the only such learning opportunity in the New York City metropolitan area. WPC has just launched a web site at https://t.co/EUBn0r1bCX. it's well worth a visit.

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

Offset lithography is well prepared to attract its share of attention at drupa:
https://t.co/JbqdQ7xcRA

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

WhatTheyThink has launched a new editorial section dedicated to my favorite printing process, offset lithography: https://t.co/rMRjbV39Id. Feedback and story ideas are welcome.

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

Some members of the New York State Legislature want to ban the pigment carbon black from packaging and label production. Some printers are saying it could put them out of business. Read about it here:

https://t.co/o6FQV7WXV5

...and take action!

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

The Graphic Communications Scholarship Foundation (GCSF) is pleased to announce that the recipient of its 2024 Champion of Education Award is Francis McMahon, Executive Vice President, Canon Solutions America. https://t.co/9AszcU8pr2

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

@ecomchasedimond Another great rundown of the fundamentals from Mr. Dimond. It can be easy to make fun of marketing phrases like "New probiotic elixir is a breakthrough in bloating relief." But, once you understand the strategies behind them, you want to start using them in your own copy.

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

Taken together, trade media announcements about the sale and installation of offset lithographic presses have a lot to say about trends and preferences in the market for this equipment. Here's a roundup and an analysis of offset placement news this year: https://t.co/TddVfFn33v

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

I recently chatted with Mark Michelson, editor-in-chief of Printing Impressions, about the many changes that he and I have seen in the graphic communications industry since we began covering it as journalists in the 1980s. Here's the podcast:
https://t.co/JuMLN7aFJ5

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

What a splendid evening, and what a fitting celebration of the graphic communications industry at its best: the 69th Annual Franklin Event, presented by the Print & Graphic Communications Association (PGCA). Read all about it here:
https://t.co/JuVWpU3PsZ

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

Do you know someone in graphic communications who exemplifies charitable service, courage, or activism? Nominate your hero to receive the 2023 Zenger Community Service Medal at the Franklin Event in New York City on March 30:
https://t.co/JQ7GwMPoZs

[Patrick Henry @originalph]

The industry's most thoroughly conceived workforce development is under way at multiple sites thanks to a partnership among printers, industry suppliers, and the #MarianoRiveraFoundation. Here's the latest:

https://t.co/tzTYwCW1n0