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

Ellen J. Meany is the publisher of The American Prospect and the president of the Alternative Newsweekly Foundation. She was the digital director for the Small newspaper group and the creative director for Isthmus — Madison, Wisconsin’s alternative weekly newspaper more

Deborah is Deputy Managing Editor/Presentation of the The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia. Before joining the Pilot in June 2004, Deborah was Design Consultant for Knight … 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

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

Kristen Powell has more than 16 years of newspaper experience as an editor, designer and art director. She brings a reader-focused approach to design, using images, text and graphics to create pages that offer depth and context for heavy readers and rewarding scannability for light and occasional readers. more

Bill Ostendorf is president and founder of Creative Circle Media Solutions, a network of talent he has been building for more than 30 years. Because he believes that quality journalism is essential to American democracy, he has committed his company to helping local and family owned media thrive.  more

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After redesigning the print magazine and establishing a stronger brand for this unique, international magazine, it was time to overhaul their web site. Their old site was on a WordPress platform. … more

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

Observations and notes from the digital front. more

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We listen. We'll take the time to learn about you and cater everything we do to your needs. We bring deep and diverse experience and expertise to every project we do. And we can help you in a wide range of ways – from delivering a better web site to growing your print readership and circulation; from polishing your new product launch to reinvigorating your classified ad revenues. 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

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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

Back in 2006, when we offered the industry's first fully integrated pay wall into our CMS, everyone thought we were crazy. Many laughed at us. Not anymore. We knew back then that the ad-only … more

DuoPictures is a small-footprint production company creating photographs and films for nonprofit organizations and clients in healthcare, high educate, technology and business in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Scott Kingsley and David DelPoio, both long-time photojournalists and photo editors, have partnered in the venture. more

Web site software, redesigns We’ve designed more than 250 web sites and the results are consistently better for users and advertisers. Our sites outperform industry average for engagement, time … more

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