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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. 21, 2012: I taught two sessions Friday to the United Methodist Communicators (2)

Friday, I drove up to Arlington, Va. — just across the Potomac from Washington, D.C. — to make two presentations to the United Methodist Association of Communicators. Essentially, these are the folks who work on newsletters, magazines and other church-run publications. In many cases, folks who are asked to design pages actually have no design training. So I’m asked, from [...]

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. 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. [...]

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 28, 2012: A couple of wonderful days teaching in Tulsa

As I mentioned yesterday, I got up insanely early Thursday — my 50th birthday — and flew to Tulsa, Oklahoma for an appearance at the annual Great Plains Journalism awards and workshop. I couldn’t complain about the lack of sleep. I was treated to this delightful cloud formation as we descended into Houston. My old Virginian-Pilot colleague Kevin Armstrong — [...]

April 12, 2012: Join us in Tulsa, Okla., for the Great Plains Journalism Awards luncheon and workshop

The folks of the Tulsa Press Club are in the final stages of planning this year’s Great Plains Journalism Awards luncheon and workshop to be held April 27 in downtown Tulsa, Okla. I was a judge this year. In addition, I’ve been invited to speak at the day-long workshop. Other speakers include… Lane DeGregory, a features writer for the Tampa [...]

March 29, 2012: Goodbye, Nigeria

I’m now in my last day teaching here in Nigeria. I’ve enjoyed my time here very much. I’ve even managed to find areas in which the Transcorp Hilton may need a copy editor. There’s no sense in wasting a not-quite-perfectly etched brass plaque. You can still make out the message, right? I’ve written before about how much I’ve enjoyed the [...]

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 [...]

March 21, 2012: Teaching infographics in Abuja, Nigeria

I’ve been hard at work this week teaching infographics at Leadership, a national newspaper here in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria. Leadership is a seven-year-old newspaper that is distributed throughout the country. It’s a thick tabloid, heavy on news, politics and analysis. The paper redesigned over the past couple of months and now wants to take the next step [...]

Jan. 1, 2012: Study social media with Michigan State’s Karl Gude

Michigan State University professor Karl Gude asked his Facebook friends today for help in getting the word out about an online course he’s teaching this semester. Here’s the flyer: The social media course is for non-students as well as students. Karl says that, in particular, he’s hoping to reach “non-tech savvy people.” In other words, the folks who need the [...]

Nov. 25, 2011: Black Friday sale on SND workshop registration

Today is Black Friday, and you know what that means: The Society for News Design is offering $100 off of its registration fee for next October’s annual workshop in Cleveland. For a limited time only, registration is only $250 for professional members and $200 for faculty and students. For more pitches, go here and here. To stop reading about it [...]

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