Beto Alvarez is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist who is the graphics and animation director for the San Diego Union-Tribune. Literally growing up in a newsroom, his talents have moved him all around the country; from the Dallas Morning News, to the Philadelphia Inquirer, and back across the country to San Diego.
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17 Awesome Illustrators You Need To Follow On Instagram
During our most recent #TakeoverTuesday, team Lily asked our Instagram followers to name their favorite illustrator for the opportunity to win one of their signature pins. We like pins. We want to give you one of our @thelilynews pins. Comment with your favorite illustrator and we’ll pick a random winner tomorrow. Thanks to @avivaloeb for […]
David Jonathan Ross on typeface design and the font SNDCLT helped inspire
David Jonathan Ross is a gifted typeface designer who currently produces fonts for his type foundry, DJR. He also contributes to Font Of The Month Club, the Type Network, and co-curates a blog of cursive LA signage. His love of letters is expressed in his desire to not solely imbue beauty and rhythm to a […]
With The Lily, The Washington Post amplifies women’s voices in media
When it comes to news design and innovation, the Washington Post may be the best in the business. Armed with a team dedicated to using new ideas to increase the paper’s audience, they have been able to pull off rare feats.
Meet Our New SND.org Contributor, Todd Johnson
SND CONTRIBUTOR: Todd Johnson, is a visual journalist at the San Francisco Business Times. Prior to the Business Times, he was a contributor at Los Angeles NPR affiliate KPCC 89.3 and VoiceWaves, a non-profit youth media organization. Todd’s work has received honors from the National Press Photographers Association, the Press Photographers Association of Greater Los […]
Best of News Design: SND38 World’s Best-Designed™ Newspapers
The Society for News Design is delighted to announce the two winners of World’s Best Designed Newspaper. Entries were evaluated on writing, visual storytelling, use of resources, execution, photography, headlines and “voice” – as well as overall design. Congratulations to the two World’s Best print winners from SND38: Die Zeit […]
Live talk with Ashley Boyd, pastry chef at 300 East and Heritage Food & Drink
SND is giving you a chance to get to know some of the SNDCLT Speakers before the conference. This week Ashley Boyd, Pastry Chef • 300 East and Heritage Food & Drink When: Tuesday March 28, 2017 Where: Facebook What time: 4 pm EST time Want to see him speak in person? Register for SNDCLT. Read the […]
Live talk with Fernando Baptista, Senior Graphics Editor of National Geographic
SND is giving you a chance to get to know some of the SNDCLT Speakers before the conference. This week Fernando Baptista, Senior Graphics Editor of National Geographic Magazine.
Introducing SNDCampus
What is SNDCampus? SNDCampus is the latest endeavor within the Society of News Design for our student members by our student members. A meeting place. A community. A blog for those who want to stay informed about what’s going on in both the collegiate and professional design worlds, get advice from seasoned vets and […]
Designing for trust: The ideas powering a new approach to news experiences
How might we help the people who consume our journalism gain more trust in the news? That’s the fundamental question teams of designers, developers, educators, editors and strategists are spending the weekend thinking about at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in New York City at the Society’s first SNDExp (Experience) event. “Exp” is an […]