Reply #4: This is why I don't design news sections anymore

[Newsjock]

My profession (and love) is news design -- and I've got a regional first-place award from one of the industry groups that says I must be reasonably good at it.

And examples like this are why I won't do news design anymore. Even if I could stand the heat of working a news desk now, the pressure to do exactly what happened in Atlanta today is far too great. Just four years ago, showing such a lack of balance would've had every senior editor in the room on my case. But, apparently, no more.

Now, if I *had* to run stories like those described, I'd make darn sure to make the subhead on the Rove story reflect a Democratic response. In that case, then, I might be able to justify this story play.

Anyone want to hire a principled news designer who's currently hiding out in a dark corner of the newsroom at a top-100 metro daily??