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I am happy to announce the appointment of past-president Douglas Okasaki to the Society for News Design’s Board as the Director of International Relations. Douglas has been a devoted and long-time SND volunteer, previously as an SND Regional Director and also elected leadership roles. He has contributed greatly to SND over the…
read moreSND kicked off the 2019 workshop with a party on April 4 at the beautiful Chicago Cultural Center, toasting Lifetime Achievement Award winners Susan Mango Curtis and Tim Harrower and announcing the big winners of the society’s Best of News Design and Best of Digital Design competitions. (Video by Stephanie…
read moreSND’s annual workshops are run by an army of volunteers, and one of the perks of the job is the opportunity to take over the society’s social media accounts, along with the SND.org blog, to document the action. At the 2019 workshop in Chicago, the volunteer team organized its observations…
read moreWritten by Lee Catherine Collins, Ole Miss SND hosts a panel session, The Inclusion Challenge in photojouranlism, from right to left, Susan Mango, Akili-Casundria Ramsess, Nicole Frugé, and Kainaz Amaria come together to discuss the under-representation of women and people of color in photojournalism. This afternoon’s panel on photojournalism featured…
read moreWritten by Aleaha Smith, Michigan State Alberto Cairo speaks on the role of designers and information. During the second session of the day, author, infographic specialist and freelancer Alberto Cairo challenges us to look deeper as we design and interpret infographics.“We need to talk a bit less about how to make visualizations…
read moreWhat a privilege to pay tribute to the one and only Tim Harrower. And what a challenge to properly capture all that we love and celebrate about his work here at the 40th anniversary of SND’s first workshop — and in the Midwest, close to where Tim’s journey began.
read moreThe Society for News Design announced three World’s Best-Designed™ Newspapers — La Nación (Argentina), The Sunday Times (United Kingdom) and The New York Times (United States) — and one World’s Best-Designed™ winner from the digital design competition — Reuters — at the opening reception of its 41st annual workshop.
read moreWritten by Lee Catherine, University of Mississippi Rishad Patel speaking about the importance of designing with responsibility in mind. Rishad Patel from The Splice Newsroom filled our minds with the possibilities of an innovative, responsible framework for news that is still in the early stages. This idea stemmed from Patel’s…
read moreWritten by Aleaha Reneé Smith, Michigan State University Due to a shift in technological methods, many journalistic outlets have begun to search for ways of incorporating visuals within their daily posts and stories. Washington Post Design Editor Matthew Callahan and Graphics Assignment Editor Danielle Rindler have pushed for cross-divisional collaboration…
read moreDesign Thinking, Panel Discussions, and Portfolio Reviews, oh my! Written by Audriana Gibson, Michigan State University We are starting #SNDChicago off right. As many as 40 students or more gathered to gain insight on the innovative process dubbed “Design Thinking,” presented by Northwestern University’s Joe Germuska of Knight Lab. Separated into…
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