List in progress. Hey, why not submit your own favorite links to help flesh out the list? What are some of your favorite sites and blogs? Shoot the links to me in an e-mail. TIA.

PAGE DISPLAYS

• Newseum front pages from around the world.
• NewsDesigner.com blog.
• NewsPageDesigner. Now at SND.
• SportsDesigner.

HELPFUL SITES FOR YOUR WORK

• ColorBlender.com. Helps you select a palette of harmonious colors.
• Visibone Color Lab. Pick web safe colors.
• CoolText. Build customized buttons for free. Free fonts.

TYPOGRAPHY

• What the Font? Upload an image of a font you don’t recognize. Let the program try.
• Identifont. Another handy type identification site.
• Typophile. Seriously good site with blog and excellent learning resources.

STOCK PHOTO AND CLIP ART SITES

• StockXchng: Great for free stock photos. (Licensing varies!)
• Graphics Factory. Art, animated gifs, some photos. Quality varies, but worth the money. $39 yearly.
• 50 stock photo sites
• 50 free icon sets

WEB SITE CONSTRUCTION

• Joomla! A CMS suited for newspapers.
• Drupal is good, too.
• Free Joomla! templates and more.
• Siteground. This site will host your Joomla! site, install it for you, and provide you with free templates. Pretty good deal.
• Some CSS and javascript tips

GENERAL SITES

• Society for News Design. Top org for news designers. Annual contest.
• Poynter.org. Good info on design and type.
• Visual Editors. Organization and blog.

BLOGS

• Robb Montgomery, an active blogger and head of Visual Editors.
• Vandelay Web Design. Good discussion, good links to tips sites.
• Mario Garcia’s blog. What else is there to say?
• I love typography blog. Some free fonts. Great examples.

E-mail me with your questions or comments.