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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Visual Journalism Jobs

You’re invited to a meetup in North Carolina Dec. 12!

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



 

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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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SND Design Competition Now Open to All Magazines

Magazine AND newspaper designers are invited to submit their best work to SND's annual Creative Competition, "The Best of News Design™"

The 2009 Call for Entries for the competition, now in its 31st year, has been mailed to SND members and previous entrants, and posted online in English. Translations will be posted in December. The competition is open to all news designers worldwide.

Entry deadlines are Jan. 13, 2010, for U.S. entries and Jan. 20, 2010 for all others.

An international panel of judges will review the entries and select winners over two long weekends in February, 2010, at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. The university’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications cosponsors the competition.

Winning magazine pages will be published along with newspaper winners in the 2010 edition of SND’s annual book, “The Best of News Design™.”
 

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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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Reporting live from Web Design Bootcamp in Chicago

It's a gorgeous 70-degree day in Chicago and we're inside, shades drawn, ready for some hot coding action with Tyson Evans of the New York Times and David Wright Jr., of NPR.

Special thanks to Elio Leturia and Columbia College in Chicago for hosting the event in concert with SND and region director Chris Courtney.

Check update.snd.org for updates today

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Catch a glimpse of SND 2009 Asian Boot Camp

Friday, November 6, 2009

SND Chinese held a first-of-its-kind-in-China print design Boot Camp last week. The four-day seminar was conducted in English with Chinese translation.

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