Final Rocky Mountain News front page
Kathy Bogan, presentation director of the late, great Rocky Mountain News, was kind enough to send us a copy of the final cover.
They went with a retro look. As usual, click for a larger view:
Kathy writes:
Here you go – our final edition cover for you to post as you like.
It’s a Charles Chamberlin creation (with our crack team on what-kind-of-page-do-you-do-when-you’re-shutting-down-an-almost-150-year-old-newspaper).
It wraps – the right hand side is the front page, which uses the front page of the first Rocky from 1859 and a letter from us to the world; the back page (on the left) is a list of the staff on this our last day.
Here’s the back:
Kathy continues:
Thanks for the kind thoughts. A phoenix will rise from the ashes, I truly believe.
We hope so, Kathy. We sure hope so.
Download a PDF of the wraparound cover here.
Find our coverage of Thursday’s announcement here.
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UPDATE
If you’ve not yet seen this RMN video, please set aside 20 minutes or so and watch it now.
Final Edition from Matthew Roberts on Vimeo.
February 27th, 2009 at 8:50 am
What a classy and appropriate way to say good bye. I hope and pray I never have to design a page like that.
February 27th, 2009 at 9:59 am
A great job right down to the final edition. Class act. Just stunning that there will no longer be a Rocky Mountain News and that so many talented journalists are suddenly without a home.
February 27th, 2009 at 10:21 am
The last edition was definitely done right … Kathy, let us know if there’s anything we can do to help and you got it.
February 27th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Having put together a last issue in my day, it’s never fun. Ever. :(
February 27th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
An excellent page. An extreme heartache.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
That’s just fricking sad. Damn.