SOCIETY FOR NEWS DESIGN

Building The Visual Storytelling Future

The Society has helped bring visual storytellers together for the sake of perfecting their craft, highlighting the best of our efforts, and helping spread the learnings and best practices to future generations. In this site we seek to connect with that tradition, and each other. We welcome all who care to participate and engage.

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Meet the 2027 Board Candidates

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Meet the candidates for the Society for News Design’s four Director at Large positions. This group brings a range of experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives—and a shared commitment to helping SND grow and evolve. As SND looks ahead, these candidates are stepping forward to help strengthen our community, expand our reach across visual storytelling, and shape…

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Help shape SND’s future

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Apply for the 2027 Board of Directors The Society for News Design is evolving—and we invite you to help lead the way. This fall, SND members will elect four Directors-at-Large to serve two-year terms beginning January 1, 2027. Why serve on the Board? Board service is an opportunity to support SND’s members, help shape the…

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Student: SND Challenge mentor ‘taught us how to think as journalists, designers and developers’

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Leila Touati and her team at Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo worked on how to ‘tell stories in a non-traditional way and think outside the box of what was possible for illustrative storytelling’ with Lily Boyce of the New York Times

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The SND Challenge 2027

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The SND Challenge is a program offering students the opportunity to receive coaching from leaders in design, data and data visualization, information graphics, visual storytelling and development at organizations around the globe.

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Meet the 2027 Board Candidates
150 150 Society for News Design

Meet the candidates for the Society for News Design’s four…

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Help shape SND’s future
150 150 Society for News Design

Apply for the 2027 Board of Directors The Society for…

read more
A dark silhouette drawn with expressive strokes is shown on top of a black and white background of brush strokes. Overlaid on top is the text, “Picture a black room and it’s just you in there.”
Student: SND Challenge mentor ‘taught us how to think as journalists, designers and developers’
1080 675 Society for News Design

Leila Touati and her team at Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo worked on how to ‘tell stories in a non-traditional way and think outside the box of what was possible for illustrative storytelling’ with Lily Boyce of the New York Times

read more

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Nhu Nguyen and Shakirah Hill Taylor of Fenton share their thoughts on being a leader at any level at SND's Designing Success Summit.
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