New press, new look in Kansas City

Today's a big day for the Kansas City Star. The full-dress version of their redesign hit the streets this morning.

As you probably know, this coincides with operations at the new state-of-the-art pronting facility you see pictured at the top of the page to the right. The handsome, downtown facility is gorgeous, modern and oh-so functional, providing both visual and financial proof of their faith in the role printed newspapers will continue to play.

At the same time, of course, the Star is at the fore in finding other channels for delivering information audiences need, including frequent video coverage at kansascity.com.

– Howard Weaver