Archive for July, 2010
A Q&A with Gannett’s Kate Marymont
Monday, July 26th, 2010
Gannett’s vice president/news discusses the company’s vision as it transitions to 5 centralized design locations for its community newspapers. “Good visual journalism isn’t an afterthought,” Marymont says. “Editors will have to ensure that the planning of coverage includes the planning of the art elements and presentation. That will remain a local responsibility.”
Register for Denver, you might win an iPad!
Sunday, July 25th, 2010
Anyone registered for SND Denver by August 6 will be eligible to win an iPad, courtesy of the officers of SND.
Roger Black on Ready-Media, templates and the future of design
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
When Roger Black and Eduardo Danilo launched Ready-Media this week—the template service for newspapers, magazines and, eventually, the Web—the announcement sent distress signals through the design community. SND talks with Black about what he had in mind when creating Ready-Media.
An open letter on the value of Design
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Updated: Gannett responds to SND’s President. Like many of our colleagues, we read with concern this week’s announcement of Gannett’s plans for regional hubs to build pages for many of their newspapers. This plan is similar to others that have sought to template publications and centralize parts of the creative and production process, or, in some extreme cases, eliminate design and graphics departments.
We all are looking for ways to eliminate inefficiencies to ensure a future for newspapers. However, as leaders of the Society for News Design, we would like to challenge some assumptions at the core of this (and similar) plans, as well as offer some ideas to consider at this critical time — a time when there is a need for relevancy, re-invention and creative solutions. Continue »
Melissa Angle named Education and Training Director
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
SND is pleased to announce that the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Melissa Angle has been named SND’s Education and Training director. Melissa is a designer at the AJC where she works on Sunday A1 and special projects. In May 2009, she helped launch AJC 2.0, a redesign and reorganization effort led by former SND president Lucie Lacava.
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Northwestern’s Sisi Wei named SND Foundation Scholarship winner
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
A panel of seven SND leaders selected Wei for the $2,000 award based on her thoughtful answers to two essay questions, the quality of her portfolio, her professor’s recommendation and her strong grade point average.
Boston meetup report
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
Newcomers to the area were given a particular welcome yesterday at a casual summertime meetup in Boston on July 12. Region 1 Director Lee Steele and Dan Zedek of the Boston Globe hosted. Martin Gee, Carrie Hoover, Luke Knox and Jennifer Knox were among the 20 or so attendees. Martin and Luke, most recently from
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Total football
Monday, July 12th, 2010
The World Cup is in the books (¡Viva España!) but there are lessons still to be learned. Luis Chumpitaz, Information Graphics Editor at Dubai Media Incorporated, describes the conception of a 48-page special supplement previewing the World Cup. The design work coming from the Middle East is unlike anything created elsewhere in the world. Luis
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Losing the Plot
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
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Charts that actually work can be hard to find. John Grimwade is worried about the craft of understanding and presenting data being lost under an avalanche of infographic over-enthusiasm.
