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Join us for "SND Prototypes: The story experience"

Society for News Design

SND is nerding out on story-form design, with a focus on inventing new ways to evolve how we think about presenting digital narratives.

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Phillip Ritzenberg on SND's history (and its future)

Society for News Design

SND asked Phillip Ritzenberg, one of the SND’s founders and its only two-term president, to speak at the Awards Banquet at SNDLOU to help commemorate the organization’s 35th anniversary. We wanted to share it here as well.

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SND35: What's New in Graphics and Illustrations

Society for News Design

A quick four-part series on the Best of News Design continues today with an overview of changes to the Graphics and Illustration categories at SND35.

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[Social buzz] Reaction to The New York Times digital redesign

Society for News Design

This morning The New York Times released a redesign of its digital products, which offers a new experience they describe as sleeker, faster and more intuitive. SND is tracking reaction from around the web.

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SND 35 Call for Entries: Mandela Categories Added

Society for News Design

The SND35 Call for Entries has been updated to include breaking news and special news categories for work related to the passing of Nelson Mandela.

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Call for Entries translations added

Society for News Design

The Call for Entries for the 35th annual Best of News Design Creative Competition is now available, along with editable entry forms. The entry deadline is Jan. 15, 2014, for U.S. entries, and Jan. 22 for international entries.

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The New York Times AME/photography on today's front page

Society for News Design

This morning, The New York Times published a story on the so-called Jewish breast cancer gene. The front page of the print edition — and the lead image online — shows a portion of a 28-year-old woman’s left breast. SND caught up with Michele McNally, the Times assistant managing editor of photography, to find out more about the picture editing process.

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JFK50: An inside look at the DMN's special section

Society for News Design

The Dallas Morning News highlights a year’s worth of coverage for the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination with a 12-page special section. Here’s an inside look at the section by designer Marilyn Bishkin and artist Michael Hogue.

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