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

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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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Cover story: Columbus Monthly

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This week, Art Director Carrie Sosnowski shares how the cover for the November issue of Columbus Monthly was developed.

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Bid for great illustrations, help the SND Foundation

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Seven illustrators — Miguel Davila, Adonis Durado, Martin Gee, Michael Hogue, Andrea Levy, Troy Oxford and Dan Zacroczemski — have donated their services to create a custom illustration for you.

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

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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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JFK50: Dallas paper finds success by reprinting its past

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Rob Schneider, presentation director at The Dallas Morning News, shares how the paper reprinted its Nov. 23, 1963 cover of the Kennedy assassination and made nearly half-a-million dollars.

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Janet Michaud on POLITICO's new magazine

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In late July, The Washington Post’s design director Janet Michaud announced she was moving to POLITICO to become creative director of its new magazine. SND caught up with her to learn about the launch process.

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Cover story: The New Republic

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SND will regularly feature a Q&A on how magazine covers were developed. This week, The New Republic Creative Director Dirk Barnett shares the process for developing the November 25 cover.

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Chelsea & The City: A year's worth of lessons…illustrated

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Chelsea Kardokus started blogging about her journey to TIME magazine a year ago, but her time writing for SND.org has come to an end. In her final post, she shares her five biggest lessons of the last 365 days.

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Posted: The 35th Call for Entries

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The Call for Entries for the 35th annual Best of News Design Creative Competition is now available in pdf form, along with editable Entry and Tally & Payment forms. Check back for translations into Spanish and other languages coming soon. The entry deadline is Jan. 15, 2014, for U.S. entries,…

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