Edmund C Arnold was a newspaper designer, considered by many to be the father of modern newspaper design.
10 Facts About Edmund Arnold
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Edmund Arnold worked as the editor of The Linotype News, and as a columnist for Publisher's Auxiliary.
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When World War II broke out, Edmund Arnold became an editor for the 70th Infantry Division's newspaper.
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Later on, Edmund Arnold became a picture editor of The Saginaw News.
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Edmund Arnold redid The Boston Globe' to make a number one newspaper again.
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In 1960, Arnold became a professor at the S I Newhouse School of Public Communications of the Syracuse University and in 1975 was named the head of the graphic arts department at Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Edmund Arnold was a charter member of the Society for News Design and an author of 27 books, including the Ink on Paper, Ink on Paper 2, and Modern Newspaper Design.
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In 1957 Edmund Arnold, for his contribution to American journalism through typographical design was a recipient of the George Polk Memorial Award.
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Edmund Arnold was honored with SND's lifetime achievement award in 2000 from the American Press Institute.
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The seminal work on the Gutenberg diagram is attributed to the typographer Edmund Arnold, who is said to have developed the concept in the 1950s.