Archive for August, 2011
CLOSED: Register for St. Louis, win a free iPad!
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Only 10 spots remain in the Great SND iPad drawing of 2011: register now for SND STL for your chance to win!
We’ll announce the winner at the workshop. Everyone there will learn how to put it to good use, thanks to our day-long series of mobile and iPad sessions sponsored by the Digital Publishing Alliance.
SND STL will be offering more mobile and tablet focused training than any journalism conference in the country (more than a full day of it from touch interaction design to development to strategy from innovative organizations including Zite, ESPN, The Daily, The Onion, as well as many newspapers and chains including The New York Times, Tribune, Morris, Cox and Freedom). If you are interested in being on the cutting edge of digital, meet us in St. Louis.
Learn about how to balance education in the digital age at SND STL
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Education is a continuing and important piece of the future newsroom, this session will help find ways to stay up to speed: Education in Digital Age This session will discuss how teachers and life-long learners can stay up to speed on the most recent technological developments and their applications to journalism. Especially focused on balancing limited budgets, limited
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7 reasons or more to register for SND STL now
Friday, August 19th, 2011
Register now for SND STL and you’ll be entered into a drawing to win an iPad! Then come to St. Louis and learn all about Mobile Design in a day-long series of sessions held in partnership with the Digital Publishing Alliance. That’s just one reason to register today. Want more? Here’s 7: #1 – TONS
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From “Milk Eggs Vodka” to stealing bricks: learn about bootstrapping your passion and entrepreneurship for creative media at SND STL
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Come get inspired by our next session: Bootstrapping Your Passion: Entrepreneurship for Creative Media Kick-staring, boot-strapping and entrepreneurship is exploding right now — there’s never been a more exciting time to be creating your own creative media content. Learn how to take an idea, a curiosity, a side project or a personal passion and turn
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Meet your 2012 SND officer candidates
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Your candidates for SND officer positions in 2012 are:
For the position of SND president: Jonathon Berlin, Chicago Tribune
For the position of SND vice president: Rob Schneider, Dallas Morning News
For the position of SND secretary/treasurer:
David Kordalski, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer
Mike Rice, Arizona Daily Star
Gabriela Schmidt, Schmidt Media Group
There will be a write-in option for each office. Bios and mission statements from the candidates follow on the break…
Get ready for the 2012 elections with our print and digital panel at SND STL
Monday, August 15th, 2011
As the law says, bust a deal, face the wheel! We’ll offer more election info than you can shake a corn dog at in this lively panel of pioneers: Election 2012: Preparing for Thunderdome in Print & Digital Speakers representing both digital and print will share their experiences, inspiration, ideas and suggestions to prepare your
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Volunteer for SND STL, meet cool people, network & give back to the greater good
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
We’re looking for a few good men and women, students and professionals to help us for SND STL for a variety of jobs, from quick 30-minute assignments to helping with important pieces like the SND Foundation Silent Auction. Some of the assignments include helping set up and work on the events throughout the weekend (including
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SND STL Hotel Room Sharing Bulletin Board
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
While we have some amazing hotel rates for SND STL (almost half of what some other journalism conference hotels are charging this year), we realize times are tough and want to help give everyone the opportunity to attend SND St. Louis and have plenty of money left over for festivities and the SND Foundation Silent
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St. Louis Downtown Trolley offers cheap travel around Washington Ave. entertainment district, SND STL opening reception & other downtown attractions
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
After you get settled St. Louis for SND STL, there’s a quick, easy and cheap way to get around all the downtown attractions: The Downtown Trolley. You’ll be able to pick this bus out from the standard MetroLink buses because it’s wrapped in a colorful yellow-orange-and pink design (pictured above) like an old-time trolley from Judy Garland’s
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Learn lessons from the Gannett, Tribune, Scripps & Hearst design hubs at SND STL
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Our next session is a follow up to last year’s popular panel: Lessons From the Design Hubs This session will focus on the design hub consolidation at Gannett, Tribune, Scripps and Hearst, with leaders from each organization discussing what they’ve learned, what has worked, what didn’t and what the future holds. Kate Marymont Kate Marymont
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A tribute to Gayle Grin in quotes
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Susan Ferguson, Design Editor, The Montreal Gazette: “Gayle is incredibly warm and always giving of her knowledge to the newcomer. When I showed her one of my very first pages as a designer, she politely asked me what my purpose was for applying that funky Photo/Graphic Edge effect to all the photos. When I failed
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Send your SND Foundation silent auction donations now!
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
We’re currently collecting items for the SND Foundation silent auction and looking for any support from SND members, their publications and friends to provide donations. All money raised goes to supporting the Foundation’s work helping educate and inspire future generations of visual journalists, from research to travel grants / scholarships. We have a good start but need your
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Send your SND Foundation silent auction donations now!
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
We’re currently collecting items for the SND Foundation silent auction and looking for any support from SND members, their publications and friends to provide donations. All money raised goes to supporting the Foundation’s work helping educate and inspire future generations of visual journalists, from research to travel grants / scholarships. We have a good start but
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Dynamo professor, innovative newsroom and social media leader, Jen Reeves, will turbo-charge your skillset at SND STL
Monday, August 1st, 2011
Our next dynamic speaker is a powerhouse of journalism education and runs one of the most innovative newsrooms in the nation regularly recognized by industry publications including the PBS Media Shift blog. She’s going to compress a semester of training with her turbo-charged Mizzou classes into 50 minutes for folks looking to get up to
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