All SND members belong to geographic regions, each represented by a regional director on the SND board.
Some members seek more formal local organizations, either as students or as professionals who share common interests or a common language. These groups may organize meetings, competitions or other events. To enable these activities, SND members may form student or professional affiliates.
Additionally, SND members in Regions 11 and 12 host a Facebook page for news design in Latin America.
Professional affiliates
SND currently has five professional affiliates, SNDS, SND/E, SND/DACH, SND/FR and SND Chinese. Affiliates create their own organizational structures and may charge affiliate dues in addition to the SND membership, but each affiliate is financially independent of SND.



The SND/DACH affiliate, founded in 1998, serves the German-speaking countries of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. They hold an annual meeting and other events. The president of SND/DACH is Stefan Knapp, [email protected].
In 2005, French-speaking SND members formed SND/FR. Its president is Olivier Bourgeois, [email protected].

In 2008, SND formed SND Chinese, an affiliate for designers at Chinese-language news organizations worldwide. The director for SND Chinese is Lily Lu.