Charles Apple

Current Position: designer editor

Charles Apple joined The Spokesman-Review in 2019 as a design editor. He designs weekly Further Review pages that cover subjects such as the history of comics, William Shatner, Tiger Woods, autism spectrum disorder and even how to get your Spokesman-Review aboard the International Space Station. Apple has worked for papers across the nation, large and small. He is considered an informational graphics guru, winning countless international awards and his work consulting and training newsrooms around the world.

Email: charlesa@spokesman.com

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Invasion: The anniversary of Germany’s invasion into Poland, and the road to war

Sun., Sept. 1, 2024

Germany launched an invasion on Poland, 85 years ago today, starting world war two.

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The Life and Times of Steve Gleason: From Spokane to NFL to advocate

Sun., July 28, 2024

Spokane native and Congressional Gold Medal recipient Steve Gleason has gone through a lot in his path to become the advocate he is now. Here's his story, and why he's an important voice in our community.

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A Key Development: How tragedy inspired a presidental painter to innovate the way we communicate

Thu., May 23, 2024

Communicating across the United States could be a real chore in 1944. Most communication was carried by couriers who travelled via horseback, and it could take weeks to bring messages about the country. But one heart-broken painter sought to change that.

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How Expo ‘74 brought the USSR and seven other nations to Spokane in a united message on nature.

Tue., May 21, 2024

Nearly all world’s fairs have had themes. The theme for Expo ’74 was: Celebrating Tomorrow’s Fresh New Environment. That seemed mighty appropriate given the eyesore that had been the Expo fairgrounds just a few years before: an enormous train depot and industrial area.

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Rock around the clock’: How a then-unknown country singer helped coin the term ‘rock’n’roll’ 70 years ago

Sun., May 19, 2024

There was a wannabe country musician named Bill Haley. He and his Comets played their songs a little faster than the composers intended, creating a new type of popular music that would later be termed “Rock ’n’ Roll.”

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‘Tommy,’ 55 years later: How The Who’s seminal ‘rock opera’ ushered in a new performance genre

Fri., May 17, 2024

On this day 55 years ago — May 17, 1969 — the British rock band The Who released what it called a “rock opera." The quirky album "Tommy" catapulted the band into stardom, and since then has been adapted into both a motion picture and musical.

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Brown v. Board of Education at 70: How the landmark court case changed America by changing its classrooms

Thu., May 16, 2024

Seventy years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation in schools had to end — but with no deadline, it would take until 2016 for the last U.S. school to desegregate

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The Day The Newspapers Lied: A draft hoax in the midst of the civil war.

Tue., May 14, 2024

One hundred and 60 years ago Saturday, in fact, a New York newspaper editor had an idea he could get rich overnight. All he needed to do was spread a baldfaced lie about President Abraham Lincoln...

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The Phantom Menace, 25 Years Later

Fri., May 10, 2024

“Star Wars – Episode I: The Phantom Menace” gave us a young Obi-Wan Kenobi, an even younger Darth Vader and one of the most annoying characters ever featured in a wildly popular film 25 years ago, this May.