Archive for the ‘Society News’ Category
SND Foundation awards 10 student travel grants to St. Louis workshop
Saturday, June 25th, 2011
Ten students from six universities were selected to receive free student registration and $500 toward travel and hotel expenses.
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.
Cleveland will rock 2012 SND Annual Workshop
Monday, March 7th, 2011
Come to the birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll, Superman, Iron Chef Michael Symon and John D. Rockefeller’s empire for what promises to be a rockin’ workshop.
Who made a visual difference in 2010?
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
SND Design Journal is compiling a list of visual newsmakers for 2010 and wants your ideas.
Free SND Syracuse Student Symposium on Feb. 4
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
The program will feature four professional speakers and will be live blogged and video streamed courtesy of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
SND Photo Illo Throwdown winners reveal their work process
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
SND asked people to show off their sick Photoshop skills. And now three celebrity judges have chosen the winners.
Kirk Montgomery, Albert Lee and Troy Oxford show their Photoshop wizardry and share the inspirations that netted them fame and glory in the competition.
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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2011 SND officers: ballot announced
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
SND asked you who you wanted to see join its leadership team. You have spoken: the candidates for Secretary/Treasurer are Rob Schneider of The Dallas Morning News and Colin Smith of The Salt Lake Tribune.
Joining them on the ballot are, for President, Steve Dorsey of the Detroit Media Partnership; and for Vice President, Jonathon Berlin of the Chicago Tribune. They are both running unopposed.
Members will receive voting instructions soon via email through our elections coordinator. The ballot will be open through Dec. 15. Candidate bios can be found inside.
Ryan Sparrow appointed director for Digital Competition
Monday, November 22nd, 2010
We’re very pleased to announce that we’re appointing a director for SND’s revamped Best of Digital Design Competition (formerly the Best of Multimedia Competition). Ryan Sparrow, an instructor at Ball State, will be leading a great team of organizers and contributors who are helping us evolve the competition to reflect the quickly changing news design
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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.
A rockin’ Quick Course, Nov. 13
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
This one-day course will focus on the art of multimedia storytelling, with an emphasis on how stories are planned, edited and produced. Speakers also will share their thoughts on how to maximize your existing resources.
Handouts from SND Denver
Friday, October 8th, 2010
Here are some of the handouts speakers at SND Denver passed along to the SND International Web Desk to share: Paul Wallen’s “Design ER” Julie Elman’s Picture page tips (If you were a speaker and are willing to include your handouts from SND Denver, please email them to sndwebdesk@gmail.com).
ÑH7 awards announced
Friday, October 8th, 2010
La Voz de Cádiz, El Correo Gallego, i, Esquire magazine, lainformacion.com and as.com have been named the best designed newspapers, magazines and Web sites of the year in Spain and Portugal by SND-E. This is the 7th Edition of the ÑH Lo Mejor del Diseño Periodístico España&Portugal contest, hosted by the Spanish Chapter of the Society for News Design.
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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