The Society for News Design

The mission of the Society for News Design is to enhance communication around the world through excellence in visual journalism.   Learn More >

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Stephen Komives named SND Executive Director

Web Design Boot Camp Comes to Chicago Nov. 7-8

Help us pick topics for SND Webinars on News University

SND goes to China for News Page Design Boot Camp



 

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Viesselman elected SND president

Steve Dorsey, Jonathon Berlin also elected as vice president, secretary-treasurer

Kris Viesselman, Director of Digital Product Development for National Geographic Maps, has won the 2010 SND presidency, it was announced by Immediate Past President Gayle Grin in Buenos Aires Sept. 26.

Grin said, in her remarks announcing the results, “All our candidates were passionate SND volunteers who have devoted a lot of time to our organization. Thank you so much for all of you for running. Let’s have new beginnings, new energy and a fresh start.”

See complete details of the election and the Buenos Aires conference on Update.snd.org

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San Francisco Meetup reports; Region 20 honors Luci Lacava

If you missed the live Webcast, catch up with presentations from the recent San Francisco meetup here.

See what else is happening on other SND blogs and Web sites.

  1. Northeast U.S., Region 1
  2. Southeast U.S., Region 3
  3. Northwest U.S., Region 7
  4. Canada
  5. South America, Region 12
  6. SND Scandinavia, Region 13
  7. Spain and the Mediterranean, Region 14
  8. Europe, Region 15
  9. German-speaking designers, Region 16, DACH
  10. Russia, Region 17
  11. Middle East and Africa, Region 20
  12. SND Chinese, Region 21

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Brian Schlansky Wins 2009 SNDF Scholarship

Brian A. Schlansky, a senior studying visual journalism at the University of Miami  School of Communication, is the 2009 recipient of the Society for News Design Foundation Scholarship, a $2,000 award.

Schlansky work for the university's Knight Center for International Media and serves as Webmaster for Miami's student newspaper, The Miami Hurricane. He spent one summer switching the Hurricane site to a new content management platform, rebuilding it, and successfully importing the seven-year archive.

Susan Mango Curtis, assistant professor at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and president of the SND Foundation, described Schlansky as "a smart online designer with all the skills of a digital journalist, someone you would want to have on your team." In reviewing his design work and his essays, she praised his focus on usability.

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See the 2009 Best of Multimedia Design winners -- next quarterly deadline Jan. 7, 2010

The Best of Multimedia Design winners were awarded at the 2009 Society for News Design annual workshop and exhibition in Buenos Aires on Sept. 24. The competition recognizes skill, innovation and high-quality visual journalism in Web and other new-media design with quarterly and annual awards. Out of 170 quarterly award winners, nytimes.com won the two gold medals awarded this competition year for their entries, Choosing a President and You Finish, You Win.

Online journalism projects posted between October 1 and Desember 31, 2009, may be submitted online now to the Best of Multimedia Design Competition. The deadline for this quarter is midnight EST Jan. 7, 2010. Judges will name quarterly winners, and those winners will be eligible for 2009-10 annual awards. Entrants also receive judges' comments on their entries.

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World's Best-Designed™ Newspapers on display at Gutenberg Museum

In cooperation with SND DACH, the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany, will display winners from SND's 30th Best of Newspaper Design™ Creative Competition, beginning next week. The display includes the five publications named World’s Best-Designed Newspapers™ in 2008.

Facilitators for the February, 2010, 31st edition judging have been tentatively selected by Competition Director C. Marshall Matlock. The final list is made up of SND members who volunteered by the July 1 deadline.

The Competition Committee has been discussing suggestions for changes in the 2009 Call for Entries, which will be mailed late this year. Next on the committee's agenda is selecting judges for the 31st Creative Competition.

SND members may nominate colleagues to be placed on the list of potential judges. For more information click HERE.

Search SND's database of winners to see all the newspapers that won awards.

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Mike Rice named 31st edition Competition Coordinator

Michael Rice, a visual team leader for design & graphics at the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, has been named the 2009 Edition Coordinator for the SND Best of News Design™ Creative Competition, according to Competition Director Marshall Matlock.

Rice has made six trips to snowy Syracuse, N.Y., in February for judgings, twice as a facilitator (assistant) and three times as a judging team captain.

Rice says, “The weekend of the general competition is always a highlight for me. The chance to work with some of the world's best news designers is always a treat. Being given the opportunity to lead that team is an honor.”

The next competition judging will take place at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse (N.Y.), which co-sponsors the competition, beginning Feb. 6, 2010. Judging will end in time for the announcement of the World’s Best-Designed™ Newspapers Feb. 16, 2010.

U.S. entries must arrive in Syracuse by or on Jan. 13. 2010. Non-U.S. entries must arrive in Syracuse on or before Jan. 20, 2010.

 

Web Design Boot Camp in Chicago Nov. 7-8 SOLD OUT!

If you've been looking for an opportunity to expand your print design skills to the Web, look no further. SND's acclaimed, two-day introduction to the essential building blocks is coming to Columbia College in Chicago. In this weekend course we’ll demystify the Web 2.0 toolbox and help you build a compelling, news-driven package from scratch. We’ll focus on HTML/CSS (the foundation of the Web) and how to integrate widgets from Google, Twitter, Flickr and more.

See the details, including hotel and travel information, here. Then register -- space is limited!

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SND 2009 Asian Boot Camp — News Page Design

Friday, November 6, 2009

SND Chinese has launched the promotion for a first-of-its-kind-in-China print design Boot Camp at www.sndchinese.cn. The four-day seminar will be conducted in English with Chinese translation. Camp seats are limited to 50 people. Please reserve your seats by completing this form and emailing it back to newarklu@yahoo.com as early as possible.

Date(s): 11/06-09/2009
Event Location: Tianducheng Resort, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China www.tianduchenghotel.com
Speakers: Denise Reagan, AME/Visual Journalism at The Florida Times-Union, and SND Education and Training; and Steve Dorsey, DME/Presentation + Innovation, Detroit Free Press, and SND secretary/treasurer
Host: Youth Times, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
Registration fees:¥3600RMB
Members and Students and Faculty: ¥2900RMB
Questions? Please call Site Chair Lily Lu, Executive Director of SND Chinese, at 01-973-460-9938 or email her at newarklu@yahoo.com