SND Update
Tribune debuts redesign
SNDVegas: The annual awards gala is a wrap
This year’s Best of Multimedia Design
“War has been declared”
Ohio U student wins first SNDF Scholarship
Lisa S. Merklin, a senior studying at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University in Athens, is the first recipient of the new $2,000 Society for News Design Foundation Scholarship.
At SND Las Vegas the SND Foundation also sponsored a travel grant program for minority students with support from the Gannett Foundation and a research project into the different strategic visions held by different newsroom professions.
The SND Foundation is embarking on its first major fund-raising drive and has received a $15,000 challenge grant from the Challenge Fund for Journalism.
Design 107 now online
See Roger Black's take on how one controversial story was handled by different news media -- and what newspaper designers can learn from the trajectory. SND members can download all the articles from the members-only area of SND.org
Competitions
Submit a cover design for the 30th "Best of" book
SND's second book cover design competition was announced in Las Vegas at the 30th Annual Workshop & Exhibition. Entries for the cover of "The Best of Newspaper Design™" are due Nov. 27, 2008.
Next Best of Multimedia Design deadline: Jan. 7, 2009
Online journalism projects published between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2008, must be submitted to the Best of Multimedia Design Competition by midnight Jan. 7, 2009, for consideration. Judges will name quarterly winners, and those winners will be eligible for 2008-09 annual awards. Entrants also receive judges' comments on their entries.
See what judges said about winners of the the annual 2007-08 competition, announced Sept. 8 in Las Vegas.
What 10 news design students won at SND Vegas
Ten top visual journalism students earned paid 2009 internships and educational fellowships as part of a competition held at the Society for News Design’s 30th Annual Workshop & Exhibition, Sept. 7-9, 2008, in Las Vegas.
The winners and the companies where they will intern are:
- Bridget O’Donnell, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor — Creative Circle Media Consulting, Providence, R.I.
- Katie Myrick, Indiana University, Bloomington — St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times
- Shelby Murphy, Ball State University, Muncie — The Boston Globe
- Larry Buchanan, Indiana University, Bloomington — The Hartford (Conn.) Courant
- Caitlin Pelliccia, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill — The Dallas Morning News
- Kathleen Rudell, Ohio University, Athens — The Arizona Republic, Phoenix
Four students were awarded Poynter Institute Fellowships, a yearlong training and mentoring program with faculty at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Fla. They are: Mike Higdon, University of Nevada, Reno; Rob Byrd, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, S.C.; Colin Bridge, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; Ali Newton, Ball State University, Muncie, Ind.
Upcoming Events
Register now for SND's 2009 Quick Courses
Great topics, great locations, great rates!
- Feb 6-7, Flash - Basic and Intermediate levels, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Feb. 20-21, Audio & Video Editing, University of Arizona, Tucson
- March 20-21, Story Forms Boot Camp, Penn State University, State College
- March 27-28, 3-D Graphics, Freedom Forum, Nashville, Tenn.
- April 17, Innovation on a Shoestring, Orlando Sentinel, Fla.
- April 24-25, Multimedia, Intermediate Class, Toronto
- April 24-25, Story Forms Boot Camp, Western Washington University, Bellingham
- May 16, Design Sophistication, Freedom Forum, Vermillion, S.D.
- June 12-14, Multimedia Graphics, Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Two-day workshops are just $300 for SND professional members/$400 nonmembers; $150 SND student and educatior members/$200 nonmembers.
One day events are $95 for SND professional members/150 nonmembers; $75 SND student and educator members/150 nonmembers.
Use the above links to register.
Start planning for SND Buenos Aires, Sept. 24-26, 2009
Every decade, SND takes the Annual Workshop & Exhibition outside the United States. Next year, for the first time, the Society's premier event will take place in South America! The internationally renowned Clarín is the site host for the 31st Workshop, sessions will take place at the Borges Center in the heart of Buenos Aires, and speakers will come from around the globe. Online registration opens soon!