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Man who redesigned Gulf News among most influential Hispanics
he newspaper designer responsible for the 2003 makeover of Gulf News has been named one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the world.
- By Daniel Bardsley, Staff Reporter
- Published: 00:00 January 28, 2007
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- Dr Mario Garcia has worked on many of the world's best-known newspapers and websites.
Dubai: The newspaper designer responsible for the 2003 makeover of Gulf News has been named one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the world.
Dr Mario Garcia joins superstars such as Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin, and renowned authors, including Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabel Allende, on the People magazine list.
Garcia is the founder and chief executive of Florida-based consultancy Garcia Media and is regarded as one of the world's top newspaper and magazine designers.
He said he was "very honoured" to be included on the list, which is published in People en Espanol's February edition.
"I owe it to the wonderful people that I have had the pleasure of working with during my 37 years in this great business of ours.
"I love newspapers, have and always will have a passion for them, and for the great idea of communications, whichever form they take these days.
"It is easy to do what one loves, and it is an honour to get the recognition of one's peers," he told Gulf News in a statement.
As well as redesigning the print edition of Gulf News and its website www.gulfnews.com, Garcia has worked on many of the world's best-known newspapers and websites, among them The Wall Street Journal and Newsday.com.
He has also worked for The Miami Herald, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Vanity Fair and hundreds of other publications.
Garcia trained as a journalist and says his philosophy is one of combining writing, editing and design (WED) as "basic principles for effective communication of ideas".
He was a journalism professor and publications adviser at Miami-Dade Community College and went on to become a professor of graphic arts at the University of South Florida. He has lectured at universities in more than a dozen countries.
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