The paper has settled into a different pace, after a hectic fall and
crazed
pre-SXSW season. We’re back in the rhythm of week-by-week, focusing on
a
scattering of special issues over the next few months including:
Summer Fun Issue May 19
Summer Reading Issue June 2
Annual Chronicle Beer Tasting June 30
Short Story Contest Winners July 14
The deadline for the short story contest has passed, we received over
400
short stories; everywhere, judges are busy reading. The issue, as noted
above,
will be published in July. There will be an awards presentation on July
16,
with the winning stories being read. Next issue, we will begin
running the
Best of Austin ballot. The Best of Austin issue, offering our favorites
and
yours, will be published August 4. There is also all the usual stuff
with more
planned and being planned, but these are some of the bigger issue.
The Chronicle is undergoing a redesign process that may well
last
forever. We’ve redesigned the staff box and the table of contents to
make them
more accessible. Expect this change to continue. We mentioned it then,
but a
couple of months back longtime art director Ben Davis moved on. New art
director Diana DeFrancesco, aided by assistant art director Ben
Plimpton, has
not only filled Davis’ impressive shoes but showed us all a few new
steps.
This article appears in May 5 • 1995 and May 5 • 1995 (Cover).