Archived Posts by Jonathon Berlin
Roar from China: The Liaoning Daily’s Golden Tiger
Saturday, October 1st, 2011
It was the year of the Tiger, 2010. At the Liaoning Daily, visual director Qingiun Zhang and his team were striving to do something different, something special to mark the year, to tell the story. “Manchurian Tiger’s Greeting for the New Year” won a gold medal in SND’s creative competition, one of only three awarded last year.
How optimistic are you? Take our past/present/future survey
Friday, September 30th, 2011
What were you doing five years ago? What are you doing now? What do you think you’ll be doing five years in the future? And how optimistic were you at each of those junctures?
Take our past/present/future survey and tell us. Click here to take the survey.
ESPN’s Rob King: It’s not your career, it’s your journey
Friday, September 30th, 2011
“It’s going to work out. You just don’t know how yet.” That was some advice that Rob King got from his boss a few years ago at a difficult time in his life. He and his wife were trying to start a family. And it’s advice that he also passed along in an inspirational keynote
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SND fall board meeting: Aiming high above St. Louis
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Society for News Design board members gathered for our twice-a-year board meeting Wednesday, Sept. 28 on the 21st floor of the workshop hotel — The Renaissance Grand. The board is made up of volunteers from across the globe representing different geographic regions and topic areas. At the meeting were members from Dubai, Germany, Mexico, Canada and the U.S.
Tweet, tweet, buzz, buzz: SND St. Louis social media
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
How to follow — and join — the discussion, on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Youtube and more.
Live… from Muncie! Meet the Digital Design judges and support staff
Sunday, February 13th, 2011
Ball State University students Megan Capinegro and Becca Dixon interviewed all the the Best of Digital judges today. Stephanie Stamm illustrated their portraits. Find out who’s who … and some interesting fun facts about this year’s jury.
Muncie hackfest: SND’s Best of Digital Design
Friday, February 11th, 2011
Welcome to the Society for News Design’s digital competition, live from Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. Ten judges and a bevy of hardworking students have gathered to recognize excellence in design and usability of digital news design, information graphics and photography.
Following up on Gannett’s Strategy
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
As Gannett continues to implement its strategy for regional design hubs, The Society caught up with Kate Marymount, Vice President/News at Gannett’s community publishing division, to ask about the process and reaction.
Live coverage from SND Denver coming up!
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Keep your eye on this space for coverage of all the comings and goings of the SND Denver Workshop. The schedule is packed with networking, training and inspiration galore. It’s a workshop built for today. If you’re not here, book a flight, rent a car, stick your thumb up in the air and get here.
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A bevy of reasons you should come to Denver
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
The countdown is on: 7 days until Denver. Each day until the workshop, we’ll countdown the reasons why you should attend this one-of-a-kind gathering. A workshop jam-packed with free training, customized ideas and top-of-the-line networking. Today’s reason: Unparalleled networking.
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.”
World’s Best: A judges’ eye view
Monday, February 15th, 2010
For five top visual journalism experts from across the globe it’s been an intense, busy, inspirational – and snowy – weekend in Syracuse.
These five – J. Bruce Baumann, Dennis Brack, Miguel Gomez, Lily Lu and Margaret O’Connor – were kind enough to share some observations before the big announcement of the winners.
Five questions: Adrian Holovaty
Sunday, January 10th, 2010
Adrian Holovaty, journalist, programmer and fellow Chicagoan, was kind enough to duck out of the winter sleet and answer a few of our questions about EveryBlock.com, the last decade and gypsy guitar.
The Best of Multimedia Design winners
Friday, September 25th, 2009
The Best of Multimedia Design winners were awarded at the 2009 Society for News Design annual workshop and exhibition in Buenos Aires on Sept. 24. The competition recognizes skill, innovation and high-quality visual journalism in Web and other new-media design with quarterly and annual awards. Out of 170 quarterly award winners, nytimes.com won the two
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An appreciation: 10 things I learned at the Rocky
Monday, March 2nd, 2009
I’m heartbroken about the Rocky Mountain News. My mind races between sadness, disbelief, anger and a cold, whispering fear that what we are facing as an industry could very well do the rest of us in. If it could happen there … The Rocky newsroom was wildly talented, coolly efficient and extremely close-knit. Its priorities
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Next for news design? Predictions for 2009
Thursday, January 1st, 2009
Fearlessness in the face of a scary time. Innovation alongside disruptive change. Human stories and out-of-this-world technology. New ideas and old fundamentals. These are the threads that weave through a set of ideas from a formidable group of industry experts. SND asked what’s ahead for news design in 2009. Looking into the crystal ball after
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