Archive for July, 2011
The 7 Deadly Sins in Saint Louis / 7 St. Louis saintly and family-friendly things to do around SND STL
Sunday, July 31st, 2011
Bible-belt schmible-belt. Don’t let the first half of it’s name trick you, Saint Louis is for sinners. 3 a.m. last calls (or even later in East St. Louis). Gambling. Smoking indoors. Unhealthy food and booze. Saint Louis is like Vegas, but 1/8th the price and the people are quadruple as nice. When you come
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Zite CEO & Washington Post’s Trove designer discuss designing personalized news experiences on tablet devices
Sunday, July 31st, 2011
Our next ground-breaking session couldn’t have been done 10, even 2 years ago: Designing Personalized Tablet News Nicolas Negroponte’s 1970s prophecy of “The Daily Me” is now here. Dozens of organizations from traditional media to start-ups are now creating unique, customized tablet news experiences that embrace the tablet as a personalized publishing platform. This session
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Have you taken RJI’s 2011 iPad survey yet? Do it now!
Friday, July 29th, 2011
The Reynolds Journalism Institute’s iPad/Tablet Research Project has been the first of its kind already (twice now, really). And they’re at it again. They invite you to take their Summer 2011 survey: Click here. This survey is international and open to anyone who owns or uses an Apple iPad or other comparable media tablet. It
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Learn about “The Secret Ingredient of the Secret Ingredient” with Adonis Durado from The Times of Oman
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Our next session will feature an internationally-renowned and innovative designer discussion strategies for visualizing and energizing readers’ interests: Visual Conceit: The Secret Ingredient of the Secret Ingredient Engage your reader. As visual journalist, we are told that this is the key to our survival. But this task is daunting, and is not simple as it may
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The Poynter Institute’s Butch Ward leads a session on “Managing in White Water”
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Bring your boss, or if you’re a boss, bring yourself to this inspirational and practical session about managing in these challenging times: Managing in White Water Helping the members of your staff do their best work is even more challenging in these uncertain times. That’s why, especially in times of great change, it’s important to
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Poynter’s Sara Quinn teaches about “Photo Editing in the Digital Age” at SND St. Louis
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Our next amazing teacher will help us navigate the challenges of working with visuals across many different platforms with: Photo Editing in the Digital Age How can we give great photojournalism the best possible play, regardless of platform? The foundations of photojournalism stand firm, even as technology changes and new devices appear on the horizon.
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NPPA Business Blitz pre-conference workshop on freelancing at SND STL is open for registration now!
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
The National Press Photographer Association is partnering with SND STL and offering a pre-conference “Business Blitz” workshop on freelancing at the Renaissance Grand Hotel on Thursday, Sept. 29 in Ballroom D. It’ll be a ‘Ballroom Blitz‘ you could say. John Harrington and Craig Mitcheldryer are currently signed on as speakers with many more TBA. Registration is
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Lars Pryds shows how “In cold Scandinavia, magazines are hot” at SND STL
Monday, July 25th, 2011
Our next speaker comes to us from the far north for a sizzling session: In cold Scandinavia, magazines are hot Newspapers are struggling to survive, cutting costs and staff – and it shows on the pages. Magazines seems to have more room for experiments, and visuals are part of the fight to get and keep
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Learn brainstorming & creativity strategies with Carrie Gee, Nick Mrozowski, Emmet Smith at SND STL
Monday, July 25th, 2011
Prepare to get inspired by some of the brightest design minds in the world when they converge on SND STL and share their secrets to developing brilliant visual concepts: Brainstorming & Creativity Strategies This session will discuss practical and inspirational strategies on how to brainstorm, especially on deadline and with limited resources. Presenters will discuss their
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The Onion & Oklahoman join SND STL for a session on building HTML5-based apps
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
The next session will offer insight into emerging platforms that are allowing content organizations to design and code their applications for mobile, tablets and even TV! Building in HTML5 and Bypassing Native Apps Sometimes collectively referred to as “HTML5,” a set of new tools, frameworks and standards are emerging based on the new HTML5 language standard, which
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Adios, Arial! New Tools for Taking Beautiful Typography From Print to Digital
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
The next session will offer insight into how news organizations can mirror (or at least get closer) to using similar typography in print and digital: Adios, Arial! New Tools for Taking Beautiful Typography From Print to Digital This session will discuss new tools available that are allowing organizations to mirror both their print and digital
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WaPo’s Levi Chronister & NPR’s Danny DeBelius lead the web design & development workshop at SND STL
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Our next announcement is for a turbo-charged, all-day pre-conference workshop on Web Design and Development featuring two leaders from NPR and The Washington Post. Space is limited and has already been selling so, bust a move and sign up for the Pre-Conference Web Design workshop here. Pre-Conference Web Design & Development Workshop Translate your design skills to
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Successes, failures & what we’ve learned so far in mobile & tablet news
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Our next session in partnership with the RJI Digital Publishing Alliance will feature leaders working in mobile and tablet news sharing their advice, experiences, successes and failures so far from the couple years in the space: One (+) year out: What we’ve learned so far about mobile and tablet news A frank and open moderated
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“Tapworthy” author Josh Clark presents, “Touching News: The New Rules of Tablet Media” at SND STL
Monday, July 18th, 2011
We’re ecstatic to announce that touch interaction design visionary Josh Clark will join us at SND STL to discuss interaction design principles for mobile and tablet devices: Touching News: The New Rules of Tablet Media Touch, tap, flick, and pinch the news. Touch interfaces, especially on tablets, hold the promise for entirely new media experiences that are both
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Boston Globe hosts Ink No. 3
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
The design journal Ink, which was first produced in Denver at SND’s 2010 Workshop, and then in Detroit in January 2011, is getting ready for its third issue. This time, The Boston Globe is hosting the traveling collaboration. Ink writes about the people and culture of print, and in the process allows designers, illustrators, photographers
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Charles Apple inspires at SND St. Louis with “asdf sdkjafs headline goes here lsjjkadf sdf”
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
We’re excited to announce Charles Apple, *the* nexus of the universe for what’s going on in print design, journalism and the dearth of copy editors in modern media, will be joining us at SND STL. Btw, yes, the headline is a joke. Uh, so is any other grammar and spelling errors I make. ;D In all seriousness, he’ll be presenting an
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