Design Lightning Talks

  • September 24, 2020
1024 571 Society for News Design

Event: SND2020 Virtual Conference
Date: September 18, 2020

Fast-paced talks use an alternative presentation format that challenges the speakers to summarize their message into a bite-sized length — because they are limited to just 20 slides, each auto-advancing every 15 seconds. Each presentation is only 5 minutes long, and we’re letting speakers present on a variety of topics to make it even more interesting.


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TONIA COWAN
GRAPHICS DIRECTOR, WALL STREET JOURNAL

Topic: “Visual communication something pandemic something something”


ALEX FONG
DESIGNER, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Topic: How leading a DIY indie rock band in China changed my view of perfection. We didn’t have a budget, and the most bilingual member of the band was me — the American with barely a first-grade Chinese vocabulary. But learning to bootstrap our music and marketing made me a better designer and journalist. More importantly, it made me a better colleague and collaborator.


JARRAD HENDERSON
SENIOR MULTIMEDIA PRODUCER, INVESTIGATIONS AND ENTERPRISE VIDEO, USA TODAY; 4X EMMY AWARD-WINNER; PROF @GEORGETOWN; 2018-19 @RJI  FELLOW; @NABJ ACADEMIC REP.

Topic: “Cropped Out”: Behind The Scenes of USA Today’s 1619 Project. There is so much left on the cutting room floor. In many ways, those moments are just as important to the story than what’s on screen.


ALAN JACOBSON
PRESIDENT, BRASSTACKSDESIGN, LLC

Topic: Stop chasing SND awards. Be a designer. Designers solve problems. Figure out how to make money with news.


REBECCA MARKOVITZ
DIRECTOR, SMALL AND MIDSIZE MARKETS, GANNETT

Topic: “Be…” Leadership lessons in a changing world


NINA MEHTA
PRODUCT DESIGN MANAGER, MAILCHIMP

Topic: Developing Your Design Voice: A snapshot into the career transition from objective news design to designing end-to-end experiences with an opinionated point of view.


LUCIO VILLA
DESIGN EDITOR, WASHINGTON POST

Topic: Ways to Stay Creative and Inspired at Home During These Times


KRIS VIESSELMAN, SUZETTE MOYER AND SARA QUINN

Topic: Wander Magazine: 40 Creatives Find Inspiration in Isolation. We invited some of the most talented people we know — who also happen to be women — to contribute to a magazine about finding inspiration during the pandemic. And, we’re at it again. (wandermag.design)