Xaquín G.V.
Current Title: visual journalist and instructor
Organization: The Strait Times
Country: Singapore
Candidate for: Director
Vision for SND
I envision the Society for News Design as an ever more inclusive, diverse, and accessible network that elevates marginalized perspectives, embraces the richness of visual cultures worldwide, and fosters a more democratic future for design in journalism. We need a Society that demonstrates design’s true power: to cut through disinformation and to expose truth with clarity and integrity. Design is not an accessory — it is central in the fight against distortion, a language for trust, and a tool for democracy.
About Xaquín
Xaquín G.V. is an award-winning Galician visual journalist and instructor with over two decades of experience in data visualization, visual explanations, and interactive storytelling. He currently mentors the Visuals team at The Straits Times in Singapore, teaches Information Visualization at the University of Girona, and co-leads the ViT Visualization for Transparency Foundation. He has collaborated with dozens of international companies and agencies, including UNEP, Google, Microsoft, and the IOM. He has worked at The New York Times and National Geographic, among other publications, and led the multi-awarded Visuals team at The Guardian—a cross-disciplinary, 40-person team comprising graphics, interactive, multimedia, and photo editors.