Alberto Lucas López
Current Title: Senior Artist, New Narratives
Organization: National Geographic
Country: United States
SND Vision
Recover the SND that was once a school, a meeting point for new and old friends, a place of opportunity for new professional challenges and a space of celebration for a job well done.
Bio
Alberto Lucas López is a Senior Artist, New Narratives at National Geographic. Journalist, originally from Spain, his individual work has been recognized by more than 200 international awards from SND, Webby, SPD, WAN-IFRA, IIBA, DJA Global Editors Network, and CaGIS, among other organizations. It is worth highlighting he has been awarded with the Best of Show Malofiej—that distinguishes the best infographic in the world published of the year—, two Human Rights Award Malofiej, the Best Map of the World Miguel Urabayen Award, and the Impressive Individual Award from Information Is Beautiful Awards. Occasionally, Alberto serves as a jury in journalistic contests such as the Premio GABO, WAN-IFRA World Media Awards or the Society of Publishers in Asia Awards, and leads talks and workshops internationally on visual storytelling. Alberto is the former Graphics Director of Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post newspaper; he has been part of the National Geographic family since 2016. In recent years Alberto has been spending his free time studying for a Ph.D. in Arts and Education (ongoing)
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