Virginian-Pilot to lose Ryan Healy, Brandon Stuck
The Virginian-Pilot’s renowned design team will shrink by two next month.
Presentation team leader Paul Nelson announced last week that Ryan Healy will leave the paper on Aug. 28:
Paul writes:
Ryan will be embarking on a new career – watch making. He’ll be attending the Lititz Watch Technicum in Pennsylvania – a two-year school started by Rolex to address the shortage of skilled watchmakers in the U.S. Ryan came to The Pilot in 2005 from the Hartford Courant and before that was a designer at the San Luis Obispo Tribune.
We’re not finding many samples of Ryan’s work online. Here are some pages from a big photo essay on water issues that won all sorts of photo editing and design awards. Ryan was the designer:
See the entire set of pages here.
In addition, Brandon Stuck will depart on Aug. 1.
Paul writes:
Brandon has received a scholarship and fellowship from the Herron School of Art and Design, an Indiana University school and will be getting his masters of fine art in visual communication. Brandon was part of the start-up crew with Link in 2006, and then did a brief six-month stint at Red Eye in Chicago before retuning as a part-time designer at the Pilot in Oct. 2007. He joined the Pilot full-time at the end of March 2008.
A few examples of Brandon’s work:
In addition, we understand Brandon had his appendix removed this week. No word yet on his index or table of contents. Brandon’s wife, Miranda Mulligan, reports he’s recovering nicely and should be home soon.