Mario R. García (born February 15, 1947, in
Placetas
Placetas () is a city in the Villa Clara Province in the center of Cuba; before the change in the country's government in 1959 the province was called Las Villas. The town is also known as ''La Villa de los Laureles'' because of its wild laurel ...
,
Las Villas,
Cuba
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) is a Cuban-American newspaper and magazine
designer
A designer is a person who plans the form or structure of something before it is made, by preparing drawings or plans.
In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, products, processes, laws, games, graphics, services, or exp ...
and
media consultant
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. He arrived from Cuba to the United States on Feb. 28, 1962, as one of the so-called Pedro Pans (14000 refugee children who arrived in the US soon after the Castro Revolution). He is senior adviser on news design/adjunct professor at
Columbia University, School of Journalism. He was named the Hearst Digital Media Professional-in-Residence for 2013–14 there.
Columbia Journalism School faculty bio for Dr. Mario Garcia
https://journalism.columbia.edu/faculty/mario-garcia
Career
Garcia collaborated with more than 700 publications. He redesigned large publications such as ''
The Wall Street Journal
''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...
'', ''
Miami Herald
The ''Miami Herald'' is an American daily newspaper owned by the McClatchy Company and headquartered in Doral, Florida, a city in western Miami-Dade County and the Miami metropolitan area, several miles west of Downtown Miami.[The Philadelphia Inquirer
''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The newspaper's circulation is the largest in both the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley metropolitan region of Southeastern Pen ...]
'', ''
Handelsblatt
The ''Handelsblatt'' (literally "commerce paper" in English) is a German-language business newspaper published in Düsseldorf by Handelsblatt Media Group, formerly known as Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt.
History and profile
''Handelsblatt'' was ...
'', ''
Die Zeit
''Die Zeit'' (, "The Time") is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles.
History
Th ...
'', ''
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the sec ...
'', ''
Malayala Manorama
''Malayala Manorama'' is a morning newspaper in Malayalam published from Kottayam, Kerala, India by the Malayala Manorama Company Limited. Currently headed by Mammen Mathew; it was first published as a weekly on 22 March 1888, and currently has ...
'', ''
Sakshi'', and ''
Paris Match
''Paris Match'' () is a French-language weekly news magazine. It covers major national and international news along with celebrity lifestyle features.
History and profile
A sports news magazine, ''Match l'intran'' (a play on '' L'Intransigeant ...
''; medium-size newspapers, such as ''
The Charlotte Observer
''The Charlotte Observer'' is an American English-language newspaper serving Charlotte, North Carolina, and its metro area. The Observer was founded in 1886. As of 2020, it has the second-largest circulation of any newspaper in the Carolinas. I ...
,'' ''
România Liberă
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History and profile
The name ''România liberă'' was first used by a dai ...
,'' and the 40 business weeklies of
American City Business Journals
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; and smaller newspapers, such as the ''
Lawrence Journal-World
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History
Though the ''Journal-World'' title came into existence in 1911, the paper dates itself to 1858, according to the v ...
.''
He was appointed the head of
Syracuse University
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's School of Graphic Arts in 1977. García was the first recipient of the
Society for News Design
The Society for News Design (SND), formerly known as the Society of Newspaper Design, is an international organization for professionals working in the news sector of the media industry, specifically those involved with graphic design, illustration ...
's Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2006 ''
People en Español
''People en Español'' is a Spanish-language American magazine published by Dotdash Meredith that debuted in 1996, originally as the Spanish-language edition of its publication ''People''. As of 2009, it is the Spanish-language magazine with the l ...
'' chose him as one of the 100 most influential
Hispanics
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties for ...
. In October 2011 he was awarded the
Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism by the
Missouri School of Journalism
The Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia is one of the oldest formal journalism schools in the world. The school provides academic education and practical training in all areas of journalism and strategic comm ...
.
In September 2012, García published his thirteenth book, and first
e-book
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, ''iPad Design Lab: Storytelling in the Age of the Tablet.''
His latest book, The Story, is a trilogy about mobile storytelling: Transformation, Storytelling, Design (available from amazon.com). There is a Spanish edition of The Story, also available from amazon.com.
His writings are frequently profiled by such magazines as ''Columbia Journalism Review'' as well as the executive summaries of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN-IFRA), the American Press Institute and The Poynter Institute for Media Studies.
Works
Columbia Journalism School faculty bio for Dr. Mario Garcia
Recent writings
Mario Garcia's latest book, a trilogy, is The Story, a guide to mobile/digital storytelling. The three volumes include Transformation, Storytelling and Design. Available from amazon.com
Visual Storytelling
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References
External links
Official García Media biography
1947 births
Living people
People from Placetas
Cuban emigrants to the United States
Newspaper designers
American graphic designers
20th-century American journalists
American male journalists
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