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Tip sheet: How to give your digital contest entry the best shot at winning

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The Digital Design Competition Committee is selecting judges and updating categories. Watch for live medal results from DC the weekend of Feb. 6-8; World’s Best will be announced by the 2020 SND Workshop. Entries must be submitted here by Friday, January 24, 2020 at 11:30 p.m.

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Q&A with Russel Herneman, Art Director of The Sunday Times

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Earlier this year, The Sunday Times, a weekly British national newspaper, was named one of SND’s World’s Best-Designed™ Newspapers. The paper’s design team, known for their bold typography and innovative illustrations, is led by art director Russel Herneman. We sat down with Russel, who has served as art director for…

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Q&A with Deb Bishop of the 1619 Project

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This past August marked the 400th anniversary of the beginning of slavery in the United States. To observe this moment in American history, The New York Times Magazine created the 1619 Project, a whole issue, as well as a special broadsheet section, that takes a look at the history of…

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Douglas Okasaki Returns to SND Board

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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…

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The scene at SND Chicago’s opening party

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SND 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…

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First draft of SND Chicago history, Slack-style

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SND’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…

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The Inclusion Challenge in Photojournalism: Working Toward Solutions

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Written 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…

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Alberto Cairo: How we Lie to Ourselves with Charts

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Written 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…

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Saluting Tim Harrower, 2019 SND Lifetime Award recipient

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What 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.

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