SND and Youth Times are presenting an Asian Boot Camp on News Page Design in Hangzhou, China on Nov. 6-9. Steve Dorsey, SND vice president-elect and Detroit Free Press deputy managing editor for presentation and innovation, and Denise M. Reagan, SND education and training director and assistant managing editor for visuals at The Florida Times-Union and jacksonville.com.
Below is a sampling of what will be covered over those four days.
You can learn more and register for this event here.
NOV. 6
Best of Newspaper Design: We’ll explore who’s leading the World’s Best Designed categories and why. A look behind the scenes at the annual SND competition, we’ll listen to what judges are looking for and rewarding. Denise and Steve are both long-time assistants and judges of the SND competition and similar events.
The art of grids: The organization of space is the fundamental core of design work. We’ll explore why they matter, how they work and what value they serve to readers and editors.
Designing with ads in mind: Advertisements find their way into everything (we hope) and we have to work with and around them. We’ll look at top strategies for living with them and key errors to avoid.
Student projects: Exercise assigned for the week
NOV. 7
Color theory in publication design: A survey of why color theory matters and how it can shape a publication into an award-winning masterpiece. Colors change seasonally and even geographically, we’ll explore the impact and reasons behind it.
Photo use and editing: The very best pictures can be poorly used, the worst pictures can be assisted – it’s all in the editing and cropping. The best publications know how to use photos for dramatic impact in large and small situations.
News and sports front design: The big game and the big news have a lot in common and serve as a collection point for some of the best in powerful design – strong visuals, great cropping, dynamic typography and compelling stories all come together on these pages.
Black and white and inside page design: Most of the pages of a publication and INSIDE but we spend the least time on those designs. Why? Inside and B&W pages can have impact and should tell compelling stories. Ten tips on making your inside pages perform better.
NOV. 8
Planning for big events: Those who fail to plan, plan to fail. Big events will happen – so why aren’t you ready? We’ll help you prepare.
Alternative story forms: When space and time are tight, but the news doesn’t stop, we turn to new ways of telling stories. Alternative forms help us convey information quickly and directly. We’ll look at 5 major types and discuss how to deliver them on deadline.
Student projects: Sharing and discussing class exercises
NOV. 9
Designing for the e-reader: Beyond print and web pages new frontiers of design are ready for our attention. E-readers will offer a unique, new experience to readers — not entirely like print and not entirely like online. We’ll review the state of the industry, key concerns and examples from various R+D leaders in the field (Steve has been deeply involved in Gannett’s and the Detroit Media Partnership’s work with Plastic Logic, a new e-reader set to debut in Q1 2010).
Special project design: Working on extended series and special reports is not the same as day-to-day design work. It requires different kinds of planning and coordination. We’ll look at some of the best and distill 5 keys to making your special projects stronger.
Print and multimedia design integration: Making the transformation from print designer to multimedia designer.
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