Archived Posts by Stephen Komives
Third Gold medal: Times of Oman news design page
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
The Times of Oman was awarded a Gold medal for business page design for its treatment of the story, “How secrecy undermines audit reform.” The judges had this to say about the entry: “It’s so different, and handmade, you have to decode it, you have to appreciate the craftsmanship. The page IS the illustration. It
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SND33: First JSR, for photography
Saturday, February 4th, 2012
Politiken of Denmark has earned the first Judges’ Special Recognition of the competition, for its bold use of photography. Its entry in category 15E — multiple photos — comprised six cover pages from its Kultur section.
SND33: What the photo judges are seeing, voting for
Saturday, February 4th, 2012
Staffan Lowstedt, Sweden: A few papers are sticking out in each category, and it’s the same papers. There’s a lot of very technically good work, but it’s hard to find the few that go beyond that. We’re all trying to overlook print quality and just see the work. Adonis Durado, Oman: My bias is for
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A mobile experience in China
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Led by the indefatigable Lily Lu and sponsored by the Youth Times, SND held a workshop on “Gearing Up for the Mobile Age” in Hangzhou, China, this past weekend. Instructors Joey Marburger and Yuri Victor of the Washington Post taught 50-plus attendees in the three-day workshop. Every attendee left with the ability to create a mobile site. Every attendee also joined SND. This means the Society now boasts more than 100 members in the Middle Kingdom. I spoke with a few of the attendees about their experiences. Even when speaking through a translator it’s obvious we all share a universal design language.
Mexico prepares for World Design Summit
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Mexico City is an incredible cultural mecca. And now, we have one more good reason to head there: the VII World Design Press Summit will take place there Oct. 24-26.
SND Lifetime Achievement Award: Roger Fidler
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
The Society for News Design is proud to present its Lifetime Achievement Award to an innovator, leader, teacher, founder and friend: Roger Fidler.
Fidler, the digital program director at Digital Publishing Alliance at the University of Missouri’s Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute accepted the award at the awards banquet at the SND’s award banquet at its annual workshop in St. Louis Saturday.
Meet your 2012 SND Officers
Friday, September 30th, 2011
The election results are in, and we are pleased to announce the officers for 2012:
President: Jonathon Berlin, Chicago Tribune
Vice President: Rob Schneider, Dallas Morning News
Secretary/Treasurer: David Kordalski, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer.
Kordalski won the only contested race. Of 220 votes cast in that race, he received 130, for 59% of the vote. Gabi Schmidt received 54 votes (25%) and Mike Rice received 36 votes (16%).
Meet the man behind the SND32 cover
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Member copies of the 32nd annual Best of News Design book are being shipped this week (a small selection will be available for sale at the workshop in St. Louis). The cover was designed by Adonis Durado, design director of the Times of Oman & Al Shabiba in Muscat, Oman. His entry was chosen from a field of more than 30 candidates in this year’s cover competition. We asked Adonis how his cover concept came together in this Q-and-A…
SND 33: We want you as a Judge, or Facilitator
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
We’d like your help in finding facilitators and judges for next year’s Best of News Design™ Creative Competiton. Becoming a facilitator About 30 professional SND volunteers assist with the annual judging in February at Syracuse University. Anyone interested in serving as a facilitator should send an e-mail beginning at 12 a.m. East Coast time July
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SND STL: Look who’s coming
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Have you registered yet for SND STL? It’s only three months away!
Go to http://sndstl.com for more information, including special pricing and how to register.
Want to know who’s coming?
Check out the list of attendees on the jump.
SND membership, your way
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
As SND expands into different countries and disciplines, we understand members have a variety of needs, and want you to control and tailor your membership accordingly.
SND Chinese to host meetup April 18 in Shanghai
Friday, April 15th, 2011
SND Chinese is hosting a meetup April 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., sponsored by Journalism and Media Studies Centre of Hong Kong University. The site is the HKU Shanghai Study Centre, 298 North Suzhou Road, Hongkou District in Shanghai. The featured speakers: Cristóbal Edwards, professor of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile’s school of
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Register now for April Quick Courses in Chicago, St. Pete
Friday, April 15th, 2011
In Chicago on April 30, SND is hosting a Back to Basics Quick Course at Loyola University Chicago to coincide with an exhibit featuring the 2009 SND Best of News Design winners. Learn more about alternative story formats — how designers can get involved in the process, how to make them easier to produce and
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Web Design Boot Camp: What the attendees learned
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011
SND held its first Web Design Boot Camp of the year this past weekend at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.
Taught by Danny DeBelius of NPR and Levi Chronister of The Washington Post, the two-day, hands-on course was free to SND members, thanks to a grant from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation.
Free, and highly useful. But don’t take my word for it, take theirs.
Become a Data Viz wiz in St. Pete: April 29-30
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
Putting tons of raw data in front of your audience might just turn them off. But mashing up sets of data as part of your reporting might reveal a hidden story. You’ll see patterns and make connections that you might not otherwise find. Who did what, when and where is the arc of almost any
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API+SND workshop: Creating the Digital Experience
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
API and SND are teaming up to connect digital designers and developers to the interrelated world of content and revenue on the Internet. “Creating the Digital Experience,” a two-day strategic retreat in Reston, Va., will focus on the way we do everything on the Web: communicate with each other, interact with communities through social networks,
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