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The Best of News Design Creative Competitions’ Call for Entries is live!

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The entry portal is open Jan. 22 through March 8. We can’t wait to see the creative, innovative and thoughtful pieces of visual journalism you or your organization produced this year! Here’s some important information about this year’s competition! Deadline and Pricing The deadline to submit entries is Friday, March…

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Best of Digital News Design Categories for 2023

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The Best of Digital News Design is part of SND’s 45th annual creative competition. Judges will recognize journalistic excellence in storytelling, graphics, social media and product design, with a goal of identifying the best visual journalism that pushes the boundaries of design and technology. Standard deadline: Friday, Feb. 23, 2024…

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Best of Print News Design Categories for 2023

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The Best of Print News Design is part of SND’s 45th annual creative competition. Judges will recognize journalistic excellence in storytelling, graphics and art direction, to identify the visual journalism that pushes the boundaries of design. Standard deadline: Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 Members: $25 for a single page, $40 for multiple-page…

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Election results: Meet the 2024-2025 SND Board of Directors

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The votes have been tallied and the 2024 election results are in. In a return to member-elected officers, Jon Wile will serve as the Society of News Design’s President. Alex Fong and Yuri Victor round out the officer slate as Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer. Five new Directors were elected to…

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Gen AI and news design – a CCC roundtable discussion. Short SND Biz meeting follows

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SND Business meeting will follow December Creative Conference Call Join us Wednesday, December 6 at 1 p.m. EST for an exclusive session checking in on the world of Gen AI and the role of media designers. SND, building on the success of past CCC sessions and SND NYC, presents this…

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Watch: Taylor Swift’s electric touch (October Creative Conference Call)

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Meet Allison Hong: SND Board of Directors

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Allison Hong, stands for a portrait on Thursday, July 12, 2018 in Los Angeles, CA. (Patrick T. Fallon/ For The Los Angeles Times) Allison Hong Current Title: Deputy Design Director Organization: Los Angeles TimesCountry: United States SND Vision As an outsider to SND, I’ve remained mostly just out of the…

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Taylor Swift’s electric touch (October Creative Conference Call)

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53 shows. 20 cities. 5 months. We’ve all heard about the economic impact of The Eras Tour in the U.S. — how the in-demand tour boosted tourism, contributed to local businesses and even how Swift herself donated to food banks at every stop. We know this because newsrooms in every…

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Call for candidates: You can help shape the future of SND

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This year’s election will see President, Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer return to the ballot, and two open board seats Our Society is growing once again. Over the past year, SND’s membership has grown by more than 50% (the first significant increase in over a decade), revenue is rising, and we…

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