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 joshljones.com.
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.
Josh Jones retweeted
In Saturday's @StarTribune, the federal indictment of Donald Trump, with document work by @JonesJoshL.
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: tinyurl.com/4ruwx6m8
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.
newspaperdesign.in/this-feel…
Taking over the Sunday Business section: The annual @StarTribune 50, a ranking of Minnesota's public companies by revenue.
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
"Precise and clean." That's right folks, we leave the crazy mess over on the pasteboards.
🥈#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."
ALT There is a dark blue background with the SND logo in the upper left corner in white on a teal box. Text reads: Silver Medal: Josh Jones Portfolio There is an image of the award-winning design
Some of the biggest headlines on the @startribune 's A1 in 2022. The three largest headlines this year were:
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
Josh Jones retweeted
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: snd.org/best-of-design-compe… (1/7)
Come design with us! Are you wicked smart? Fast on your feet (mouse)? Good at problem solving for high impact storytelling on tight deadlines and months-long projects? Apply below. DM with questions.
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The @StarTribune is searching for a designer to join our all-star visuals team.
"Minneapolis," you say? "Why Minneapolis?"
Oh, let me tell you ... 🧵⬇️
The biennial Election Guide hits the stands in tomorrow's @StarTribune, covering the candidates, the issues and what to watch come Election Day.
Extra thanks to Rose Wong for the excellent cover illustration.
Each day, Minnesota judges and prosecutors make life-altering decisions about kids who break the law. Most end up in the court system, but some youth are offered an alternative. A child's future can hinge on the path that is chosen.
Second in an series in the Sunday @StarTribune
Worth picking up a Sunday Star Tribune for a 12-page project on the State of Wolves.
Beautifully designed for print by Michiela Thuman.
"We're so close to knowing them, but we can't quite get there. The mystery around them — it's like if I can just know this or know this, I'll have it. We're just chasing that allure of wanting to figure it out."
State of Wolves: A 12-page special report in Sunday's @StarTribune
Josh Jones retweeted
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a more devastating front page of @dallasnews. “Texas was supposed to be ready.”
