Watch this space for an engaging blog by Bill Ostendorf, president and founder of Creative Circle, along with other blogs from some of our top consultants! We'll cover hot issues in the industry, … more

Hi folks! We've been so busy launching sites for everyone else that our new site has been on the back burner forever. What you see here today is a new site that we hope will become a great place to … more

Instead of bemoaning the loss of old categories in classifieds, a strategy of developing new categories has turned into significant print classified revenue growth at the Times-Herald Record in Middletown, N.Y. more

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Lynn Rognsvoog is our design director and has worked in the newspaper and magazine publishing industry for more than 30 years, and has experience in print and web design, art direction, design coaching, word and picture editing, and management. She has a passion for finding the best way to tell each story. more

Tim, our lead developer and software engineer, began working with Creative Circle in 2006. He is the engineer behind the core of our entire software stack.Tim is a techie who specialized print media. … more

Adam is leading the charge of developing our newsroomQ platform, which is built in Ruby on Rails. Adam is a veteran, full-stack software developer who's been working in the field for more than 15 … more

Carolyn Flynn is a journalist, media consultant, newspaper designer and author of literary fiction and nonfiction based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. She serves as our writing coach and has helped with some of our own marketing. more

Kevin Dilley, who lives near Kent, Ohio, is a 20+-year newspaper veteran with varied writing, design, editing, photojournalism, management and teaching experience. Kevin has been working with Creative Circle since 2000 and joined the group full time in 2001. Kevin came to Creative Circle after a two-year stint at The Providence Journal where he was a photo editor, assignment editor and designer. more

Creative Circle and Roxen have integrated their platforms to supply a feature-rich, innovative and cost-effective editorial publishing system for print and digital operations. "We've seen every system out there and advised many media companies on technology vendors," said Ostendorf. "The problem is that mainframe, all-in-one platforms are too expensive and have cookie-cutter, poorly-designed websites. Meanwhile, web vendors who try to create print 'production systems' don't provide anything with the sophistication and ease of use of Roxen's solution." more

Jennifer Boucher Albers, a native New Englander, has been working in the newspaper industry for 16 years. In that time she has held the roles of reporter, copy editor, designer and picture editor. She has particular interest in sports coverage, multimedia and alternative/niche publications, and often brings a younger, slightly unconventional sensibility to the mix. more

While we're not a recruiting or headhunting firm, Creative Circle has helped many of its clients find top candidates for key positions. Because we participate in dozens of industry meetings and … more

If your company, association or foundation is in need of an independent board member, Creative Circle can help. Many of our consultant associates have board-level experience and of course they all … more

WE PROVIDE a very different and collaborative way of designing newspapers, brands or anything else. We keep you and your staff involved throughout the process and we give you lots of options and ideas. We work in teams and make you part of our team. That’s why our company name is Creative Circle and not just the name of our founder or lead designer. We design solutions that are practical and work with your staffing and equipment. We believe in content and keep the reader in the forefront of everything we do. We are journalists – many of our key people have reporting or copyediting backgrounds. So if you are a newspaper or magazine, we will improve your journalism. Our principal, Bill Ostendorf, who has done everything at newspapers from taking pictures to writing page one stories and dreaming up new product ideas, plays a hands-on role in every project. And we will simply spend more time with you and work hard until you are satisfied. WE ONLY TAKE ON A FEW CLIENTS each year and our goal is to have strong, ongoing relationships with those clients for several years. Changing and improving a newspaper or a brand is not a quick hit exercise. Anyone who tells you this can be done in a few prototypes just doesn’t care about your long-term success. more

Finally! An editorial production system that's easy and efficient to use, stable and works with any recent version of InDesign or Quark. It will save you time and money and your staff will love it! more

We've created the most flexible and easy-to-use CMS platforms anywhere. It's content-centric, user-friendly and fully customizable. more

We're not here to be the place you outsource your copydesk operations to save money. We're the place to come when you need something done really, really well. more

The industry's first native content platform is also the most effective, delivering both SEO and adjacencies. It even helps you manage and monetize press releases. more

We hired Maegan Barney last summer as a programming intern. We found her through an innovative, state-supported web site encouraging local companies to hire interns from area colleges. more