Charles Apple

Here’s wishing the happiest of VizEds birthdays for Ashley Dinges of the San Jose Mercury News. Ashley turns 23 today Tuesday. Dammit!

Ashley with her Michigan classmate William Couch
at SND/Orlando in 2006. Photo by Mark Friesen.
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Even before she started school at the University of Michigan in 2003, Ashley was a high school apprentice for the Detroit Free Press. She worked her way up the ladder at Michigan, eventually becoming the managing editor of the daily student newspaper.

She worked internships at The Detroit News in 2005 and the San Jose Mercury News in 2006 and graduated last year. The Merc then brought her in as a full-time news and sports designer.

A few examples of Ashley’s work:

Find more in her NewsPageDesigner gallery.

For a while, Ashley also did some freelance photography on the side. She’s a wonderful photographer. Check out this one from her Flickr gallery:

That’s an ice cream stand in New Market, Va., on Memorial Day. Suitable for framing.

Ashley shares a birthday with writer Henry Ward Beecher, musician Mick Fleetwood and politician Robert Reich.

Plus, today is Museum Comes to Life Day. Whatever that means.

Best wishes, Ashley, for a very happy birthday!

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