Archive for the ‘Industry News’ Category
How you can join the conversation
Sunday, January 1st, 2012
SND would like to invite you to join our Year-Long Conversation, a 365 day experiment about all things news design that starts today. The Conversation headquarters is right here on snd.org where we’ll post essays, discussions, images, files to share and news of other ways the conversation will date place on social media and at events and meet-ups.
Here is what we have to get the conversation started:
Have you taken RJI’s 2011 iPad survey yet? Do it now!
Friday, July 29th, 2011
The Reynolds Journalism Institute’s iPad/Tablet Research Project has been the first of its kind already (twice now, really). And they’re at it again. They invite you to take their Summer 2011 survey: Click here. This survey is international and open to anyone who owns or uses an Apple iPad or other comparable media tablet. It
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Design in Paris… in the spring: WAN-IFRA + SND
Friday, May 13th, 2011
WAN-IFRA – SND conference: “Design for the News and Magazines Publishing Industry” WAN-IFRA, in cooperation with the Society for News Design, are organizing the third edition of its international conference dedicated to design for newspapers and magazines, to be held in Paris, France, on 19 May next. The objective of this conference is to examine
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Beyond “designer-only”
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Sometimes being a good designer is not enough.
With the emergence of centralized designed desks and consolidation, the future for journalists who only do design is murky at best. But there are many avenues to success.
Register now for Quick Courses: FREE to members!
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
SND is really excited about the lineup of Quick Course offerings this spring, especially focused on building your digital skills. And — the best part — we’ve landed a grant to make these courses open to all SND members, free of charge.
ESPN’s Rob King announced as keynote speaker for SNDSTL
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
The good folks at SND St.Louis broke more big news earlier today. Rob King, Vice President and Editor in Chief of ESPN Digital Media will be a keynote speaker at SND ST. Louis (Sept 29 – Oct. 1, 2011). King is a pioneer in digital journalism at the ‘king’ of sports on any platform you
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Mizzou’s RJI set to share iPad news survey findings Friday
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
Roger Fidler reports that more than 1,600 iPad users responded to the Reynolds Journalism Institute / Digital Publishing Alliance’s 2010 iPad News Survey. Fidler, the RJI-University of Missouri’s program director/digital publishing said the results of the iPad user survey will be shared publicly this Friday at the RJI Tablet/E-Reader Symposium and on their website. You
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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.
Check out the newest SNDS Magazine
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
Editor Lars Pryds reminds us that the current issue of SNDS Magazine is out now. You can read the online version here.
Celebrating the merits of print in INK
Monday, October 11th, 2010
INK is not about one weekend in Denver. It is about the work we do every day. Our lives, our people and our livelihood. We talk with the architects behind INK — the 40-page, all color news magazine created at the R&D lab during the Denver SND conference as a celebration of print.
(Order your printed copy of INK today!)
Type designer Matthew Carter receives MacArthur ‘genius’ fellowship
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
Type designer Matthew Carter has been named a MacArthur fellow for 2010. The $500,000 no-strings-attached grant, often referred to as the “genius award,” is given to “talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.”
E-reader pioneer sees his predictions come true
Friday, September 24th, 2010
By Richard Epps, Presentation Editor, The Detroit News Roger Fidler delivered a public thank-you to Steve Jobs Friday during his keynote speech at the Society of News Design annual conference this morning. Fidler, who is the program director for digital publishing at the Reynolds Journalism Institute at Missouri University, said Jobs validated his prediction about
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Univ of Missouri’s RJI conducts national iPad news survey
Monday, September 6th, 2010
Our friends at the University of Missouri asked that we alert you to this on-going survey: The Reynolds Journalism Institute is conducting a national survey of Apple iPad users to help journalists, journalism educators and other media practitioners better understand how widespread adoption of the iPad and similar mobile devices may influence the future of
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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.”
Roger Black on Ready-Media, templates and the future of design
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
When Roger Black and Eduardo Danilo launched Ready-Media this week—the template service for newspapers, magazines and, eventually, the Web—the announcement sent distress signals through the design community. SND talks with Black about what he had in mind when creating Ready-Media.
