SND is embarking on a ride to Hong Kong. The gateway city that links the occident with the orient is hosting top professionals in a visual communication festival. Events kick off with a summit on April 13, followed by a two-day workshop at HKU. Attendees will visit selected sites on Hong Kong Island to develop a visual story, guided by the South China Morning Post infographics team
So, what better excuse do you need to have a great time visiting a lovely city to network with professionals and hone your storytelling skills?
The South China Morning Post Headquarters is ready to greet you to the summit.
REGISTER HERE (Limited seats)
WORKSHOP SOLD OUT!
Here is what you will see on the first day:
Where sketching informs data
Adolfo Arranz South China Morning Post
How to apply sketching and drawing to visual journalism
In praise of the humble pie
John Saeki AFP
How a wire agency graphics editor tackles life at the coal seam of breaking news
Leading the way
MinJung Kim Wall Street Journal
The role the Hong Kong bureau played in rethinking how WSJ visualizes stories for web and mobile
Cartoonists draw on the news
Harry Harrison Freelance
A look at the where Harry’s ideas come from as he explains the nightly newspaper cartoon process
It’s beautiful okay, but does it work?
Marcelo Duhalde South China Morning Post
The eternal challenge of combining good content with attractive visuals
Alchemy: turning data into stories
Simon Scarr Reuters
How the Reuters newsroom researches and builds immersive visual stories
The dynamic data of an infographic poster
Sung hwan Jang 203 X InfographicsLab
The process of inspiration, conceptualization and production of our monthly delivery (poster and magazine)
Building a learning curve for your readers
Yue Qiu Bloomberg
How to use visualizations to convey complex business stories for broad audiences
Live data graphics – the peaks and pitfalls
Phil Bainbridge Graphic News
Graphic News’ online infographics with live data: The ‘why’ and the ‘how’, with some cautionary tales
Back to basics
Jane Pong Financial Times
A step back to the fundamental challenges of data visualisation design and accessibility
This is not (a graphic)
Javier Errea Errea Comunicación and SNDE/Malofiej
A journey into industry trends, opportunities, limitations…
On being contrarian
Alberto Lucas National Geographic
Embracing the counter-intuitive, the best ideas are often 360s from your first thought
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