Society for News Design
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The Society for News Design (SND) is an international organization for professionals working in the news
sector of the media industry, specifically those involved with graphic design
, illustration
, web design
and infographics.
Founded in 1979, it is a United States
-registered non-profit organization with around 2,600 members worldwide. Among other activities, it runs an annual Best of Newspaper Design competition open to newspapers from around the world at Syracuse University
every February, and a yearly conference (rotating through various cities) that brings in visual journalists from all over the world. The 2011 workshop and exhibition will be held in St. Louis, Mo on Sept. 29 - Oct. 1, 2011. Details: http://sndstl.com/
SND also has a number of offshoot organizations, including student chapters (the largest including those at Ohio University
, Michigan State University
, the University of Missouri
and Syracuse University
) and international chapters.
2011 leadership:
In 2011, the annual workshop will be host in St. Louis, Sept. 29 until October 1. For registration and speaker, information visit: http://sndstl.com/
SND Orlando 2006 hosted the "The Intern" competition. Ten students were chosen from a pool of applicants to compete for internships at The San Jose Mercury News, The Orlando Sentinel, and The Arizona Republic
. The students competed for a week and attended the conference, where the winners were announced.
Throughout the year, SND members put on a number of one-to-two-day educational quick courses held throughout the world and designed to focus on a specific visual journalism
topic.
News
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
sector of the media industry, specifically those involved with graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
, illustration
Illustration
An illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information by providing a visual representation graphically.- Early history :The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric...
, web design
Web design
Web design is the process of planning and creating a website. Text, images, digital media and interactive elements are used by web designers to produce the page seen on the web browser...
and infographics.
Founded in 1979, it is a United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-registered non-profit organization with around 2,600 members worldwide. Among other activities, it runs an annual Best of Newspaper Design competition open to newspapers from around the world at Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
every February, and a yearly conference (rotating through various cities) that brings in visual journalists from all over the world. The 2011 workshop and exhibition will be held in St. Louis, Mo on Sept. 29 - Oct. 1, 2011. Details: http://sndstl.com/
SND also has a number of offshoot organizations, including student chapters (the largest including those at Ohio University
Ohio University
Ohio University is a public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an campus...
, Michigan State University
Michigan State University
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
, the University of Missouri
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
and Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
) and international chapters.
Leadership
Officers serve a one year term and are selected by election of the SND membership. While the positions are decided on by election, historically most positions are held by prior position holders in a hierarchical style, in this way officers have generally progressed up a leadership ladder through other areas on the board of directors.2011 leadership:
- President: Steve Dorsey, vice president / R+D, Detroit Media Partnership
- Vice president: Jonathon Berlin, Design Director, Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneThe Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
- Secretary/treasurer: Rob Schneider, Presentation Director, The Dallas Morning NewsThe Dallas Morning NewsThe Dallas Morning News is the major daily newspaper serving the Dallas, Texas area, with a circulation of 264,459 subscribers, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported in September 2010...
- Executive director: Stephen Komives Society for News Design
- Immediate Past President: Kris Viesselman, Digital Product Development, Director, National Geographic
Publications
The organization publishes a number of publications throughout the year:- A yearly full-color book featuring images of the winners of the Best of Newspaper Design competition
- Design Magazine, a biannual full-color magazine notable for changing its typographyTypographyTypography is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading , adjusting the spaces between groups of letters and adjusting the space between pairs of letters...
with every issue and focusing on the latest news design trends - SND Update, a web-based "newsletter" that tends to focus more on breaking industry news and organization-related events.
- Área-11, the digital newsletter in Spanish for México, Central & South America (R-11 & 12).
Events
SND holds a number of regional and international events, with the purpose of educating and allowing opportunities for members to network. The Society for News Design's annual fall workshop rotates through various cities around the world. Although generally in the United States, the workshop has visited locations in Canada, Puerto Rico, Denmark and Spain and Argentina (2009). The weekend-long event features a number of guest speakers on a variety of topics along with critiques, an auction and a formal dinner.In 2011, the annual workshop will be host in St. Louis, Sept. 29 until October 1. For registration and speaker, information visit: http://sndstl.com/
SND Orlando 2006 hosted the "The Intern" competition. Ten students were chosen from a pool of applicants to compete for internships at The San Jose Mercury News, The Orlando Sentinel, and The Arizona Republic
The Arizona Republic
The Arizona Republic is a daily newspaper published in Phoenix. Circulated throughout Arizona, it is the state's largest newspaper. Since 2000, it has been owned by the Gannett newspaper chain. It was ranked tenth in US daily newspapers by circulation in 2007.-Early years:The newspaper was founded...
. The students competed for a week and attended the conference, where the winners were announced.
Throughout the year, SND members put on a number of one-to-two-day educational quick courses held throughout the world and designed to focus on a specific visual journalism
Visual journalism
Visual journalism is the practice of strategically combining words and images to convey information.-Universal:Visual journalism is premised upon the idea that at a time of accelerating change, often words cannot keep pace with concepts. Visual journalism incorporates ancient symbols that resonate...
topic.
Official sites
- snd.org - Official Web site
- SND Update - SND's news site
- SND St. Louis - SND St. Louis 2011 conference and workshop website
- SND Boston - Official Web site of the 2007 SND conference
- SND Vegas - Official Web site of the 2008 SND conference
- SND Denver - Official Web site of the 2010 SND conference
- www.snd20.org - SND regional Web site for Middle EastMiddle EastThe Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
and AfricaAfricaAfrica is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
Related sites
- Charles Apple's blog "The visual side of journalism" - A regularly updated, popular news design blog tracking jobs, redesigns, some technology changes related to news design that covers a lot of SND news and is followed by the majority of SND members
- NewsDesigner - A visual blog highlighting industry-related breaking news.
- Visual Editors - A visual journalism forum popular with SND members.
- Today's Front Pages - An updated-daily repository of newspaper front pages by Newseum, a newspaper museum in Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
- Society of Publication Designers - A similar professional organization, focusing on magazines and other publications
- Sharethoughts with tksajeev-A newspaperdesign blog