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Feb. 25: Society for News Design seeks award book cover designs

Last year, Hugo Sanchez of the Gulf News in Dubai designed the cover of the Society for News Design’s annual Best of News Design book. The problem with an annual book, however, is that you publish one every year. Funny how that works. Which means the society is eager to find a cover for this year’s book. This year’s contest [...]

Nov. 23, 2012: Black Friday sale on SND workshop registration

The Society for News Design continues its annual Black Friday sale on registration fees for this year’s workshop, to be held next Nov. 7-9 in Louisville, Ky. Here’s what they’re offering… 1) $100 off the registration price, meaning the price — for now — is $295 for members and $200 for students and educators. 2) The first 50 people to register [...]

Oct. 13, 2012: SND Cleveland: About that amazing presentation by Amy Webb… (1)

It sure was interesting following along with this year’s Society for News Design conference via Twitter today. Seems like each speaker had wonderful points to make and wonderful insights to share on the ever-changing field of news presentation. What really sent everyone into overdrive this afternoon, however, was the closing keynote address by Amy Webb, founder of the Webbmedia Group, [...]

Oct. 13, 2012: Good morning: Your guide to Day Two at SND Cleveland

From what we’re seeing on Twitter, you guys got very little sleep last night. All that partying and drinking and carrying on. You should be ashamed of yourselves. For making me so incredibly jealous that I’m not there. The quote of the evening, from Melissa Angle of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: _______________ TODAY’S WEATHER Looks like today will be quite a [...]

Oct. 12, 2012: If you liked Mario Garcia’s presentation, you’re gonna love this (2)

Mario Garcia — by far the most famous news design consultant on the planet — just finished his presentation on iPad design at the Society for News Design workshop in Cleveland. I’m sure he mentioned it, but he has a new book out on iPad design: The iPad Design Lab. Here’s a trailer for the book: You can buy it [...]

Oct. 12, 2012: Afternoon notes from SND Cleveland

A few stray notes from the Society for News Design conference today and Saturday in Cleveland… ___________________ SESSIONS ARE IN SWING Not only are the tweets flying fast and furious today — search for #sndcle — but also, your hosts have set the student bloggers up with an easy-to-use Tumblr via which to report goings-on there this week. You can [...]

Oct. 12, 2012: Good morning to all the folks attending SND/Cleveland (1)

Looks like y’all had a great time last night at the opening reception at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Photo by David Kordalski — Today, the annual Society for Design Workshop kicks off in earnest. Here are a few tips to start out your day… _______________ TODAY’S WEATHER As you’ve noticed, it’s a bit colder there in Cleveland [...]

Oct. 11, 2012: Next month: An SND news design conference in Beirut, Lebanon (2)

The annual Society for News Design workshop officially kicked off this morning in Cleveland, Ohio, with two “pre-sessions”: One aimed at college students and the other aimed at teaching the basics of iPad design. In exactly 28 days, however, another very important SND session will begin: The society’s first-ever Middle East news design conference in Beirut, Lebanon. The two-day conference [...]

Oct. 11, 2012: Clever networking: These folks ‘get it’

Did you see that thing I wrote the other day, urging — everyone, really, but especially young visual journalists — to get business cards made up for this week’s Society for News Design workshop in Cleveland? This guy was already set. Not only does he have business cards, but they’re funny business cards. I doubt anyone he meets will forget [...]

Oct. 10, 2012: SND/Cleveland: More lunch options (1)

Surely you saw my epic post yesterday telling you everything you need to know for this week’s Society for News Design conference in Cleveland. If not, I’ll make a deal with you. Go read it now, and I’ll stop calling you Shirley. One of the topics that wasn’t resolved very well: Where to eat lunch? You’ll want to eat quickly, [...]

Oct. 9, 2012: Your last-minute guide to this week’s SND workshop in Cleveland

This week, the annual Society for News Design workshop cranks up in Cleveland. In a time in which our industry has precious little to celebrate, this will be an opportunity for visual journalists to brush up on the latest news design trends, to network and to enjoy a little down-time with their pals and to let off some steam. What [...]

Oct. 3, 2012: Last chance for lower rates for next week’s SNDCLE

Heads up: If you’re planning to attend the Society for News Design workshop in Cleveland next week and you’ve not yet registered, then do so today. Right now. Because tomorrow — Oct. 5 — the rates go up by $100. Currently, the rate is $395 for an SND member, $495 for a non-member and $220 for a student or faculty [...]

Aug. 15, 2012: Society for News Design/Scandinavia to host ‘Space’ workshop next month

The Society for News Design’s Scandinavian branch will hold huge seminar/workshop next month in Copenhagen. They’re calling it “Space 2012″ and it sounds like a fabulous chance for anyone to immerse him or herself into the many forms of news design, old and new. Among the wide array of speakers lined up for the three-day conference to be held Sept. [...]

July 28, 2012: A face that captures what the Olympics are all about

Granted, I’ve not had a chance to look at many Olympics pages today. Nor will I have time to spend a lot of time poring over the Newseum and other outlets in hopes of bringing you a daily roundup. I’ll be on the road for pretty much all of the 2012 Summer Games. I did see this front page by [...]

June 19, 2012: Learn HTML next month — cheap — in Phoenix

Here’s a huge training opportunity for folks in the Southwest. Region 2 of the Society for News Design is holding a one-day Quick Course on July 28 to teach how to build a web page with HTML and CSS. SND Arizona state leader Keri Hegre writes: This class is designed for beginners, so if you’ve always thought you really should [...]

April 9, 2012: Help SND pick out the cover of its next annual award book, round two

Last week, the Society for News Design asked us to help it choose which of 46 proposed covers for year’s collected volume of award-winning visual journalism would become finalists. Now, the society is back again. From those 46 wonderful covers, only eight remain. And here they are:         There’s some very inventive thinking here. Rush over to [...]

April 3, 2012: Help SND pick out the cover of its next annual award book

The Society for News Design is neck-deep into editing and assembling this year’s collection of award-winning visual journalism. Problem is: The society asked members to illustrate possible covers for that book. And they got waaay too many fabulous cover ideas from which to choose. How about these?   Mmm. Nice and clean. Or how about these?   Ooooh. Classy! Or [...]

March 24, 2012: More about my week teaching here in Abuja, Nigeria (1)

First of all, I’m sorry I didn’t get anything posted Friday about the work we’re doing here in Nigeria. I edited down a few pictures Friday evening but when I tried to upload them to my blog, the ACES site went down. I figured I had somehow crashed the entire ACES operation. Instead, it turned out to be a technical [...]

Feb. 8, 2012: SND judges honor first Best of Show winner in ten years (1)

The last time the Society for News Design’s annual competition resulted in a Best of Show winner was 2002: The New York Times won the honor for its coverage of the events and aftermath of 9/11. Meet this year’s Best of Show: Svenska Dagbladet — Stockholm, Sweeden’s third-largest daily. The story that produced this amazing edition was that tragic, two-pronged [...]

Feb. 7, 2012: An accusation of visual plagiarism from last year’s SND contest (1)

The graphic in the center of this double-page spread from La Stampa of Torino, Italy — reviewing how trapped miners in Chile were rescued in October of 2010 — won an Award of Excellence last year for breaking news graphics in the annual Society for News Design competition. You’ll find it at the bottom of page 205 of SND32, the [...]

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