All day today and tomorrow we’ll be updating with synopses of workshop sessions, with video and photos. Check back for updates on sessions you’re interested in!
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Round-up of Saturday sessions at SND BA
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Round-up of Friday sessions at SND BA
All day today and tomorrow we’ll be updating with synopses of workshop sessions, with video and photos. Check back for updates on sessions you’re interested in!
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UPDATED: Foundation offering grants for Web Design Bootcamp in Vegas
The Society for News Design Foundation is offering grants to select SND Quick Courses to current and former members who have lost their job in the economic upheaval.
The grants cover the $300-400 registration fee for upcoming Quick Courses that the Society is offering in Web/interactive training. Apply now at http://tr.im/sndgrant
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London Evening Standard redesigns
Alan Formby-Jackson, Region 15 director, rounds up pages from the redesigned Evening Standard in London, which art director Nick Cave said was “a suicidally quick one.”
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ONA posts conference schedule
Just as you’re recovered from the let lag of SND’s Annual Workshop in Buenos Aires, you can head to San Francisco, October 1-3, for The Online News Association’s Conference. They’ve posted a preliminary schedule, including keynotes from Evan Williams, Lisa Stone and Leo Laporte.
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An inside look at Huntsville’s new look
The Huntsville Times launched its redesign this morning and Update was able to catch up with Kevin Wendt, who made the transition from designer to editor in chief, to talk about the project.
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New U.S. education director: Jennifer George-Palilonis
Jennifer George-Palilonis, the journalism graphics sequence coordinator at Ball State University, has been appointed SND’s U.S. education director.
Jennifer joins our international education director Michael Stoll, Professor/Visual Design of Germany’s Augsburg University of Applied Sciences. The two directors make up our education team and serve on the SND Foundation board.
In addition to helping administer SNDF scholarships and travel grants, the education directors coordinate educator roundtables and student volunteer efforts at the annual Workshop. Both Jennifer and Michael have ambitious plans for developing an online resource center for educators.
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Live Blog: College News Design Contest
The College News Design Contest, co-sponsored by the Society for News Design, is held each spring at the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism. The awards recognize the best published design work done by students — at campus papers or at internships.
The multimedia entries were judged ahead of time by Tracy Boyer, William Neff and Will Sullivan. Winners were posted this morning at ssnd.wordpress.com.
Print judging is taking place all day today in Columbia, Mo. Judges are Dave Elsessor, Bill Gaspard and Tippi Thole.
The contest is coordinated by Joy Mayer and her design students at Mizzou. Check out ssnd.wordpress.com throughout the day for updates, winners and audio interviews with the judges.
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Jacek Utko: Can design save the newspaper?
Polish newspaper designer Jacek Utko takes the stage at the 2009 Ted Conference to discuss his redesigns for papers in Eastern Europe that not only won awards, but increased circulation by up to 100%. One of his conclusions: “Give power to designers.”
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International Herald Tribune redesigns in print, online
The International Herald Tribune’s Web site merged with nytimes.com today, creating the new global.nytimes.com (note from the publisher and FAQ) while the print edition updated it’s look to link it closer with the Times’ print identity. Reuters’ report says: “It’s no secret that the International Herald Tribune is part of The New York Times Co, so why not flaunt it?”
The note to readers on today’s redesigned A1 mentions the following about the new print edition:
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- Denise M. Reagan named SND-Foundation president
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It is my pleasure to announce Denise M. Reagan as the president of the Society for News Design Foundation effective immediately — she takes on a three-year term that involves leading the Foundation’s efforts in research and education, as well as coordinating the Foundation’s board of trustees.
“I am so excited to take on this new challenge,” said Denise. “I have always been a huge supporter of SNDF’s mission, and I can’t wait to help boost its profile. I want to let people know how the Foundation’s money has helped so many people, from the yearly student travel grants to the scholarship recipients to the free Web Design Boot Camp registrations for unemployed journalists and many more.”
- SND lands grant for Web Boot Camp training
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The Gannett Foundation has just made it a lot easier for SND members to get the training they need to transition to careers in online journalism.
- Thank you, SND
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Hello, SND members. I hope this note finds you all in full holiday swing, heading into your best year ever. As 2009 draws to a close, I wanted to update you one last time on where we are.
- An interview with Elise Burroughs
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The beginning of a new year also marks a transition for SND: The end of Elise Burroughs’ service as executive director.Over the past five years Elise has worked tirelessly to strengthen the Society on many fronts, helping find new avenues for fund-raising, spread the Society’s footprint around the globe and countless interactions with members. Elise is a dedicated professional who immerses herself in every challenge. In anticipation of our workshop this fall in Buenos Aires, she even began learning Spanish.
Elise was kind enough to share some of her thoughts on SND, design and the state of the industry.
- New members: Join SND, bring a friend for free
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It’s the season of giving, and the SND leadership team would like to give you a way to bring your friends into the Society in the year ahead.
- SND headquarters moving to Florida
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The Society for News Design and the Society for News Design Foundation are moving to Florida.
As of Dec. 12, 2009, please remit all payments and direct all correspondence and invoices to:
SND 424 E. Central Blvd., Suite 406 Orlando, FL 32801 Phone: (407) 420-7748 Fax: (407) 420-7697
Direct all inquiries to the Executive Director, Stephen Komives, skomives@snd.org.
SND’s Web site and main e-mail address remain the same: http://www.snd.org; snd@snd.org.
- Best of Scandinavian News Design competition will include mobile media
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Last year SNDS upgraded the online news design competition. This year SNDS takes a further step into the online media business and will include the judging of mobile media. “Mobile media is a growing platform widely used by news media. It is therefore natural for Best of Scandinavian News Design to include this platform into the annual news design competition,” says Flemming Hvidtfeldt, chairman of Best of Scandinavian News Design competition.
Mobile media will be a category under the online competition. The net jury will judge the entries. Learn more at http://snds.org/Default.aspx?ID=71&Purge=True
- Design the cover of the 31st edition
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SND’s fourth annual cover competition for the 31st edition of The Best of News Design™ is under way.
A panel of 12 judges will begin reviewing cover entries soon after the competition’s Dec. 18 deadline.
- Pardon our dust, HQ is moving
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SND’s new executive director, Stephen Komives, has completed an intense week onsite in Rhode Island, leading the transition of SND’s headquarters from an office park in North Kingstown, R.I. to a virtual office that will be based in Orlando, Fl. Stephen, Executive Director Elise Burroughs and Membership Manager Susan Santoro are immersed in the process of establishing new bank accounts, incorporating SND in Florida and moving equipment to ensure a smooth transition.
- A call for volunteers
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We are starting to make plans for an exciting 2010. We’d like to invite everyone to help reboot SND.
- You’re invited to a meetup in North Carolina Dec. 12!
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Join us for a Saturday of presentations AND conversations, Dec. 12, 2009 from 9:30 until 1:30 at the Hickory Daily Record, 1100 Park Place, Hickory, N.C. 28603. An optional, informal lunch will follow with plenty of time for more conversation, networking and Q&A.
- Web Design Boot Camp Comes to Chicago Nov. 7-8
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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 for theWeb Design Boot Camp — space is limited!