Archived Posts by Jonathon Berlin
Help news designers in India enter the SND competition
Friday, January 11th, 2013
SND’s Best of News Design is the leading competition of its kind in the world and we are heading into our 34th year. Each year in Syracuse, NY, there is a dizzying array of work from all over the world. Inspirational coverage of important local stories, stunning features, eye-catching photos and awe-inducing graphics. Broadsheet, tabloid, magazine.
There are some places in the world, however, that it’s a little more difficult to enter the competition.
Take India for instance. The news is a thriving part of the cultural landscape with thousands of titles. For a news designer to enter SND’s competition, though, is far above what that person earns at their job. SND would like to help so we are trying an experiment.
SND India’s region director, T.K. Sajeev Kumar has reached out to news designers across India to submit their best work to him. A small group of judges will review that work and nominate for entry into SND’s competition. Meanwhile, we are using the crowdsourcing site Razoo, a site for non-profits to raise money, to help these designers put their work up against the best in the world.
If you’d like to help, here’s how. Outreach to different parts of the world has always been one of SND’s core principles. We have region directors from all over the world.
REMINDER: IT’S TIME TO ENTER YOUR BEST NEWS DESIGN FROM 2012
Print entry deadlines: U.S. submissions, Jan. 16, 2013; international submissions, Jan. 23, 2013.
Digital entry deadlines: 12 a.m. EST., Jan. 16, 2013
Digital competition categories: More on the changes to this year’s competition, categories and rules
Digital entry form: Register first and then click on “submit entries.”
What sites are the World’s Best Designed? We’re looking for your ideas for the World’s Best Designed websites and mobile apps. A group of judges will go over all submissions and ideas in February, but first we’d like to hear from you. Send us your ideas.
Print competition Call for Entries: Instructions, categories and forms English and Spanish
Meet SND’s Lifetime Achievement Award winners for 2012: Deb Withey and Roger Black
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
At the awards gathering at SND’s workshop in Cleveland this fall SND presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to Roger Black and Deb Withey. The Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest individual honor the Society can bestow and only 19 have received the it.
Roger’s vision and leadership has set the standard for newspaper and magazine design. His work with type and digital platforms has lead the way far out ahead of the rest of the industry. See the slideshow and read the script from the ceremony here.
Deb’s sense of community and gift for teaching transformed newsrooms of all sizes and her ability to use the tools of design to capture a place transformed communities. See the slideshow and read the script from the ceremony here.
Lifetime Achievement Award, Roger Black: Innovator, leader, visionary
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
The recipients of SND’s Lifetime Achievement Awards in 2012 are Roger Black and Deborah Withey. The awards were presented at SND’s annual workshop and exhibition in Cleveland this fall. Before Black and Withey, only 19 have received the honor.
Lifetime Achievement Award, Deb Withey: Inspirational voice for storytelling, communities
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
The recipients of SND’s Lifetime Achievement Awards in 2012 are Roger Black and Deborah Withey. The awards were presented at SND’s annual workshop and exhibition in Cleveland this fall. Before Black and Withey, only 19 have received the honor.
SNDCle: The workshop is underway. Tune in to SND Cle Live
Friday, October 12th, 2012
The SNDCle workshop is off and running. The opening reception was held Thursday night in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a stunning museum with tributes to the world’s great rock artists. See for yourself on our opening day Designers from around the world descended on Cleveland Thursday for the annual Society for News Design conference. This year’s conference, hosted by The Plain Dealer, started with some events Thursday, and the opening reception at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
We’ll be feeding our dispatches from Cleveland on sndlive.tumblr.com, so check it out. Also, follow the #sndcle tag on Twitter to stay updated.
Join us in Mexico City, Sept. 24 to 26, for the World Summit on Media Design: La Cumbre Mundial de Diseño en Prensa
Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
This September, in beautiful Mexico City, a top-notch group of leaders of visual design will gather for La Cumbre Mundial de Diseño en Prensa, the World Summit on Media Design. This is the second time the Cumbra has been held in Mexico and SND is honored to be a part of it.
The Cumbre, a collaboration between Excelsior, Grupo Imagen, El Universal, Sintesis, El Economista, Arroyo, Grupo Expansion, Siempre!, Secretaria de Turismo Ciudad de Mexico, Istmo, Net-Channel.tv and Universidad Panamericana will be held in Mexico for the second year.
The event will be held Sept. 24, 25 and 26 at the Universidad Panamericana. SND members can register here.
Talking Olympics infographics with Jan Schwochow (plus check out the Olympics issue of IN GRAPHICS)
Sunday, July 22nd, 2012
The stunning visual work of IN GRAPHICS creates that unique humbling, inspiring feeling that makes us all want to be better storytellers. This “magazine for visual people” out of Berlin, Germany has raked in the awards and accolades. But to hold a copy is to embrace the craft of printing and experience the skill and touch of visual storytelling at its best. The magazine comes out twice a year and focuses on timely issues on a series of spreads. Read more here. Editor and Publisher Jan Schwochow took a few minutes to talk with SND about the new Olympics issue.
This interview is part of SND’s Year-Long Conversation about design. Read more about the Olympics and other conversation pieces here.
Q&A with Joe Ward: Behind the scenes at The New York Times, as they plan Olympic graphics
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012
The Olympics are a bit like Christmas for a graphics department: strong visuals, fast data, high concepts. Plus everyone knows the Games are coming, so it’s easy to make a plan and use the opportunity to try out new ways of storytelling. In a little over a week we’ll be able to check out the storytelling from the powerhouse graphics department at The New York Times, an incredible group of journalists and artists who are on a 5-year streak of wowing the web and visual journalism world. Sports Graphics Editor Joe Ward, who will be London for the Games, took a few moments to talk with us about the Times’ plans.
This interview is part of SND’s Year-Long Conversation about design. Read more about the Olympics and other conversation pieces here.
Twenty-five infographics lessons from Malofiej 20
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
It was another inspirational and incredible week in Pamplona, Spain. Here were some of the take-aways I took with me. Click on the jump for the Storify page.
Malofiej 20 winners: The jury talks about the gold medal work
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
In Spain for the 20th gathering of the Malofiej awards and summit, there was a record number of submissions: 1,513 from nearly 30 countries. From that the jury selected 111 winners from around a dozen countries with 8 taking the top award: A gold medal. It should be noted that 63 awards went to print
Malofiej 20: Best of show for the New York Times, plus the list of winners
Friday, March 23rd, 2012
The Jury of the 20th International Infographics Awards at Malofiej has given 8 gold medals, 31 silver medals and 73 bronze medals. The New York Times and NYTimes.com were awarded the Peter Sullivan / Best of Show Award, with the graphics ‘Guantanamo Detainees’ and ‘The Guantanamo Docket.’ There were 1,356 entries from 151 media from
Notes from Malofiej 20 speakers: visualization, truth and beauty
Friday, March 23rd, 2012
It’s a packed schedule at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain, the site of Malofiej 20. Speakers on the first day focused on data visualization, comprehension of infographic forms, the process of making graphics and more. Here are highlights from some of the sessions. Andrew Vande Moere The tyranny of the pixel Andrew Vande
Live from Pamplona, Spain: Malofiej 20 Infographics World Summit
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Pamplona, Spain is once again playing host to Malofiej, the world’s top gathering and competition for infographics. This is Malofiej’s 20th year, a significant milestone. For the past few days, a jury of 21 leaders of the craft have judged entries from all over the world and chosen winners which will be announced Friday.
_ Talking graphics: How El Mundo covered the financial crisis.
_ SND’s Year-Long Conversation
_Coverage of SND’s other competitions
SND33 Best in Show: Svenska Dagbladet’s breaking news coverage of Norway attacks
Monday, February 6th, 2012
UPDATE: Check out a PDF of the Best in Show pages from Svenska Dagbladet.
For the first time since 2002, the judges of SND’s annual creative competition selected a Best in Show: Svenksa Dagbladet‘s breaking news coverage of the July 2011 Norway attacks.
The 16 pages from the Stockholm, Sweden, paper combine stunning photography, engrossing information graphics, sharp typography, brilliant pacing and page architecture in a piece of journalism that answers every question a reader might have about the attack in which 77 people were killed in Oslo and a nearby island.
SND33: Trends in typography, color and design
Monday, February 6th, 2012
When you take 21 designers from around the world and have them pore over thousands and thousands of pages over three long days, those people start to make observations. Syracuse student Chris Azar pulled a few aside and asked them what trends they had spotted.
SND33: A world of entries from 39 countries
Saturday, February 4th, 2012
The 10,131 entries for SND’s creative competition came from 39 countries. At the end of last year’s judging winners hailed from more than 20 countries. Stay tuned for more all weekend long.
Check here for coverage of SND33.
