Beth Heaney
401.935.8326 • bethea22@cox.net
Online Multimedia
At The Providence Journal, a team made up of four creative professionals was responsible for changing the way journalists and photographers gathered and delivered information for the newspaper's readership.
As one of four members of a dynamic creative team, I worked one-on-one with reporters, editors, and photographers to produce a wide variety of projects on short deadlines, before the team's work was evenually absorbed into the news division. Chronicling events from 9/11 in 2001 to The Station Fire in 2003 and on to The Price of Miracles in 2010 and more, the team earned a number of prestigious awards from Editor & Publisher, NEAPNEA, and others. One even earned the honor of 'Pulitzer finalist'.
I wish I had links to all of the work produced. And I regret to say that, due to a recent archiving of online project directories by the newspaper, urls for the online packages may no longer be functioning.
THE PRICE OF MIRACLES
For this project, I designed the interface and assisted in setting up the site structure, designed and produced the slide shows, and designed and flash animated all components of the 'Are you at risk?' and 'Every day matters' elements, among others, shown below. The Providence Journal won a 2010 Association of Health Care Journalists Casey Award as Runner-up in the Multimedia Category for this project. |
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2. Every day matters This was the most work-intensive of the multimedia pieces in this series. Working closely with both the illustrator and reporter to ensure the visual development and statistical data were accurately meshed was a challenge, but the outcome was far better than we had anticipated. It grabs the reader's attention. |
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3. Teagan, Inc. This is a Flash multimedia piece, one of many within the series 'The Price of Miracles'. A large assortment of photos and text documents were delivered to the design team, in hopes that somehow they might be presented in an interactive format. I executed the file cabinet theme (a fellow designer's brain child), allowing the tabs on the files to serve as the piece's primary navigation. |
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4. Are you at risk? An interactive quiz, this interactive multimedia piece holds the reader's attention as only a quiz can, but provides some important and surprising information few know about premature delivery. |
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5. By the numbers This is a static HTML page that displays multiple statistics in a variety of ways. While I did not create the graphs, the web page design and layout are mine. |
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SAVING BLOCK ISLAND: Working with two other designers, I set up the site structure, designed multimedia slide shows, gathered the author's audio narration and the photographer's photos, then combined these elements into individual Flash movies that ultimately made up the final multimedia piece. This project won, for The Providence Journal, a 2006 Editor & Publisher 'Eppy' Award for Best Special Feature. |
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BENDING TRADITION
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SHE WALKS ALONE
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Graphics, Logos, Mockups, & PowerPoints
A graphic remake from Job Club RI.
A Balsamiq Mockup
for Job Club RI's site redesign.
My small business logo in three formats for different uses
(General, tighter spaces, Twitter & Facebook)
A PowerPoint sales presentation.
(Contact me to see this sample in full)
A PowerPoint sales presentation.
(Contact me to see this sample in full)
Promotional Materials
As managing partner of a small internet service startup, Easydoesitmedia.com™, founded in 2007, I designed and produced a number of promotional pieces for email, web, and print.
Our small company made it possible for small publications to allow readers and funeral directors to upload announcements, generating new revenue while reducing operating costs.
A multi-page Word doc presentation:
I wrote all copy and assigned the desired images to another partner/illustrator.
(Contact me to see this sample in full)
A multi-page Word doc presentation
I wrote all copy and chose, prepared, and positioned all imagery.
(Contact me to see this sample in full)
A promotional piece built in HTML for e-mailing to prospective clients.
I located the graphic, wrote all copy, and produced the finished piece.
A promotional piece built in HTML for e-mailing to prospective clients.
I wrote all text and produced the finished piece.
Print
As Visuals Editor, I edited and occasionally assisted with on- and off-site photo shoots, then completed the design and layout for section covers and inside color jump pages for the Features (Food), Sports, and Main News departments at The Providence Journal.
As Creative Services Specialist, I came up with ideas for individual ads and ad campaigns, produced the specs for presentation to advertisers, and delivered detailed layouts to pre-press.
A poster for a cell-phone drive.
A poster for an ACS fundraiser.
A poster for tutoring:
This poster was on a library wall of other public posters, so it really had to stand out.
The 2012 Dining Guide cover for
The Providence Journal.
A Sports section cover for
The Providence Journal.
A Food section cover for
The Providence Journal.
A Food section cover for
The Providence Journal.
A Food section cover for
The Providence Journal.
A TV section wrapper for The Providence Journal.