Charles Apple

Yuri Victor — late of Purdue University and The Times of Northwest Indiana in Munster, Ind. — writes:

I got a call out of the blue from Gannett corporate. They offered me Product Design and Development Manager. I accepted and started a week and a half ago.

It feels [odd] to make a move in this climate, but I’m already working on projects to increase profit, create jobs and reduce costs through smarter, more efficient process systems. Not cuts.

Wow, does that sound promising. Yuri is one of the brightest, most impressive young people I’ve ever met. If he’s working on it, then perhaps there’s hope.

Gannett’s Yuri Victor. Photo from Yuri’s Facebook gallery.
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Back in January, in fact, I wrote:

Yuri became active on the discussion boards at VizEds while he was at Purdue and attracted attention for his insight and his keen sense of design. Clearly, this guy wasn’t just a design geek. This guy is also a leader.

While the rest of can hope to be managers or AMEs one day, Yuri will be a publisher one day. You heard it here first.

A few examples of the print design work Yuri did, back when he played in the world of dead trees:

See more in his NewsPageDesigner portfolio.

Congratulations, Yuri! Sounds like a really interesting gig!

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