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Design Journal: Love letters

Society for News Design

We know you’ve got one. Every time you see it — that favorite letterform of yours — you melt a little inside. Uppercase, lowercase, straight-edged, curvy, handwritten, computer-generated — anything goes when it comes to letters that strike the heart.

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SND37 U.S. Entry Deadline 10 Days Away

Society for News Design

A reminder that if you haven’t already begun pulling and assembling your entries for the 37th annual Best of News Design print creative competition, now is the time to act. The U.S. entry deadline — along with all entries in the combination print/digital Category 20 — is January 28, 2016.…

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Dramatic scenes from the crackdown on Zaman

Society for News Design

On Dec. 14 Turkish authorities raided Zaman’s offices and detained its editor-in-chief, Ekrem Dumanli, as part of a wider media crackdown. Dumanli was held for five days.

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Fast, practical mapping solutions from Maps4News

Society for News Design

If you’ve attended the SND annual workshop in recent years, you’ve likely met Christian Erades and checked out Maps4News. Erades is the sales manager for the cartographic company. I caught up with Christian recently.

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Lost in translation? Spanish, Portuguese Calls posted

Society for News Design

The Spanish version of the Call for Entries is now available for your downloading pleasure here. Other languages coming soon. A few items of note: Later deadlines: The deadline for U.S. entries this year is January 28, 2015; for international entries it’s Feb. 4. You’re welcome to enter earlier than…

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[The Guts] Seattle Times' project lets users leave fingerprints

Society for News Design

The Seattle Times’ latest project, Loaded With Lead, looks at the issue of lead poisoning at shooting ranges. The presentation was so unique that it made my hard-to-impress investigative reporters at the Sun Sentinel stop and share with the team. I knew I had to learn more about it.  Lead…

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Day One recap: #SNDMakes, Boston

Society for News Design

Teams have crafted “how might we” statements, begin prototyping

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