Archived Posts by Stephen Komives
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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SND32: A Summary Report
Monday, February 28th, 2011
In case you haven’t have time to take in all the coverage of this year’s Creative Competition, here’s a breakdown of the results. The official news release is at the bottom of this post: ‘World’s Best-Designed Newspapers™’ i, Lisbon, Portugal, circulation 12,400 Winners: 838 Last Year: 1,101 World’s Best 1 Judges Special Recognition 8 Gold
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Live-stream iPad conference March 7 at Missouri
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Wonder how content is created specially for the iPad? On March 7, the University of Missouri magazine faculty and staff, the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Meredith Corporation will be hosting some innovative magazine professionals to showcase their best practices. Stop by or tune in to the live-stream for sessions with journalists from
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32nd Edition searchable database of winners posted
Monday, February 21st, 2011
To view the list of winners from the 32nd annual Best of News Design Creative Competition, click here. More than 800 winners were chosen from a field of more than 10,500 entries. A special thank-you to Syracuse University for playing host to the judging again this year.
GOLD: La Presse illustrates the seven deadlies
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Judges awarded a gold medal for illustrations where La Presse columnists gave their take on the various sins.
TREND WATCH: Mega pages blanket the competition
Sunday, February 6th, 2011
Over the years we’ve seen some interesting composited posters — entries made up of many pages, that together form a larger whole. They’ve taken many shapes — long horizontals, illustrated life-size Michael Jordans (circa 1998), and even a 60-piece hand-drawn installment project from China chronicling the 60 years leading up to last year’s anniversary (2010
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A growing international presence
Saturday, February 5th, 2011
As SND continues to expand globally, we see more and more great international work on the tables in Syracuse. Last year judges awarded publications in 29 countries. For comparison sake, in 1993, 11 countries were represented in the book. This year we have entries from 38 countries, including at least four countries from which we’ve
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Javier Torres, on his new Gannett role in Nashville
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
Javier Torres, AME Presentation at the Fort Myers News-Press and SND’s Diversity Director, is heading to Nashville to head up recently accepted the role of creative director of Gannett’s Nashville design studio. He’ll be working with Jeff Glick, who will be leading the studio. It’s one of five Gannett is forming around the country; the
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Introducing your 2011 SND officers
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
The election results are in, and the winners are:
PRESIDENT
Steve Dorsey, Vice President for R+D, Detroit Media Partnership
VICE PRESIDENT
Jonathon Berlin, Graphics Editor, Chicago Tribune
SECRETARY/TREASURER
Rob Schneider, Presentation Director, The Dallas Morning News
Full results on the jump
An SND election Q&A
Friday, December 10th, 2010
Hello everyone. I wanted to put out a personal plea to please remember to vote by Dec. 15. If you have not received voting instructions, send me a note and we’ll get you squared away. If your membership is up for renewal, and you would like to renew in order to vote, also let me
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SND 2010 Elections set for November; nominations sought for secretary/treasurer
Monday, October 4th, 2010
The election of SND officers — president, vice president, and secretary/treasurer — will take place during the last week of November. We are now accepting open nominations for the office of secretary/treasurer. Send your nominations to me at skomives@snd.org. All nominations will be forwarded on to the executive committee of SND, which is charged with
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Look who’s coming to Denver… are you?
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
SND Denver will feature a great lineup of speakers and presentations: all the details are at www.snddenver.com. Of course, the workshop is also a great place to catch up with acquaintances in the industry. Click on through to see who’ll be there!
SND Denver: One month away!
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
Registration fees for SND Denver go up on Sept. 7. Register now at the lower rate! The organizers have done a fantastic job building an inspirational program relevant to all aspects of visual journalism – on all platforms – with featured addresses from Roger Fidler, author Richard Saul Wurman, Lucie Lacava and a special evening
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An open letter on the value of Design
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Updated: Gannett responds to SND’s President. Like many of our colleagues, we read with concern this week’s announcement of Gannett’s plans for regional hubs to build pages for many of their newspapers. This plan is similar to others that have sought to template publications and centralize parts of the creative and production process, or, in some extreme cases, eliminate design and graphics departments.
We all are looking for ways to eliminate inefficiencies to ensure a future for newspapers. However, as leaders of the Society for News Design, we would like to challenge some assumptions at the core of this (and similar) plans, as well as offer some ideas to consider at this critical time — a time when there is a need for relevancy, re-invention and creative solutions. Continue »
Total football
Monday, July 12th, 2010
The World Cup is in the books (¡Viva España!) but there are lessons still to be learned. Luis Chumpitaz, Information Graphics Editor at Dubai Media Incorporated, describes the conception of a 48-page special supplement previewing the World Cup. The design work coming from the Middle East is unlike anything created elsewhere in the world. Luis
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