#SND AMS: Smart News Design Conference

2018 Amsterdam, Blog, Conference information, Data Visualization, Design Magazine, Digital design, Events, Featured, Illustration, Industry News, Infographics, iPad, Magazines, Meetups, News, Newspapers, Photography, Publications, Quick Courses, Redesign, Training Workshops June 8, 2018June 8, 2018 SND Headquarters 9 Comments

We are delighted to announce our next SND conference in Europe! This time it will be held in amazing Amsterdam. The ‘City of Freedom’ will play host to a three-day event will be filled with learning, networking and talks evolving around the general theme of SND: Smart News Design

Breaking news: Søren Nyeland as keynote speaker #SNDLondon2017

2017 London, Data Visualization, Design Magazine, Digital design, Events, Featured, Illustration, Infographics, iPad, Magazines, Meetups, News, Newspapers, Photography, Profiles, Redesign, Training Workshops September 4, 2017September 4, 2017 SND Headquarters 1 Comment

It is confirmed! World’s Best-Designed Politiken design editor Søren Nyeland will be our keynote speaker in #SNDLondon2017   One thing is certain, Northern Europe publications are showing the world their undeniable high quality of design and creativity in visual journalism. As proof of this fact, the Northern Europe publications got the top award as SND […]

Student Portfolio Review: SND_London_2017

2017 London, Events, Featured, Illustration, Infographics, iPad, Magazines, News, Newspapers, Photography, Publications, Redesign, SND events August 10, 2017August 17, 2017 SND Headquarters 0 Comments

FREE for SND student members! Are you a high school or university student? Or recently graduated? Are you in London or Europe? Here is your opportunity to get valuable advice and constructive critiques from publishing professionals to prepare you for the professional world. Bring your portfolio, regardless if it is comprehensive, under construction or finished, […]

Meet Our New SND.org Contributor, Todd Johnson

Blog, News, Newspapers, Photography, Profiles, Redesign May 25, 2017July 18, 2017 Greicy Mella 1 Comment

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 […]

SND38 Individual Portfolio Winner Spotlight: Tim Ball

Best of News Design, Competitions, Illustration, Newspapers, Photography, Profiles, Publications, Redesign, SND38 May 19, 2017June 26, 2017 Andrea Zagata 1 Comment

Tim Ball Creative Director  POLITICO  What is your current job title, and how long have you held it? I’m Creative Director for Politico in Europe, based in Brussels, Belgium. I started here on October 1, 2015. (For scale: Politico’s European edition started in April 2015.) What is the biggest difference you have noticed designing for […]

Beyond NYT 2020: Visual Journalism Isn’t Enough

Commentary, Featured, Industry News, Magazines, News, Newspapers, Publications, Redesign January 21, 2017January 25, 2017 Joe Zeff 1 Comment

The New York Times recently released a  report that prescribes changes intended to carry the news organization into 2020 and beyond. A key recommendation: turn up the visuals. I am proud to have taken part in a previous effort to uplift the visual report at The Times, when I was hired to be the newspaper’s first […]

A closer look at the Boston Globe’s redesigned Saturday edition

Featured, Newspapers, Redesign October 16, 2015October 16, 2015 Courtney Kan 2 Comments

On October 3, the Boston Globe launched a redesign of it’s Saturday edition, aimed at highlighting enterprise stories and infusing the pacing and look of magazines into the weekend edition. I asked Dan Zedek, assistant managing editor for design, to share a look at the second week’s pages, the philosophy behind the redesign and how readers […]

Javier Errea on the redesign of Liberation

Featured, Newspapers, Redesign, Uncategorized August 16, 2015August 26, 2015 Melina Zerbib 1 Comment

Libération, one of France’s most iconic newspapers, launched its redesigned print edition on June 1st. They called on SND-award winner Javier Errea who achieved a spectacular redesign, paying tribute to Libération’s original rebellious spirit. Errea shares a look at his process.     What was the brief of this redesign? It is not a secret that […]

Behind the Straits Times redesign

Featured, Industry News, News, Newspapers, Redesign July 10, 2015July 12, 2015 SND Headquarters 2 Comments

Singapore’s biggest publishing house SPH (Singapore Press Holding) celebrated its 170th anniversary with a complete redesign of SND award-winner The Straits Times, integrated with print, online and apps. To commemorate this important event, Singapore’s most-read newspaper invited design consultant Lucie Lacava to introduce a new redesign from print to online. She has helped to redesign over 100 publications around […]