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Tips to making something great out of not-so-great situations

Society for News Design

Saturday afternoon, Andrew Nilsen of visualinguist presented in the last round of sessions at this year’s conference. He used juggling as an analogy to explain that in the industry, everyone has to balance multiple projects, tasks and working with other people’s deadlines.

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How the Nationals changed sports design at the Washington Post

Society for News Design

This afternoon, Brian Gross of the Washington Post presented “Play Ball”, a session in which he discussed various pages from the Post’s sports coverage of the Washington Nationals.

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The evolution of long-form stories at Vox Media

Society for News Design

Pablo Mercado and Ted Irvine from Vox Media presented “A short history of Vox long-form.” Vox publishes The Verge, SB Nation and Polygon.

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SND LOU Illustrated: Jennifer Daniel's keynote

Society for News Design

Emily Theis is an editorial designer at The Boston Globe and will soon finish her senior year at Ball State University. Throughout the workshop, she will be illustrating key points from our speakers.

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SNDLOU Illustrated: Platform ≠ content

Society for News Design

Emily Theis is an editorial designer at The Boston Globe and will soon finish her senior year at Ball State University. Throughout the workshop, she will be illustrating key points from our speakers.

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The long-form digital design process at CNN, New York Times and Washington Post

Society for News Design

This morning, Andrew Kueneman, deputy director of digital design at The New York Times, Greg Manifold, design director at the Washington Post, Sarah Sampsel, director of digital strategy at the Washington Post, and Judith Siegel, senior UX designer at CNN.com presented “Go Long: How to master long-form digital design,” a session about the process behind making a couple thousand word stories beautiful in a digital presence.

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Twitter's David Wright Jr.: Platform ≠ content

Society for News Design

David Wright Jr. of Twitter presented “Platform ≠ content” a session about the importance of improving experiences by designing platforms with a user-centered model.

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SNDLOU: A look at workshop attendance

Society for News Design

Approximately 320 people have come from around the world to attend our annual workshop. In this graphic, Kevin Uhrmacher shows the most represented nations.

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