July is only starting and Society for News Design provides a calendar of events happening this month.

“The best that you can do” is the 2017 SND Year-Long Conversation to provide incentive and help designers worldwide to improve themselves, be more creative and to do their best designs in print and online, by thinking in advance some exciting projects and share them with SND community.

Any opportunity in the design department should be taken as a challenge for us to overcome our limits and to do our best and be more creative. Nowadays it is a great privilege to have a space in print or online where you can show your design and you should not lose this chance.

Download the May 2017 SND wallpaper created by Eduardo Baptistão  or download the 2017 full SND Calendar with the most important events of the year and of course SND events.

SHOWCASE is SND’s new space for designers to show their works in print and online. Be proud of your work and inspire others to be creative.

Did you or your team produce a special coverage or project involving a good design?

Please send it to mailto:snd@snd.org and we will consider promoting it on our website

JULY CALENDAR

01 JUL.

Burundi Independence Day

100th birth anniversary of Humphry Osmond, British psychiatrist who pioneered the use of psychedelic drugs (especially LSD) in the treatment of mental disorders England

01-23 JUL.

Cycling: 2017 Tour de France France

Canada Day

Rwanda Independence Day

Somalia Foundation of the Somali Republic

03 JUL.

Belarus Independence Day

50th anniversary of the first episode of News at Ten was broadcast on ITV in the UK. It was Britain’s first permanent 30-minute evening news TV programme

03-16 JUL.

Wimbledon Tennis Championships 2017 United Kingdom Sports

04 JUL.

United States Independence Day

International Day of Cooperatives

05 JUL.

Venezuela Independence Day

150th birth anniversary of A. E. Douglass, American astronomer and archaeologist. Founder of the field of dendrochronology (dating past events by analysing the ring growth patterns in trees) U. S.

125th anniversary of African American inventor Andrew Jackson Beard was granted a U.S. patent for his rotary steam engine U. S.

40th anniversary of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, was overthrown in a bloodless coup by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Pakistan

06 JUL. 2017

Comoros Independence Day

Malawi Independence Day

07 JUL.

Solomon Islands Independence Day

07-09 JULY

2017 British Grand Prix 2017 Britain

11 JUL.

Mongolia Independence Day/Revolution Day

World Population Day

12 JUL.

Kiribati Independence Day

Sao Tome and Principe Independence Day

14 JUL.

Fete de la Federation (Bastille Day) France

60th anniversary of Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world Egypt

14-30 JUL.

Swimming: World Aquatics Champs Budapest Hungary

17 JUL.

17th anniversary of Bashar Al Assad becomes President of Syria Syria

18 JUL.

Nelson Mandela International Day

200th birth anniversary of Jane Austen, British romantic novelist. One of the most widely read writers in English literature. England

150th birth anniversary of Margaret Brown, American actress, socialite, human rights activist and philanthropist who survived the sinking of the Titanic

125th death anniversary of Thomas Cook, pioneering British travel agent. Founder of Thomas Cook & Son England

20 JUL.

Colombia Independence Day

20-23 JUL.

Golf: British Open Royal England

21 JUL.

Ascension to the Throne of King Leopold I, Belgium

200th birth anniversary of Sir John Gilbert, British artist, illustrator and engraver. Known as ‘the Scott of painting’ England

21-23 JUL.

Hungary Hungarian Grand Prix

23 JUL.

Egypt Revolution Day

24 JUL.

150th birth anniversary of E. F. Benson, British novelist, short story writer, biographer and memoirist England

25 JUL.

60th anniversary of Tunisia proclaims Republic

26 JUL.

Liberia Independence Day

Maldives Independence Day

27 JUL.

100th death anniversary of Emil Theodor Kocher, pioneering Swiss surgeon. Winner of the 1909 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on the thyroid gland Switzerland

28 JUL.

Peru Independence Day

World Hepatitis Day

30 JUL.

Throne Day (accession of King Mohammed VI to the throne) Morocco

Vanuatu Independence Day

International Day of Friendship

World Day against Trafficking in Persons

28-30 JUL.

German Grand Prix 2017

31 JUL.

150th birth anniversary of S. S. Kresge, American merchant who founded a chain of discount stores which later became Kmart

Here are the upcoming anniversaries during the month of July 2017:

 1 Year (2016)

July 01: Gunmen storms into the Holey Artisan Bakery restaurant in Dhaka and opened fire, 20 people killed.

July 02: Michael Cimino, the Oscar-winning director dies at the age of 77.

July 04: Suicide bombers strike in Madinah, Qatif and Jeddah of Saudi Arabia, killing four people.

July 04: NASA’s unmanned Juno spacecraft begins orbiting Jupiter.

July 06: South African Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius is sentenced to 6 years in prison for girlfriend’s murder

July 06: Lionel Messi and his father has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax fraud, neither man is expected to serve time in jail.

July 07: A gunman kills five police officers in Dallas, US

July 08: Pakistani’s legendary philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi dies in Karachi, at the age of 92.

July 12: Two trains collided head-on in Puglia, Italy, killing 20 people.

July 13: David Cameron visits queen to resign as British prime minister. Theresa May becomes new British Prime Minister.

July 15: 84 people are killed when a 31-year-old French Tunisian attacked Bastille Day celebrations in Nice, France.

July 15: 265 people are killed in a failed military coup against Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan government.

July 22: Gunmen kills 7 people in shooting rampage in a shopping mall in Munich, Germany.

July 23: Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov sets world record for flying round the globe in a hot air balloon in just over 11 days, lands safely in Australia.

July 25: Two people are dead and 13 wounded in shooting at nightclub in Fort Myers, Florida.

July 25: At least 19 people are killed when a knife-wielding man went on the rampage at a Japanese care centre for the mentally disabled in Sagamihara.

July 26: Solar Impulse 2 lands in Abu Dhabi after created history by circumnavigating the globe without using a drop of fossil fuel.

July 30: A hot air balloon crashes in central Texas and killing at least 16 people.

2 Years (2015)

July 10: Omar Sharif, the Egyptian-born movie actor of Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, died at a hospital in Cairo.

July 17: Formula One driver Jules Bianchi dies, nine months after a crash at the Japanese Grand Prix.

July 26: Bobbi Kristina Brown, 22, the only daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, dies.

July 27: Former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam dies of heart attack in Shillong.

5 Years (2012)

July 09: Aung San Suu Kyi attended her first session of parliament at Myanmar’s Lower House.

July 15: The Habshan-Fujairah crude oil pipe made its inaugural 500,000 barrels of crude exported to Pakistan.

July 20: A gunman opens fire at a crowded cinema in Colorado, killing 12 people.

July 30: A fire swept through the coach  passenger train packed with sleeping passengers in the south of Hyderabad, India, killing at least 32 people.

10 Years (2007)

July 17: TAM Airlines Flight 3054 crashed in São Paulo, Brazil after overrunning the runway in heavy rain. All 187 passengers and crew were killed, plus 12 people on the ground.

July 23: Death of Mohammed Zahir Shah, last King of Afghanistan.

July 25: Pratibha Patil became the first female President of India.

15 Years (2002)

July 01: The International Criminal Court begin operating in The Hague, the Netherlands.

July 03: American businessman and adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to circumnavigate the world solo in a balloon.

July 09: The African Union is founded. It was replaced with the Organisation of African Unity.

July 27: Ukraine air show disaster. A military jet crashes into the crowd at an air show in Lviv, western Ukraine, killing more than 80 people

20 Years (1997)

July 01: The sovereignty of Hong Kong is transferred from the UK to China.

July 01: The entertainment television network MTV UK & Ireland is launched.

July 04: NASA’s Mars Pathfinder spacecraft lands safely on Mars.

July 05: Second Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Sen, overthrew First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh in a military coup.

July 31: Death of Bao Dai, last emperor of Vietnam.

25 Years (1992)

July 04: The US Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington is commissioned.

July 31: The former Soviet republic of Georgia joined the United Nations

40 Years (1977)

July 05: The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, was overthrown in a bloodless coup by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq.

July 22: The first barrel of oil passed through the newly completed Trans-Alaska Pipeline.

 50 Years (1967)

July 03: The first episode of News at Ten is broadcast on ITV in the UK.

July 05: Israel annexes the Gaza Strip following the Six-Day War.

July 08: Death of Vivien Leigh, award-winning Indian-born British stage and film Actress.

July 14: Death of Tudor Arghezi, Romanian poet, novelist and essayist.

July 29: Caracas earthquake, Venezuela. 236 people were killed.

60 Years (1957)

July 02: The US submarine Grayback is launched. It was the first submarine designed to fire Regulus II nuclear cruise missiles.

July 06: American tennis player Althea Gibson became the first black player to win a Wimbledon singles title.

July 15: Death of James M. Cox, American newspaper publisher and politician. Governor of Ohio.

July 25: The Republic of Tunisia was proclaimed.

July 29: The International Atomic Energy Agency was established.

65 Years (1952)

July 03: The American passenger liner SS United States set sail on her maiden voyage.

July 23: Egyptian Revolution: King Farouk I of Egypt was overthrown and forced to abdicate (on 26th July) in favour of his infant son, in a military coup led by Gamal Abdel Nasser.

70 Years (1947)

July 01: The Philippine Air Force is established

July 02: In a referendum, the citizens of the Northwest Frontier Province votes to join Pakistan rather than India.

80 Years (1937)

July 02: Death of Amelia Earhart, American aviation pioneer. The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. (Disappeared over the Pacific on this date, along with her navigator, Fred Noonan.)

100 years (1917)

July 08: Death of Tom Thomson, influential Canadian landscape artist.

125 Years (1892)

July 05: African American inventor Andrew Jackson Beard was granted a US patent for his rotary steam engine.

July 18: Death of Thomas Cook, pioneering British travel agent. Founder of Thomas Cook & Son.

July 26: Dadabhai Naoroji becomes Britain’s first Asian Member of Parliament.

150 years (1867)

July 01: The Dominion of Canada is established when the British North America Act came into effect.

July 05: Birth of A. E. Douglass, American astronomer and archaeologist.

250 years (1767)

July 03: Norway’s oldest newspaper still in circulation, Adresseavisen, is first published.

Let us welcome Darren Long onboard as SND’s new regional director for Asia – South Pacific, which is a large region with a huge diversity and cultural differences. For this position, there is no better than Darren Long who has already spent 22 years living abroad and working with a mix of professionals worldwide in his design department.

His life time experience and international background will help SND build a stronger hold on diversity in all aspects. The diversity that we embrace and makes SND special and different from other societies and organizations.

Long talks about his experiences living abroad and about the success behind South China Morning Post (SCMP) working at the design department.

SCMP Graphic by: Marcelo Duhalde, Adolfo Arranz and Marco Hernandez in collaboration with: Darren Long

How did you first encounter SND?

I came across a hardback of the Best of News Design in the Hong Kong office of Time (Asia) Magazine in 2003. I have been reading it for inspiration and to keep up with global trends ever since.

How did you end up in Hong Kong?

I wanted to see something of the world before knuckling down to a master’s degree. After about 18 months travelling around India and Southeast Asia, I landed in Hong Kong with a sketchbook of my travels, which I touted around town. That was 1992. I was lucky enough to get a break from a news magazine called Asiaweek where I got a job as an illustrator/designer. Once I got a taste of the newsroom, there was never going back to art school.

How long have you worked in Hong Kong and what is your experience of working in a foreign country?

After my first six years in Hong Kong, I moved to Kuala Lumpur for a couple of years. I returned to London in 1999, but jumped at the chance to come back to Hong Kong in 2003, where I’ve been ever since. After living and working outside my native country for 22 plus years, I still find things that challenge my preconceptions every day. For me, that is the best aspect of living overseas.

South China Morning Post (SCMP) has a strong visual approach, is there any success secret story in your design department?

The graphics department operates like a Kiwi rugby team, oozing with individual talent but where the collective comes first. When a Spaniard, Cantonese, American, Brit, Chilean and Costa Rican sit down to discuss the news, you get such a varied set of experiences, it is a lot easier to create something unique. We are also very fortunate to have the trust of enlightened editors who gave us a lot of freedom and space – both online and in print – with which to experiment. I hope we have repaid the risk they have taken.

What are you most looking forward to in your new role at Region 19 (Region 19 – Asia, South-Pacific)?

Helping spread the word about good design and using SND as a platform to improve how infographics are understood. The term is misused a lot, particularly in our region where thematic infographics using comparative data visualisations are far rarer than charts designed around a map. There’s a lot more to an infographic than sticking an illustration and a few flags next to some numbers.

What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?

As an illustration student I went on an exchange programme to the Rietveld Akadmie in Amsterdam. A lecturer told me it was impossible to use illustration as a way to travel and live abroad. That was all the incentive I needed to get to Hong Kong.

Who was your mentor or source of inspiration?

My late father-in-law, Gopi Gopalan. He was an encyclopedia of Asian politics and journalist’s bylines. Originally from Kerala, Gopi was a journalist and an editor who plied his trade in Malaysia, the Philippines and Hong Kong. He was able to see the positive in any setback, personal or professional. He had a playful outlook and never expressed a cynical thought, which in our industry is surely unique.

What is one design tool you couldn’t live without and why?

A pencil and paper. Design is all about ideas, everything else is icing on the cake.

What skill do you recommend news designers pick up in 2017?

Anything that will get their work seen on a mobile phone. Print design still has a place but if you want to maximize how many people see your work, the phone is the best platform.

If you weren’t an art director / visual journalist what do you think your career path would have been?

I would like to have been a psychologist. Although if rugby had been a professional sport when I came of age, that would have been my dream. Given I’m far too short and many kilos too light, rugby’s late entry to the professional sphere probably saved me a lot of heartache.

Darren Long; with25 years’ experience, Long leads South China Morning Post’s award-winning graphics and illustration department. He has launched and rejuvenated dozens of newsstand, custom and trade publications in Hong Kong, Malaysia and London. His own magazine design and illustrations have won awards on three continents.

Contact: Darren Long

Twitter: @darrenlonghk

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. Their most recent? A modern spinoff of The Lily, the first U.S. newspaper for and by women. This new incarnation of the storied publication promises to empower readers with information while showcasing diverse voices. It specifically targets women between the ages of 25 to 35, but The Lily has a fair amount of readers both female and male outside of this range. It lives entirely on social channels which, according to Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director, Amy King “helps foster community and conversation around this content.” It makes sense, given that their audience spends most of the time on social channels.

The Lily has a strong design strategy and a beautifully curated aesthetic far from the stereotypical feminine style. This is backed up with original content as well as repackaged content from its parent brand, the Washington Post. It’s great news because with so much original content coming from the Post every day, young women can feel safe they will not miss out on information catered toward their demographic.

Amy King spoke about The Lily’s design, the topics they cover, the visuals used to drive coverage on these topics and how designers can bring innovation to newsrooms everywhere:

How much did the original design influence the current? Do you feel a responsibility to have elements from the print  form represented in the digital iterations of today?

I worked with a few illustrators to develop logo concepts for The Lily. I asked each of them to come up with at least one idea that drew inspiration from the original Lily logo. The goal was for the logo to be classic yet modern. There were a few sketches that more closely mimicked original versions of The Lily, utilizing banners and flourishes, but were ultimately too much. The final logo, drawn by Olga Vasik, is timeless. It speaks to the past and the history of The Lily while also looking contemporary. 

The Lily has such a rich history of civic and national duty, from abolition to suffrage. Do you see this newly-launched product as a continuation of such endeavors in 2017?  Which topics will the Lily be focusing on covering today?

Like our predecessors, we do hope to surface stories and provide discussion around issues critical to women’s lives. So far, some of the topics we’ve addressed include sexual assault, gay marriage, abortion, race, child marriage and female genital mutilation.

How are you (and your team) using visuals to drive your stories?

From the beginning, the visual identity of The Lily has been as important as our editorial mission. The Lily exists completely on social platforms so we are competing for attention in endless social feeds. We all see so many stories, images and videos every day. So it was really important that we created a visual identity that stands out. We make sure everything we publish has a custom image that follows our strict branding guidelines. The goal is to make our content instantly recognizable as Lily content. We recognize that Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Medium are not just platforms for words, but for visuals, and we have art directors involved in the entire process.

How did you come to the decision to use Medium as a platform for The Lily? What other platforms will you be using to engage with your audience?

We value the community on Medium. There’s a built-in network of users who are already engaging with content and having discussions. The Lily is part of that now. More broadly, whether it’s discussions in the Facebook comments section or highlighting within stories on Medium, The Lily aims to foster interesting debates and discussions about issues and topics relevant to women.

What is your advice for designers that want to bring innovation to their newsrooms?

Come up with an idea, don’t wait for other people to give you one. Write it down, why it matters and why it will benefit your company. Then, design a mockup. Show it to people until you find someone who will listen and help advocate for your idea. Having the skills to create a visual mock of an idea might get you farther than you think. Most people share a document with only words. But as a designer, you can show people what it will look like. This does not have to require much effort but is surprisingly effective.

News designers, take notes. To write down your ideas and to present them with a mock up is solid advice, no matter what your newsroom size and budget may be. The Lily’s team is doing a great job at experimenting with different ways of presenting content, generating conversations around the topics they cover and delivering quality journalism to an under-served group that benefits from it now more than ever. All while providing a space where critical issues relevant to its audience are being raised. Be sure to check out The Lily on Medium and subscribe to their newsletter, Lily Lines.

This week we take a break from print design to look at some of the digital work being done by our members. Matt Callahan is a designer at the Washington Post, working in both print and digital projects. His digital portfolio was given an Award of Excellence this year in the SND Digital Competition.

The Washington Post design team isn’t print first or digital first, but instead asks how can a story be told across many platforms. How does this impact the way you design?

What stand out to me is that It’s kind of a story first mentality. We’re really going across platforms and telling the story in the most effective and efficient way throughout your different platforms. Sometimes a video will tell the story better than anything else. Sometimes an interactive graphic can explain something you would otherwise need 8 paragraphs of text for. But then in print sometimes a photo is what’s going to tell the story. A big part is being able to identify which elements of the story can really tell it and then putting everything on an equal playing field so that the words aren’t more important than the photo or the video. Everything speaks together. Being able to find a way to streamline that, and finding a way to make sure everything speaks to each other. That’s one of my favorite things to do.

Is there ever something that you’ll do with a story for one platform that you want to do on another and cannot?

We had this story that was a 360 video about the Galapagos Islands. Our reporter filmed 360 videos at four different locations. We also had a brilliant photographer along for the ride. For our digital coverage, we wanted to highlight the visuals and have the story exist alongside these very colorful and very bright images and videos. What we decided to do for print, knowing we had these videos, was a stereoscopic. Basically lay them out like what they would look like if they were flat on a piece of paper. It had all these crazy bulges but it really gave it this extra feel to it that you you wouldn’t have otherwise.

Check out The Galapagos Islands: Out of the blue

What are the key differences between designing for print and for digital?

There’s less of a divide than people think. It ultimately comes down to having an idea, and being able to create the idea and being able to conceive the idea. It’s all about being able to tell a story in the most effective way possible. A lot of times that’s exactly what we do. We lead people through a story. We guide them.We give them places to breathe. I think that digital design is really the exact same thing. It’s just bringing it to you in many more ways across platforms.

We actually get metrics back on it. We know what is successful and what is not. Which we don’t always with print.

Tell me about how one of your winning projects came together?

At the end of 2015, we realized we were coming up on the 100th Anniversary of the National Parks. We decided we wanted to highlight each of the parks. So we had a freelance writer put together test blurbs, saying “this is the idea of what we want”. Then I worked with the editor to pare it down to decide which bits we wanted to include in it. We kept talking about how we could do this online and how we could make it interesting.

People who care about National Parks are rabid National Parks fans. Which gave us the idea of allowing these people to check off which parks they had visited and to take it a step further by allowing them to share that information. If you are given the opportunity to tell a personal story, you are more apt to click on it and to share it. It was fun to work on and to enable people to tell their own stories. We didn’t have a gauge of how successful it would be until we had over a thousand people involved. That’s when we realized we had to start adding commas to represent 1,000. And that was an exciting moment, realizing the project was getting that many responses.

Check out National Parks: America’s natural heritage 

Who do you collaborate with?
I love working closely and in a collaborative environment. Specifically, to work directly with the reporter and the editor. So they understand that I am also trying to tell their story. That you care just as much and understand it in the same way that they do. It helps bolster a sense of camaraderie and makes collaboration much easier. 

Where do you find inspiration?
It’s interesting to me to pull inspiration from places that aren’t necessarily the news, and trying to design your experience a little more seamless with other places where people are already spending time. Looking at how apps that you use work. How scroll bars work. Looking at the way people are consuming content.

Check out the rest of Matt’s winning projects:

Congo: Cobalt mining for lithium ion battery

A Marine’s convictions

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 typeface, but also to make it able to solve a problem. David’s playful yet careful approach allows designers who use his fonts to creatively soar. He spoke with us briefly about his craft and his most recent font, Zenith:

What was the first typeface you ever created?

I think that dubious honor goes to Manicotti, a “wild west” slab serif with a strong horizontal stress (there might have been earlier attempts, but this is the first design that I completed and eventually released). I started drawing it at Hampshire College, and its original use was on a “Wanted” poster seeking writers and photographers for our student newspaper.

How do you measure the success of your designs?

I try to define different goals for each typeface project that I take on, and measure my success relative to those goals. For example, I designed a font called Input, and my goal for that typeface was to create richer typographic options for computer programmers. That goal not only informed the design of the letterforms, but also the size of the family and how I eventually chose to license and distribute the fonts.

Tell us about “Font of The Month Club”

Font of the Month Club is a new project where folks can sign up to receive a font from me every single month (for as little as $6/month). Fonts of the month include distinctive display faces, experimental designs, and exclusive previews of upcoming retail typeface families. I started the service in May, so we are currently in the third month (here are May and June’s fonts, Nickel and Roslindale).

I started the club because I wanted to give myself room to pursue side projects that might not be viable as retail fonts, and to try out ideas without the time commitment of developing an entire family. At the same time, I thought that designers might appreciate getting fresh type in their inbox on a regular basis, and would relish the opportunity to find ways to put it to use and diversify their font collections in a fun and inexpensive way.

What inspired July’s font, Zenith?

I recently had pleasure of traveling to Charlotte, NC to attend the excellent Society of News Design conference. Walking back from lunch with my Type Network colleagues Caren and Claire, we passed a great Art Deco inscription on an old fire station on South Blvd (google maps link). Photos were taken, and I was already sketching this alphabet on the plane ride home.

How was the name (Zenith) chosen?

(Technically the name is Zenith DJR, because doing a monthly font I don’t have time to worry about potential conflicts.)

It’s pretty rare that my favorite letters in a typeface are the diagonals, but I chose the name because I thought its celestial nature reflected the Art Deco letterforms, and I really I just love the pointy corners of the Z and N.

Who is Zenith for? What would be the best use for it?

It is for the awesome members of the Font of the Month Club, of course!

But I know what you mean…this will never happen, but I think an ideal use case for Zenith DJR would be on a monument, or some kind of timeless inscription that has a list of names or a lengthy quote. I could also see it used for movie titles/credits. The fact that each letter in Zenith only gets one thick stroke (which can be highlighted by color) means that longer passages develop an unusual and interesting texture.

If you’re interested, there’s more on Zenith on the last page of this pdf.

What should every designer ask themselves when choosing a typeface for a project?

I think it is a two-part question: will this typeface solve the problem at hand, and what will it add to the reader’s experience?

A typeface is a tool, and it is important to make sure you are choosing one that is appropriate and well-suited to the job at hand. But I think that designers too often don’t push themselves to answer the second part and go beyond the usual workhorses and the usual formulas. There are so many people doing interesting things with letterforms these days, and I think it is possible to find or customize or commission a type palette that can go beyond just doing its job and offer the reader something truly novel.

We’re pleased to introduce a new feature for SND members — a new portal that makes it easy to find nearby members; see and connect with members anywhere in the world with a visual and dynamic directory; present more detailed info about yourself (including slides of your work) to industry colleagues; and manage your own membership account details.

This portal preserves the features of our current system: you can “subscribe” monthly to SND instead of making annual dues payments, and you can still use Paypal or pay by check if you so choose.

If you have any questions about the new portal, or your membership status, feel free to contact Executive Director Stephen Komives at skomives@snd.org.

GETTING STARTED

All current members are in the system. You’ll need to log in and obtain a new password (you can change it to whatever you like — including your old SND password — once you activate your account).
Go here: http://www.snd.org/join/member-sign-in and click on Request Password

Within minutes you’ll receive a password in your email. Use that to sign in.
You’ll be taken to an ABOUT ME page, where you can enter your name, title, and home/work location information. Here you can also change your password. You will also see your membership level – Professional, Student or Educator – displayed along with your renewal date. You can click to renew or change your status right from here. Your billing info and expiration date are not displayed publicly.

Under the PROFILE tab, you can control what personal/professional information you would like displayed to other members in the public directory. You can also design your digital business card for the directory, including images of your work. And you can add your social links: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, BBB, Google+, Yelp, Youtube, Pinterest and Instagram.

MEMBER DIRECTORY

The Member Directory is here. The Member Directory is viewable only by other members who have signed in.

It offers a dynamic map view of all members plus the individual business cards (your public profile, viewable by other members). Its search function allows you to locate and connect with all members within, say, 30 miles of you. The map is geocoded to the current address on file. Here’s how it displays:

When you click on a business card you’ll see the member’s location mapped, and be able to view the work they’ve posted. You can also email other members, but you’ll note this system does not publicly display email addresses.

MORE TO COME

We will be rolling out a special Member-Only area on the site, for newsletter pdfs, workshop handouts, and more. Stay tuned!

Society for News Design (SND) is thrilled to announce the first ever SND conference in London.

Home of iconic designers and publications; London deserves a very special event to celebrate creativity in news design.

The conference will bring together the most creative minds in the industry to talk about what’s going on in their professional life, what are the challenges of designers and how they succeed.

The conference is planned to find some light at the end of the tunnel, bringing solutions and strategies on how to face and combat difficulties of designers on their job and of course to inspire all participants to reach their inner peace in design, and be more creative.

UK publications had a long list of success stories in SND creative design competitions both in print and online. SND conference in London is a dream come true for every designer to learn from the experts in design.

The conference will be held on 3^rd November in London in partnership with the biggest News UK, a global media business based in London owner of The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times.

The list of speakers, and the program will be announced shortly.

All professionals, designers and students are welcome to suggest on what topics they would like to incorporate in the program.

We’re seeking suggestions and nominations for session presenters, panelists, themes and categories you want to participate in and learn more about.

Speaker ‘suggestion’?  +  Want to be part of it? +  Partnership or sponsor it?

Please contact skomives@snd.org

What: SND London 2017 workshop / When: 3^rd November 2017 / Location: News UK; 1 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9GF / United Kingdom

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August is only starting and Society for News Design provides a calendar of events happening this month.

“The best that you can do” is the 2017 SND Year-Long Conversation to provide incentive and help designers worldwide to improve themselves, be more creative and to do their best designs in print and online, by thinking in advance some exciting projects and share them with SND community.

Any opportunity in the design department should be taken as a challenge for us to overcome our limits and to do our best and be more creative. Nowadays it is a great privilege to have a space in print or online where you can show your design and you should not lose this chance.

Download the August 2017 SND wallpaper created by RAMACHANDRAN BABU  or download the 2017 full SND Calendar with the most important events of the year and of course SND events.

SHOWCASE is SND’s new space for designers to show their works in print and online. Be proud of your work and inspire others to be creative.

Did you or your team produce a special coverage or project involving a good design?

Please send it to mailto:snd@snd.org and we will consider promoting it on our website

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WORLD AGENDA AUGUST 2017

01 AUG. Founding of the Swiss Confederation Switzerland

02 AUG. 27th anniversary of Iraq invades Kuwait

01-07 AUG. World Breastfeeding Week

04-13 AUG. Athletics: IAAF World Championships Olympic Stadium, London

04 AUG. Rwanda: President Paul Kagame, in power since 2000, is expected to win a further term as president. Criticism of the authoritarian

leader is muted because Rwanda is thriving just two decades after the Hutu-Tutsi genocide ripped the country apart

06 AUG. New Suez Canal opens Egypt

Bolivia Independence Day

Jamaica Independence Day

07 AUG. Cote d’Ivoire Independence Day 08 AUG. 50th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded South Asia

09 AUG. Singapore National Day u International Day of the World’s Indigenous People

75th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi launches the Quit India Movement after being arrested by British forces in Bombay India

09-26 AUG. Rugby: Women’s World Cup Ireland Ireland

10-13 AUG. Golf: 2017 PGA Championship, North Carolina

11 AUG. Chad Independence Day

12 AUG. International Youth Day Global

14 AUG. 70th anniversary of Pakistan gained its independence from the UK Pakistan

14 AUG. India & Pakistan: The nuclear-armed rivals gained independence 70 years ago. The end of British rule in 1947 created two nations, Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan, but disputed Kashmir remains a flashpoint and tensions are once again on the rise

15 AUG. Republic of the Congo Independence Day

Korea, South Liberation Day General

70th anniversary of India gained its independence from the UK

16 AUG. 40th death anniversary of Elvis Presley, (‘The King’), iconic American rock and roll singer,guitarist and actor

16-20 AUG. U.S., Canada, Mexico: Negotiations begin on a new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Donald Trump’s administration has a list of demands, while Canadian premier Justin Trudeau stresses the virtues of cross-border trade, claiming common ground with Trump by saying both are focused on jobs

17 AUG. Gabon Independence Day

Indonesia Independence Day

17 AUG. – SEPT. 29 Cricket: West Indies tour of England. United Kingdom

19 AUG. Afghanistan Independence Day

World Humanitarian Day Global

23 AUG. International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition

40th anniversary of the first VHS video recorder was released in the U.S.

24 AUG. Ukraine Independence Day 28 AUG. – 10 SEP. Tennis: US Open tennis championship, New York Sports 25 AUG. Uruguay Independence Day 25-27 AUG. Belgian Grand Prix 2017

U.S.: Undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather (left) and mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor come to blows in Las Vegas in a bout hailed as the “biggest fight ever”

27 AUG. Moldova Independence Day

10th anniversary of the Google launched Google Sky, a virtual globe application that maps space and allows users to view images from satellites and the Hubble Telescope

28 AUG. 80th anniversary of the Toyota Motor Corporation was founded as an independent company Japan

29 AUG. International Day against Nuclear Tests

30 AUG. International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

25th anniversary of German racing driver Michael Schumacher won the Belgian Grand Prix –the first of his record 91 Formula One wins Germany General

31 AUG. Kyrgyzstan Independence Day

Malaysia 60th Independence Day

Trinidad and Tobago General Independence Day

20th death anniversary of Diana, Princess of Wales in a car crash in the Place de l’Alma underpass in Paris, France U. K. Tributes will include the unveiling of a statue erected in the grounds of her London home, Kensington Palace, at the request of her sons Princes William and Harry

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upcoming anniversaries during the month of August 2017:

1 Year (2016)

August 03: An Emirates flight EK521 from Kerala, India carrying 300 people catches fire shortly after landing at Dubai International Airport, there were no fatalities.

August 03: Ahmad Zewail, a science adviser to President Obama who won the 1999 Nobel Prize dies at the age of 70.

August 03: Nepal lawmakers elect Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal as prime minister.

August 05: Olympic flame lit in Rio as the 2016 Summer Games are declared open.

August 07: Iran confirms it has executed nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri for spying for US.

August 08: A suicide bomber killed more than 70 people and wounded dozens more in an attack on mourners in Quetta, Pakistan.

Aug 8, Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and opposition leader Raila Odinga face off for the presidency. The support of young voters, in a country where 80% of the population is aged 35 and below, could be decisive

August 13: Michael Phelps wins 23rd gold in 4x100m medley relay – his final Olympic race.

August 12: Joseph Schooling beats Michael Phelps in 100 metre butterfly to win Singapore’s first-ever Olympic gold medal.

August 14: Michael Phelps brought the curtain down on one of sport’s most storied careers.

August 16: Former Fifa President Joao Havelange dies at age of 100.

August 20: Urjit Patel replace Raghuram Rajan as the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.

Aug 21, U.S.: A solar eclipse will sweep across the country from coast to coast. Over 12 million people live within the path of totality, and 200 million more within one hour’s drive

August 25: Cristiano Ronaldo wins UEFA Best Player in Europe award.

August 31: The IMG Worlds of Adventure as the world’s largest indoor theme park opens in Dubai.

August 31: Placido Domingo, one of the world’s top tenors inaugurates Dubai Opera the first opera house in Downtown Dubai.

2 Years (2015)

August 01: Airbus CN235 military transport aircraft has crashes in Colombia, killing 11 people

August 06: Egypt inaugurates a major extension of the Suez Canal.

August 06: A suicide bomber rip to a mosque used by Saudi police killing at least 13 people in the southern city of Abha.

August 13: Emirates Airline is launching the world’s longest flight from Dubai to Panama City, Panama.

August 13: Huge explosions at a chemical warehouse in a major Chinese port city killed at least 50 people and injured more than 700.

August 20: Greece made a crucial €3.2 billion debt repayment using newly released bailout funds.

5 Years (2012)

August 05: Nasa’s Curiosity rover lands on Mars safely and will start investigating the Red planet.

August 19: British film director Tony Scott dies after he committed suicide by jumping off a bridge in Los Angeles, California.

10 Years (2007)

August 01: The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, is collapsed. 13 people are killed.

August 02: Death of Holden Roberto, Angolan independence leader. Founder and leader of the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA).

August 04: NASA launched its Phoenix robotic lander on a mission to Mars.

August 04: Death of Lee Hazlewood, American country-rock singer, songwriter and record producer.

August 27: Google launched Google Sky, a virtual globe application that maps space and allows users to view images from satellites and the Hubble Telescope

15 Years (2002)

August 11: U.S. Airways filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after being seriously affected by the 9/11 terrorist attack. (It was rescued by a government loan and exited bankruptcy in 2003.)

August 19: Khankala Mi-26 crash, Chechnya. Chechen separatists shot down a Russian helicopter carrying about 140 troops.

20 Years (1997)

August 06: Hugo Banzer becomes President of Bolivia for the second time.

August 06: Microsoft bought $150 million (£96 million) worth of shares in struggling Apple Computer

August 16: Death of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani singer and musician.

August 26: The first DVD-Video discs went on sale in the USA.

August 31: Death of Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed, and their driver, in a car crash in Paris, France

25 Years (1992)

August 03: The ANC held a two-day general strike – the largest political mobilization in South Africa’s history – as part of its mass action campaign.

August 04: Four officers from the Los Angeles Police Department who had been acquitted of beating motorist Rodney King were indicted for federal trial for violating his civil rights.

August 10: South Korea’s first satellite, Kitsat A (also known as Kitsat-1), was launched.

August 11: The Mall of America opened in Bloomington, Minnesota. It is the largest indoor shopping mall in the USA.

August 24: Hurricane Andrew hit Florida, USA, causing a record $26.5 billion. 65 people are killed.

August 24: China and South Korea established full diplomatic relations.

August 30: German racing driver Michael Schumacher won the Belgian Grand Prix – the first of his record 91 Formula One wins.

30 Years (1987)

August 01: The entertainment television network MTV Europe was launched

August 01: Mike Tyson of the USA becomes the first heavyweight boxer to hold all 3 major world championship titles simultaneously: the WBC, WBA and IBF.

August 07: American swimmer Lynne Cox became the first person to swim across the

Bering Strait from the USA to the Soviet Union.

August 07: Death of Camille Chamoun, former President of Lebanon.

August 11: Alan Greenspan became Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

August 23: Heavy monsoon rain caused a catastrophic flood in Bangladesh. Over 2,000 people were killed.

40 Years (1977)

August 03: The Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 microcomputer was released.

August 04: The U.S. Department of Energy was formed.

August 13: Death of Henry Williamson, British novelist, naturalist and natural history writer. Best known for Tarka the Otter.

August 16: Death of Elvis Presley, (‘The King’), iconic American rock and roll singer, guitarist and actor.

August 20: NASA launched its Voyager 2 spacecraft on a mission to study the outer solar system and (eventually) interstellar space.

August 23: The first VHS video recorder was released in the USA.

50 Years (1967)

August 02: The second Blackwall Tunnel opened in London. It passes under the River

Thames, linking Tower Hamlets and Greenwich.

August 08: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was founded.

60 Years (1957)

August: 04: Death of Washington Luís, President of Brazil (1926–30).

August 07: Death of Oliver Hardy, American comedy film actor (Laurel and Hardy).

August 31: The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gained its independence from the UK.

65 Years (1952)

August 11: King Talal of Jordan abdicated after being declared unfit to rule because of his mental illness. His son Prince Hussein was proclaimed king.

August 26: The Soviet Union successfully tested an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM).

70 Years (1947)

August 14: Pakistan gained its independence from the UK.

August 15: India gained its independence from the UK.

August 18: The American technology company Hewlett-Packard was incorporated.

75 Years (1942)

August 03: Death of James Cruze, American film director and actor. One of the major directors of the silent era

August 09: Mahatma Gandhi launched the Quit India Movement after being arrested by British forces in Mumbai.

August 13: The première of Walt Disney’s animated feature film Bambi.

80 Years (1937)

August 28: The Toyota Motor Corporation was founded as an independent company in Japan.

August 30: Birth of Bruce McLaren, New Zealand racing driver, car designer and manufacturer. Founder of the McLaren Formula One team.

90 Years (1927)

August 07: The Peace Bridge was officially opened. It links Buffalo, New York, USA to

Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.

100 years (1917)

August 06: Birth of Robert Mitchum, American film actor. Best known for his roles as a gritty anti-hero.

August 07: Death of Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-born British pilot and Squadron Commander of the British Royal Naval Air Service. The first pilot to land a plane on a moving ship.

August 14: World War I: China declared war on Germany.

August 18: Great Thessaloniki Fire, Greece. Two-thirds of Greece’s second-largest city was destroyed by fire.

August 20: Death of Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist. Winner of the 1905 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on organic dyes and the synthesis of indigo.

125 Years (1892)

August 09: American inventor Thomas Edison was granted a US patent for the duplex (two-way) telegraph.

August 24: Goodison Park opened in Liverpool, UK. It was one of the world’s first purpose-built football (soccer) stadiums, and is the home of Everton FC.

150 years (1867)

August 07: Birth of Emil Nolde, German Expressionist artist.

175 Years (1842)

August 09: The Webster–Ashburton Treaty was signed. It established the northeastern boundary between Canada and the USA.

August 29: The First Opium War between Britain and China ended with the signing of the Treaty of Nanking.

400 Years (1617)

August 23: The world’s first one-way streets are introduced in London, UK.

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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 allowing us to extend the contest from this #takeover.

A post shared by SND (@societyfornewsdesign) on Aug 1, 2017 at 2:50pm PDT

We loved the answers so  much we put them together in one place. Enjoy:

1. Mari Andrew

Hi NY

A post shared by Mari Andrew (@bymariandrew) on Aug 2, 2017 at 4:23am PDT

2. Mitch O’Connell

Don’t worry, one day I’ll stop posting this Trump art, but until then, here’s another beautiful pic of the majestic They Live billboard! #johncarpenter #theylive #politics #washington #mexico #godblessmexico #buildthewall #dumptrump #makeamericagreatagain #obey #consume #alientrump #johncarpenterofficial

A post shared by Mitch O’Connell (@mitchoconnellart) on Aug 2, 2017 at 5:40am PDT

3. Raj Dhunna

Punjabi soul

A post shared by Raj Dhunna (@rajdraws) on Jul 24, 2017 at 10:23am PDT

4. Kimothy Joy

Happy Independence Day. May we aspire to uphold the values that truly make our nation great. #MayAllBreatheFree #AmericaisPossible

A post shared by Kimothy Joy (@kimothyjoy) on Jul 4, 2017 at 6:33am PDT

5. Cameron Cottrill

July’s Medical Mystery for the @WashingtonPost. “Ignored by her doctor, a woman spent months seeking treatment for shooting pain.” Her favorite hobby is gardening. Thanks to Alla for the assignment. @washingtonpostdesign #medicalmystery #shootingpain #gardening #flowers #roses #health #science #hand #illustration #art #artist #draw #drawing #design #artoftheday #picoftheday #thedesigntip #picame #instaart #instagood #illustrationoftheday #digitalart #newspaper #camcottrill

A post shared by Cameron Cottrill (@camcottrill) on Jul 31, 2017 at 9:17am PDT

6. Leandra Cianci

but actually… winter is coming. // TONIGHT! #gameofthrones #jonsnow

A post shared by leeandra cianci (@leeandracianci) on Jul 16, 2017 at 6:07pm PDT

7. Marylou Faure

VIP closet Here’s my fifth and last illustration for #Smirnoff’s love project, in reply to hate tweets against LGBT ️‍ It was a pleasure to work on this series of illustrations, trying to target online hate and transforming their message into something positive and open minded . Let’s show some love ✨ 1 in 3 people in the LGBT+ community have experienced online abuse and as part of a collective of artists, I’m responding to hate with some works of love in collaboration with @smirnoffeurope . . . #PrideInLondon #LovehappensHere #ChooseLove #love #nohate #vip #closet #securityguard #illustration #character #characterdesign #london #graphicdesign

A post shared by Marylou Faure (@maryloufaure) on Jul 20, 2017 at 4:54am PDT

8. Petra Eriksson

Friday and finally time for a little portfolio update (link in bio) ✨ Working on some exciting but super secret new projects at the moment so until then this feed might not be updates as regularly as before but there will be great things to expect later on. #petraerikssonstudio #portfolio #portraits #patterns #women #illustration #graphicdesign #freelance #art

A post shared by Petra Eriksson Illustrator (@petraerikssonstudio) on May 26, 2017 at 6:01am PDT

9. Beth Hoeckel

realized i never posted a pic of this illo i did for @yenmag a while back– (repost from @rollokinz! ) #yenmagazine #treehouse

A post shared by Beth Hoeckel (@bethhoeckel) on Oct 12, 2016 at 8:36pm PDT

10. Kirsten Sevig

Cats and chairs… I keep cracking up at the expression of the cat in the green chair! Haha! Have a great rest of your day! . #illustratorinminneapolis #whitegellyrollpen #watercolor #painting #pattern #chairs #cats #cat #catsinchairs #makingitupasigo #handbookwatercolorjournal

A post shared by Kirsten Sevig (@kirstensevig) on Apr 20, 2017 at 3:22pm PDT

11. Andrea Levy

12. Mark Conlan

One, two, three, four, five, once I caught a fish alive…haven’t caught any in Darling Harbour yet today. Hope you’re all having a great week so far ✨ . . . . . #art #artist #artwork #artshow #bestoftheday #creative #creativity #notebook #sketch #sketchbook #designer #instagram #instagood #books #instalike #instamood #instadaily #illustree #illustrator #illustration #illustrationartists #like #melbourne #markconlan #posca #print #paper @instagram @adobe

A post shared by Mark Conlan (@markconlan) on Aug 2, 2017 at 12:07am PDT

13. Carolyn Sewell

Considering wrapping all my presents in this for the next 4 years. . . . #acreativedc #bythings #lettering #typetopia #typografie #typography #handlettering #thedailytype #thedesigntip #goodtype #typeeverything #artoftype #nevertrump #fucktrump #wrappingpaper #pattern #patterndesign

A post shared by Carolyn Sewell (@carolynsewell) on Jun 5, 2017 at 4:23am PDT

14. Taylor McManus

#braids #cornrows #naturalhair #flowers #naturalhairstyle #summer #summerstyle #natural #style #blackgirlillustration #gouache #portraits #painting #blackhairstyles #taylormcmanus #taylormcmanusillustration

A post shared by Taylor McManus (@tmcmanusillustration) on Aug 1, 2017 at 4:40pm PDT

15. Karen Kurycki

Post 2/100 • Bought the ingredients for my first dip recipe, an Avocado Feta dip. Excited to make it tomorrow! #the100dayproject #whenidipyoudipwedip #100daysofdips #100dayproject

A post shared by Karen Kurycki (@cmykaren) on Apr 5, 2017 at 9:08pm PDT

16. Jon Stich

Original & print version of this new full page illustration in @phxmagazine. Thanks to @minglefield for the commission and direction!

A post shared by Jon Stich (@jonstich) on Jul 25, 2017 at 9:00am PDT

17. Robert Carter

A cover done for New Scientist a little while ago Twas a little tricky as the person needed to not look gender specific. #Clean #dirty #OCD #germaphobe #cleaning #illustration #painting #digital

A post shared by Robert Carter (@cracked_hat_illustration) on Jul 31, 2017 at 1:45pm PDT

Tim Parks
Creative Director
Omaha-World Herald

What is your current job title, and how long have you held it?
Creative director, two weeks. Before that, I was deputy presentation and planning editor for six-and-a-half years.

What do you love about working in print design?
The challenge of telling a story so well visually that a reader doesn’t have the read one paragraph to know what the story is about. Once they begin reading the story, I like finding ways to help the reader navigate through it without that feeling they’ve missed something. That usually requires space, whether it’s running a cool photo 12 columns wide or breaking up a long story into multiple jump pages so the reader never feels overwhelmed. But getting that space isn’t always possible. It’s a thrill to look at a project for the first time in print and recognize the collaborative effort between all the folks who had a hand in making it successful. 

How do you decide between using photography, illustration, graphics or typography when approaching a project?
It’s always a case-by-case basis, but I first look to the photos. If they’re awesome, then does the project require anything to compliment the art? After that, we discuss whether another strategy should lead the way. Some big projects require the use of photo, illustration and typography. The challenge there is to make it all cohesive.

Among regularly occurring events that the World-Herald covers, which one do you look forward to designing for the most?
I dread all the big projects and recurring special sections because I always worry (probably too much) that the story ideas won’t lead to strong visual concepts. I get excited (sometimes super excited!) after we come up with smart visual ideas and start building off them.

Which is the most challenging?
The college football preview. It runs the last week in August, and we start with story and theme planning sessions in April. But it never seems like we start planning early enough, and we spend a lot of time during the weeks in July and August focusing on it. The year before I arrived in Omaha the preview was a 52-page tab packed with not only Nebraska Cornhusker and college football stories, but high school and NFL coverage. It was ugly and gray. In the last 11 years we created a monster, not only in size but expectations. Last year it was 36 pages in three broadsheet sections, and all college football. We strive to come up with a theme that can weave throughout the section and works with the same elements we use every year. Last year every photo and illustration was in black and white to match our gritty machine theme. It sounded crazy when I said it out loud. But it worked. Every year since 2007 the section has won national awards for both content and design, so we’ve set a high bar.

How do you feel that being an SND member has helped you grow professionally?
My career really didn’t take off until I attended my first SND competition in 2010 – it flipped the switch, and I’ve been back every year since. It’s one thing to see the pages in the SND annual, but quite another to see them on the tables. That’s especially true of the long form entries, because you don’t see the entire set in the annual, and some of those can be 50 or 100-plus pages. Through the competition and conferences I’ve developed relationships with other designers who helped me not only in solving design problems, but with career decisions. And I met my wife (Katie Myrick Parks) in Syracuse, so SND also helped me grow in my personal life (an amazing bonus!). Besides being super cool, she’s also a excellent design editor and has pushed me to where I am today.

What does it take to do great print design? Former SND Competition Coordinator Andrea Zagata set out to find tips and tricks from the winners. Check SND.org every week for interviews with the best of the best!

A new report by the American Press Institute focuses on content design examines the facts around complex and divisive topics through alternative formats designed to be more accessible and less politically volatile.

Issues important to communities — jobs, immigration, education, crime, climate change, for example — have grown more complex, and in many cases, politicized. What if accountability journalists tried to reach people with facts about these issues in other ways besides the rigid structure of fact-checking or the traditional story format?

PROJECT GOALS

• Explore various ways to increase knowledge in fact-checking/accountability reporting
• Determine effectiveness, impact, popularity, audience metrics
• Suggest modifications to enhance learning and fact-acceptance
• Explore application in news literacy
• Review applicable research
• Create definitions and best practices

PROJECT DETAILS

We’re collecting and examining examples published by newsrooms around the world, talking with editors/designers about their process and impact, and interviewing design and learning experts about the most effective ways to present information. The examples we’ll examine have these characteristics:

1. Uses a format relying on visuals and engagement rather than large blocks of text;
2. Tackles complex issues that are typically misunderstood, politically divisive, or emotionally charged.
3. Focuses on factual information purposefully presented to increase understanding of complex issues.
4. Not only attempts to fill in the “knowledge gaps” in public understanding of complex issues, but also addresses the misinformation that so often fills those gaps in the absence of factual information

AUTHORS

• Jane Elizabeth, senior manager/accountability journalism program, American Press Institute
• Lori Kelley, art director, Seattle Business magazine (also Politico Magazine, The Washington Post, The Virginian-Pilot)
• Julie M. Elman, professor, Ohio University, the School of Visual Communications (also creator of The Fear Project and designer at The Virginian-Pilot)

Download the full report here:

More about the API study here

The Society for News Design is seeking nominations for the office of Secretary/Treasurer for 2018. This is an open-ballot position: anyone who is nominated, meets the requirements of the position and chooses to run will appear on the ballot.

Nominees must be members of the Society in good standing, with a history of service to the organization. They should also have a record of managing people and a working understanding of financial operations.

We will accept nominations through Thursday, Sept. 7. Please send your nominations to skomives@snd.org. Candidates will be announced Friday, Sept. 8.

Voting will begin on Monday, Sept. 25, and continue through Monday, Nov. 6. Election results will be announced on Tuesday, Nov. 7.

The SND offices of President and Vice President will also appear on the ballot. Under its bylaws, the Society operates a leadership “ladder” where the Secretary/Treasurer is automatically nominated to be Vice President and the Vice President to be President. Those nominees still must be elected, but the two higher offices run unopposed. Online balloting does allow write-ins.

It’s free for SND student member!

Are you a student? Or recently graduated? Are you in London or Europe?

Here is your opportunity to get valuable advice and constructive critiques from publishing professionals who will give you insights, how to get ready to belong to the professional world.

Bring your portfolio, regardless if it is comprehensive, under construction or finished, just bring what  you have –  it can be print or online; it is necessary to be in print form or in PDF format on a laptop or iPad. Please, no flash drives or disks.

What: One by one portfolio review with some of the best professionals in the industry. Bring what  you have.  it can be print or online. It is necessary to be in print form or in PDF format on a laptop or iPad. Please, no flash drives or disks.

When: Friday, November 3, 2017

Who: Students in all levels and recently graduated

Where: SND_London 2017: News UK building – London

Registration fee:  It’s free for SND student member. You must book your spot by filling out the form here.

If you are not SND student member, you can join here.

All student participants are legible for portfolio review, but there is limited space, so hurry, register for the event here.

LIMITED SEAT REGISTER NOW

The solar eclipse, visualized

From coast to coast, a total solar eclipse swept across the United States on Monday. These pages and presentations captured the excitement of this phenomenon, which had not occurred in a nationwide path across the entire U.S. since 1918:

PRINT

« ‹ 1 of 21 › »

ONLINE

Everything you need to know about the Solar Eclipse 2017 (NASA)

The Best—and Quirkiest—Maps of the 2017 Solar Eclipse  (National Geographic)

Your Photos of A Solar Eclipse’s Journey Across America (New York Times)

Travel the path of the solar eclipse  (Washington Post)

Solar eclipse cloud forecast (Washington Post)

A solar eclipse is coming to America. Here’s what you’ll see where you live. (Vox)

The Society for News Design has announced the first group of guest speakers for its 2017 London conference: “The Future of Media is Visual”.

This year’s conference, taking place on Friday 3rd November at the News UK building. Our programme will feature experienced designers who will share real-life insights and great advice on design. Visual journalists, editors, design professionals, academics, design students and media are invited to join us to celebrate creativity and design.

Sign up today

Join the top creative minds in the industry to have a candid talk about what makes our work relevant in this transition time.

TOPICS

1- Best practices in visual journalism worldwide

2- Interactive graphics and Data Visualization

3- Successful cases in visuals

4- The designer’s guide to survive in this transition period

5- Design in 4.7 inches screen (mobile)

6- Virtual Reality and journalism

7- Illustration

SPEAKERS

SARA QUINN

Immediate Past President, Society for News Design and Media Consulting, (US)

A design and journalism consultant and researcher, Sara Quinn holds the R.M. Seaton Endowed Chair at Kansas State University. She is an affiliate faculty member for The Poynter Institute where she taught full time for more than a decade. She is the immediate past president for the Society for News Design and director of large-scale eyetracking research for Poynter on newspaper, tablet and online reading habits which has been presented in newsrooms and at universities around the world. Her most recent study is Eyetracking Photojournalism, for the National Press Photographers Association.

@saraquinn     

SUZETTE MOYER

Design editor, The Washington Post (US)

Suzette has been a design editor at The Washington Post since 2015, working in both print and digital spaces. Prior to that, she was a design editor at the Tampa Bay Times and creative director at Bay magazine. She was also the director of design and graphics at the Hartford Courant from 1999-2006.

@suzettemoyer     

DEBORAH WITHEY

Design Consultant, US-UK

Deborah Withey, former creative director of The Virginian-Pilot, among other titles, received a Lifetime Achievement award for her work as designer, mentor, and innovator from SND in 2012 which gave her the opportunity (and permission, she figured!) to step away from working exclusively as a visual journalist to developing her own creativity and self-expression as exhibiting artist and art for wellbeing practitioner.

But her love of collaboration brought her back to the USA and newspapers last year when asked to create a visual concept from scratch for the North State Journal, a start-up paper for the state of North Carolina. In less than 12 months of publishing the paper was chosen as a ‘World’s Best-Designed Finalist’, (Deb’s 6th) and photo team of the year. ‘Design thinking’ as well as ‘design doing’ has inspired her to enroll in the new Emerging Media Design + Development graduate program at Ball State where she plans to meld all her past disciplines into something new, yet to be determined!

She calls cheese + pickles studio home in beautiful St. Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Twitter is her favourite mode of social media reach her there @cheeseanpickles or on Linked In. Debs has her own line of illustrated textile designs at www.artrookie.co.uk/debwithey

AMY KING

Editor in chief/creative director, The Lily –Washington Post (US)

Amy King is the editor in chief/creative director for The Lily, and design director for Emerging News Products at The Washington Post. Amy proposed and developed the editorial and creative mission of thelily.com – a product aimed at millennial women that lives exclusively on distributed platforms. In her Emerging News Products role, she has helped to launch The Post’s national product suite, Snapchat Discover channel, Apple News and a myriad of other initiatives with industry-leading distributed platforms. Amy came to The Post in 2013 as an art director for the Arts & Style section.

@theamyking     

SAM JOINER

Interactive News Editor , Times and the Sunday Times (UK)

Sam Joiner is the Interactive News Editor of the Times and the Sunday Times. Part of the cross-title digital team, Sam works with journalists and section editors across all Times and Sunday Times desks to bring stories to life digitally.

From quick turnaround content for daily news articles, such as charts and timelines, to large scale, long-running major events like the Olympics or US election, his team focus on adding value to stories and ensuring readers get the most from their digital subscriptions.

Sam is a graduate from the University of Bristol, where he read history. He has previously worked for the Guardian and Microsoft.

@samjoiner     

MARCO HERNANDEZ

Digital Infographics, South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

Marco is based in Hong Kong working as Infographic Designer at the South China Morning Post, former Senior Infographic Designer at La Nacion (Costa Ria) and lecturer of Information Design to the Science and Arts University of Costa Rica. His work has been recognized with awards in Asia by Wan-Ifra, in USA by the Society for News Design, in UK by the GEN, in Spain by the SND-E and the BID, among others.

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ILYA MYASNIKOV

Educator, Tomsk State University (RUSSIA)

News designer working in Tomsk, Russia since 1994, starting with letterpress typography.

Designer, infographer, editor and reporter. Multiple SND Russia winner (mostly in Gorodskaya Gazeta newspaper). Active media consultant and producer.

Educator in Tomsk State University, one of the oldest school in Russia, teaching news writing, visual journalism, editorial design and management,

Acting dean of the journalism faculty in TSU High School of Journalism, producing the number of SND-winning projects in digital publishing reporting.

CHRISTOPHER MEIGHAN

Director for Emerging News Products, The Washington Post (US)

Christopher Meighan is the director for Emerging News Products at The Washington Post. He leads a 30-person team made up of editors, designers and producers. Over the past few years, the team has launched The Post’s national product suite, which includes tablet and smartphone apps, a newsletter and an Apple Watch presence. The team also runs many of The Post’s distributed platform initiatives, including Apple News, Snapchat Discover and thelily.com. His team operates on an editorial philosophy and design sensibility that takes advantage of the small screen for mobile-first storytelling. The team is consistently in the innovations mindset, knowing that once something is launched, it’s on to figuring out what the next big thing will be. Christopher came to The Post in 2008 as an art director for the Style section.

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MARCELO DUHALDE

Infographic Designer, South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

Marcelo is an infographic designer who started his career in 1996 in Chile, working for infographic departments of the main local newspapers until august 2010 . From November 2010 to July 2015 he worked for the design team of  Times of Oman and Al Shabiba newspapers in the Sultanate of Oman as infographic designer and researcher.

Since August 2016 he works at the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Throughout his career he has won more than 60 awards in various events such as SND Best of News Design, Malofiej and Wan-Ifra. His work has been published in books, magazines, and infographic/data visualization websites in Europe, Asia and the Americas.

He is passionate about his work, enjoys sharing his professional experience and thrives on learning from the people he meets along the way

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DOUGLAS OKASAKI

President, Society for News Design / Senior Designer, Gulf News, Dubai (UAE)

Douglas is working as sport designer at Gulf News, Dubai and as president at Society for News Design (SND).

Douglas is from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He worked in some of the biggest publishing house: Editora Abril (Sao Paulo), O Globo (Rio de Janeiro), A Tarde (Salvador) and for seven years as Art Editor for the online news provider UOL.

Outside Brazil, Douglas worked in Tokyo (Japan) in the International Press newspaper and previous SND Regional Director for the Middle East.

As SND regional director, Douglas worked in partnership with other professional organizations such as WAN-IFRA, IAJ (Institute for the Advancement of Journalism) in conferences in Egypt, Johannesburg, Jordan, New Delhi and Dubai. The workshop with Iraqi designers in Jordan, The Best of Middle East Competition, the SND Award Winners Exhibition and the regional conference are some of his accomplishments in the Middle East region.

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September is only starting and Society for News Design provides a calendar of events happening this month.

“The best that you can do” is the 2017 SND Year-Long Conversation to provide incentive and help designers worldwide to improve themselves, be more creative and to do their best designs in print and online, by thinking in advance some exciting projects and share them with SND community.

Any opportunity in the design department should be taken as a challenge for us to overcome our limits and to do our best and be more creative. Nowadays it is a great privilege to have a space in print or online where you can show your design and you should not lose this chance.

Download the September 2017 SND wallpaper created by DEBORAH WITHEY  or download the 2017 full SND Calendar with the most important events of the year and of course SND events.

SHOWCASE is SND’s new space for designers to show their works in print and online. Be proud of your work and inspire others to be creative.

Did you or your team produce a special coverage or project involving a good design?

Please send it to mailto:snd@snd.org and we will consider promoting it on our website

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WORLD AGENDA SEPTEMBER 2017

01 SEP. Uzbekistan Independence Day

02 SEP. Vietnam Independence Day

03 SEP. Qatar Independence Day

01-03 SEP. Italian Grand Prix 2017

04 SEP. September 2017 150th anniversary of the Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is founded, United Kingdom

05 SEP. International Day of Charity

20th death anniversary of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Founder of the Missionaries of Charity India

06 SEP. Swaziland Independence Day

07 SEP. Brazil Independence Day

08 SEP. Macedonia Independence Day

International Literacy Day

09 SEP. Founding of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea North Korea

Tajikistan Independence Day

11 SEP. 16th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks on New York and Washington (also known as 9/11)

100th birth anniversary of Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines (1965–86) Philippines General u 100th death anniversary of Georges Guynemer, French aviator and national hero. France’s first great fighter ace. He was shot down 7 times during WWI and survived, but was killed when he was shot down for the 8th time France

11-17 SEP. Golf: BMW Championship Conway Farms

12 SEP. United Nations Dat for South-South Cooperation

15 SEP. Costa Rica Independence Day

El Salvador Independence Day

Guatemala General Independence Day

Honduras Independence Day

Nicaragua Independence Day u International Day of Democracy

15-17 SEP. Malaysian Grand Prix 2017

16 SEP. Mexico Independence Day

Papua New Guinea Independence Day

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

17-24 SEP. Cycling: UCI Road World Championships Bergen Norway Sports

18 SEP. Chile Independence Day

19 SEP. Saint Kitts and Nevis Independence Day

20 SEP. 50th anniversary of the British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 (better known as the QE2) was launched United Kingdom

20-24 SEP. Golf: Tour Championship by Coca-Cola Atlanta

21 SEP. Armenia Independence Day u Belize Independence Day

Malta Independence Day

International Day of Peace Global

Hijri New Year – Pulic holiday UAE / Gulf / Middle East

75th anniversary of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber made its first flight United States

22 SEP. Mali Independence Day

22 SEP. Autumnal Equinox Global 23 SEP. Unification of the Saudi Arabia Kingdom

24 SEP. Guinea-Bissau Independence Day

Global World Maritime Day

60th anniversary of the largest stadium in Europe, Camp Nou, in Barcelona, Spain, opened. It is the home of FC Barcelona Spain

24 SEP. – 01 OCT. The World Rowing Championship 2017 Sarasota Sports

27 SEP. World Tourism Day

27 SEP. World Heart Day

28 SEP. World Rabies Day

28 SEP. – 01 OCT. Golf: Presidents Cup New Jersey

29 SEP. – 01 OCT. Singapore Grand Prix 2017

30 SEP. Botswana Independence Day

Upcoming anniversaries during the month of September 2017:

1 Year (2016)

September 04: Nico Rosburg of Mercedes wins F1 Italian Grand Prix in Monza.

September 04: Mother Teresa now officially Saint Teresa after canonisation by Pope Francis in Vatican City.

September 07: Apple launches iPhone 7 with improved camera.

September 10: Russia and the US reaches an agreement on a new plan to reduce violence in the Syria conflict.

September 15: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets Pope Francis at the Vatican.

September 16: At least 16 killed, more than 20 hurt in suicide bomb attack during Friday prayers at a mosque in Pakistan.

September 18: Nico Rosberg wins Singapore Grand Prix.

September 19: Vladimir Putin’s party wins parliamentary majority in Russia.

September 24: Five people are died following shooting at shopping mall north of Seattle.

September 25: Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar is shot dead outside the court.

2 Years (2015)

September 02: 12 Syrian refugees trying to reach Greece drowned when two boats sank in Turkish waters, as 3-year-old Aylan lifeless body washed ashore sparked horrified reactions on social media.

September 11: A massive construction crane crashes into Makkah’s Grand Mosque in stormy weather, killing at least 107 people and injuring 184.

September 12: A14-year-old Muslim boy Ahmad Mohammad is arrested at MacArthur High School in Irving, north Texas, after his teacher decide that a homemade electronic clock he brought to class could be a bomb.

September 14: The ruling Liberal Party oust Tony Abbott as prime minister of Australia in favour of long-time rival Malcolm Turnbull.

September 17: At least 85 people are killed in South Sudan oil tanker explosion.

September 17: General Motors to pay $900 million in US criminal settlement on faulty ignitions.

September 18: 42 people are killed as Taliban gunmen attack Pakistan air force base in the restive northwest.

September 19: Shaikh Rashid Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum dies of a heart attack.

September 20: British author Jackie Collins dies of breast cancer at 77.

September 20: Nepal adopts its first democratic constitution, it defines as a secular country.

September 23: Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn resigns over a pollution cheating scandal with global dimensions.

September 24: More than 1400 people are killed in stampede on the outskirts of Makkak in Saudi Arabia.

September 25: World football’s governing body Fifa announces that winter dates of the 2022 World Cup to be held in Qatar.

September 28: India joins a select group of nations owning a space observatory with the successful launch of Astrosat.

September 30: Sharjah has been officially declared as the first World Health Organisation (WHO) Healthy city in the Middle East.

5 Years (2012)

September 05: At least 52 people are killed after a blast from one of the biggest fireworks factory in Tamil Nadu.

September 06: 58 people are drowned after a refugee boat carrying more than 100 sank off the coast of Turkey.

September 09: Fugitive Vice-President Tariq Al Hashemi is sentenced to death by an Iraqi court after he was convicted of murder.

September 11: US Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three Americans are died after an assault at the American consulate in Benghazi following an angry protests from an anti-Muslim US film, The Innocence of Muslims.

September 29: Sita Air crashed lands near Kathmandu, Nepal killing 19 people.

10 Years (2007)

September 13: The United Nations General Assembly adopt the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

15 Years (2002)

September 10: Switzerland joines the United Nations.

September 23: The first version of the Firefox web browser was released.

September 27: East Timor joines the United Nations.

20 Years (1997)

September 05: Death of Mother Teresa of Kolkata

September 08: The ferry Fierte Gonaivience capsize off Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 600 people are killed.

September 11: In a referendum the people of Scotland votes to establish their own Parliament.

September 13: British singer Elton John releases Candle in the Wind 1997 as a tribute to Princess Diana.

September 16: Steve Jobs is named interim CEO of Apple Computer after Gil Amelio was ousted.

September 26: An Indonesian Airbus crashes in mountainous woodland near Medan, Sumatra, killing 234 people.

25 Years (1992)

September 07: Bisho massacre, Ciskei, South Africa. 28 people are killed and over 200 injured

September 16: Black Wednesday sterling crisis. Britain crashed out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM).

September 23: An IRA bomb destroy a forensic laboratory in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 20 people were injured and 700 houses damaged.

September 25: NASA launches its Mars Observer spacecraft to study Mars’s surface, atmosphere, climate and magnetic field.

40 Years (1977)

September 05: NASA launches its Voyager 1 spacecraft (2 weeks after Voyager 2) on a mission to study the outer Solar System.

September 07: USA and Panama sign the Torrijos–Carter Treaties.

September 20: Djibouti and Vietnam joins the United Nations.

50 Years (1967)

September 05: Walter Washington is appointed as the first mayor-commissioner of Washington D.C., USA. He is also the first African American leader of a major city.

September 10: In a referendum the people of Gibraltar voted overwhelming in favour of remaining under British sovereignty rather than becoming part of Spain.

September 18: The Brazilian football team Esporte Clube Santo André is founded.

September 20: The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 (better known as the QE2) is Launched.

60 Years (1957)

September 05: Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road is published.

September 16: Malaysia joins the United Nations.

September 17: The first gold disc in France is presented to singer Dalida for 300,000 sales of her single Bambino.

September 21: Death of Haakon VII, King of Norway.

September 24: The largest stadium in Europe, Camp Nou, in Barcelona, Spain, is opened. It is the home of FC Barcelona.

65 Years (1952)

September 01: Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Old Man and the Sea is published

September 06: Farnborough Air Show crash, Hampshire, UK. A de Havilland fighter jet broke apart and fell into the crowd, killing 31 people.

September 06: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) launches its first television broadcasts, in Montreal.

September 15: The United Nations federated Eritrea with Ethiopia.

70 Years (1947)

September 15: Typhoon Kathleen hit Japan’s Boso Peninsula and Kanto region, causing massive flooding. 1,930 people were killed.

September 17: James Forrestal becomes the first U.S. Secretary of Defense.

September 18: The US National Security Council and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) are established.

September 30: Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations.

75 Years (1942)

September 21: The Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber made its first flight.

80 Years (1937)

September 14: Death of Tomáš Masaryk, founder and first President of Czechoslovakia

100 years (1917)

September 11: Death of Georges Guynemer, French aviator and national hero.

125 Years (1892)

September 09: Jupiter’s moon Amalthea is discovered by American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard.

150 years (1867)

September 04: Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is founded in the UK

250 Years (1767)

September 08: Birth of August Wilhelm von Schlegel, German scholar, critic, poet and Translator.

It is confirmed! World’s Best-Designed Politiken design editor Søren Nyeland will be our keynote speaker in #SNDLondon2017

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The judges wrote:

After being named a World’s Best-Designed™ Newspaper winner last year (2012), it would be very easy for any publication to become complacent or stale, but Politiken has managed to elevate its great work, and indeed, build on it.

Politiken’s efforts have become a defined classic in the industry, but the designers and editors somehow manage to renew their energy every day. This is a newspaper that has reached visual maturity but still has promise for more to come (we hope).

Overall, Politiken’s content drives the visuals — so the visuals could literally be anything. They have the tools to execute that wide variety of content and tone. Through a combination of their efforts, structure and discipline, they take a medium format daily and make it warmer and more intimate – almost like a really large compact. The quality is so rich that Politiken could be a weekly, but the staff is executing at that high a level on a daily basis.

There is a thoughtfulness to the cropping and editing of photographs with designers using full width of pages for impact. Oftentimes, we turned pages to find an unexpected and delightful grouping of photographs or illustrations, as seen in a story about a young entrepreneur who had to restart a career after an illness.

Politiken is a model for the power of visual consistency throughout a newspaper. A previous winner in this category, Politiken again deservedly joins the ranks of World’s Best.

Design Editor Søren Nyeland has been Design Editor of the Danish daily Politiken since 1997. He holds a Masters of Design and has led a design development team that resulted in several awards. Among them are: SND’s World’s Best-Designed Newspaper in 2007, 2012, 2013 and 2015. And notably, the European Newspaper of the Year in 2010 and 2016. Nyeland has served as a jury member at SND, SND/S, SND-Russia and ENA. Nyeland has been an influential speaker at conferences in Boston, Buenos Aires, Helsinki, Istanbul, Moscow, Madrid, Stockholm and Vienna.

Visit: http://politiken.dk/

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The Fall semester may have just started but it’s already time to start thinking about internships for next summer. Time to dust off your resume and polish your portfolio. Here’s a roundup of design internships.

The Washington Post

Design Internships offered: News or digital designer, graphics reporter or developer.

Deadline: Oct 6, 2017

Paid?: Yes, $700 a week.

How to apply: Complete the online application and attach all relevant materials, including résumé, work samples and autobiographical essay.

Contact: Tracy Grant, Deputy Managing Editor newsinterns@washpost.com

The New York Times

Design Internships offered: Design, Graphics

Deadline: Oct 31, 2017

Paid?: Yes, about $1,000 a week.

How to apply: Applicants should submit a cover letter, resume and samples of writing and graphic design work. Links to relevant social media accounts and published work are preferred, but not required.

The Star Tribune

Design Internships offered: Digital Design, Print Design

Deadline: Nov 1, 2017

Paid?: $727 a week.

How to apply: Apply for summer 2018 internships at StarTribuneCompany.com/jobs.

The LA Times

Design Internships offered: Visualization and Data, Design

Deadline: Dec 1, 2017-Visualization and Data, and Dec 15, 2017-Design

Paid?: Yes

How to apply: Visualization and Data: Go to 2018 L.A. Times Summer Visualization and Data Internship. Submit a brief cover letter; resume with three references; one-page personal essay; up to 10 work samples and your GitHub account, if available. There is no prompt for the essay.

Design: Go to 2018 L.A. Times Summer Design Internship. Submit a brief cover letter; resume with three references; one-page personal essay; and up to 10 work samples. There is no prompt for the essay.

Contact: Director of News Development Tracy Boucher at (213) 237–6737 or at tracy.boucher@latimes.com.

The Texas Tribune

Design Internships offered: Data Visuals Fellowship, Art Fellowship

Deadline: Nov. 15, 2017

Paid?: Yes

How to apply: Data Visuals–To apply, send your resume, a cover letter describing your interest in the fellowship and links to previous projects and/or your GitHub account to Annie Daniel, designer/developer, at datavisualsfellowship@texastribune.org.

Art-To apply, send your resume and links to your work to Tribune Creative Director Jacob Villanueva, jvillanueva@texastribune.org.

The Boston Globe

Design Internships offered: Editorial Design

Deadline: Nov. 1, 2017

Paid?: Yes

How to apply: Application forms can be downloaded from their website: www.bostonglobe.com/newsintern.

The Virginian-Pilot

Design Internships offered: Page Design

Deadline: Not listed

Paid?: Yes

How to apply: Submit a cover letter, resume and the names of three references. Page designers should include PDF copies of eight to 10 published work samples. You may upload samples at the online portal. You may also add links to your application if you have online-only samples.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Design Internships offered: Data Visualization Developer

Deadline: Oct 1

Paid?: not listed

How to apply:

A short note on why you want to be a journalist and how an internship at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will help you pursue your goal. Send your online portfolio or links to your work, and/or your github username.

• Note the specific internship you’re interested in: reporting, data journalism or multimedia. Note that digital applicants apply to a separate site maintained by the Audience department.
• 3 links, pdfs or other samples of your best work
• Resume
• References (contact information for 2).

Contact: ajcinterns@gmail.com

Intern Coordinators: Ken Foskett and Monica Richardson

The Denver Post

Design Internships offered: http://www.denverpost.com/internships/

Deadline: Oct. 31, 2017

Paid?: $500 a week

How to apply: Email your cover letter, your resume with references, and an online portfolio or link to clips to internships@denverpost.com. Only digital applications will be accepted.

Contact: Please contact Linda Shapley at 303–954–1800 or lshapley@denverpost.com with any questions.

Note: This list is based off of the most current internship application information found on newspaper’s websites. It will be updated frequently. If you’d like to be added to the list please email aviva.loeb@gmail.com

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. After winning an Emmy Award for four San Diego In-Depth features, he took a few moments to speak with SND about himself.

Can you tell us what you experienced being exposed to a newspaper art department at such an early age?

The first Art Department I was exposed to was at The San Jose Mercury News. My dad, Lamberto Alvarez, worked there after his first paper, The El Paso Times. Back then the Art (Graphics) Department was a much more illustration-oriented department. Information graphics were part of their daily duties, but all the artists also made amazing illustrations. This was back in the early ’80s and they were still using airbrushes and amberlith on a daily basis. I got to see how my dad and his colleagues, including the amazing James Hummel, did their work when I was a little kid. It’s something that still stands out to me.

After the Mercury News, my dad took a position with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. I would stay with my pops during the summers when I was around 10 years old and he would take me to work with him a couple days a week. While I was there, he would set me up at random vacant drawing tables and let me use an airbrush next to artists like Steve Wilson and Don Cook while they made awesome illustrations every day on deadline. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world. My most accomplished airbrush piece at the time was of a St. Louis Cardinals’ football helmet – but some of the red dripped through my amberlith. Does that date me?

My dad moved to The Dallas Morning News around 1989-’90 I think. At the time, Ed Kohorst was the Art Director. I remember that job meant a lot to my pops. By the time I got to join the ranks in 1996, Kathleen Vincent was running the shop. I owe a lot to her for giving me a chance to work at such a great paper when I was still in high school.

The Morning News artists I got to work with are world class — Lon Tweeten, Matt Pinkney, Chris Morris, Jeff Goertzen, Smiling Dave Wilson, Guillermo Munro, etc. On top of all that, my pops re-joined the staff as Illustration Director in 2001. Those were some of the best newspaper days for me.

What was it like working with such a highly regarded man as your father, Lamberto?

Working for/with my dad never feels like work, it always feels natural. He’s my mentor, for sure. Maybe that’s why it always feels comfortable. We share a very unique bond that I wouldn’t trade for the world. I’m his biggest fan.

When did you know that you had a talent for illustration?

I wouldn’t call it a talent as much as a passion. I think people can learn to illustrate if they are really focused on it. I was passionate about drawing for as long as I can remember. But both my parents had a lot to do with that. My mom is also an artist, and she made sure my first word was “draw.” Thanks mom!

How did you nurture and develop it?

I was very fortunate to have a ton of art supplies around me while growing up because all my parents were artists. I just scribbled as many pencils to the nub as I could. I still have boxes of sketchbooks from middle school and high school.

What technology did you use when you began as opposed to what you use now?

Adobe Illustrator on a Macintosh. I hated it at first. I crashed my dad’s Mitsubishi Eclipse the Friday before spring break when I was 16. As punishment, he made me learn Illustrator so I could make some graphics for a science book he was illustrating. I was grounded until I could make enough graphics to pay off the

damage. I think I was done with my graphics by Wednesday, so I was still able to salvage some of my spring break.

Illustrator is still the backbone of most of my work today. The biggest difference is that now most of my illustrator work ends up in After Effects.

What can you not live without right now?

My best girl, Tiffany, and our vivacious daughter Emersyn Alessandra.

What did you learn from working with your father?

Where do I start? Everything. The most recent lesson has been as a manager. He taught me that it doesn’t matter if some folks don’t like what you do as long as they respect what you stand for.

What do you do just like him and what do you avoid doing?

My illustration style has been (by design) a complete ripoff of his my whole career, so I guess I still want to draw just like my dad.

What do I avoid? My pops never wants to be pigeonholed into one style. I’m alright with that.

Where do you see your newsroom heading in the near future and how does it mirror or go against the industry standard?

Our newsroom is looking to embrace new avenues of engagement with our digital community that can help people help each other. Increased digital news consumption provides a platform for precise data visualization that isn’t always translatable through the print product. We see video as an effective tool to help us tell data-driven stories. I expect a lot of newsrooms have come to the same conclusion. I look forward to seeing a lot of great animated graphics from all sorts of sources in the near future.

Who has influenced you both in and out of the industry?
Lamberto Alvarez, Julie Couture, Rick Couture, Tiffany Jackson, Lon Tweeten, PJ Joughran, Chris Morris, Guillermo Munro, Cristina Byvik, Gloria Orbogozo, Neko Burke, Dave Wilson, Michael Price, Bill Neff, Matt Perry, Alan Baseden, Theo Caviness, Aaron Steckelberg, Kerri Abrams, Barbara Davidson, Matt Pinkney, Kevin Burkett, Will Rhoten, Robert West, Ryan Donnell, Matt Rourke, Bob Shema, Noel Gross (“Just think about what you’re doing.”), etc.

Has music or skate culture influenced any of your professional work?
Absolutely. Both music and skateboarding taught me how to find fun in the process instead of the failure before success. Let’s go skate!

We are proud to announce our SND_2017_London keynote speaker Matt Willey.

Matt is the art director of The New York Times Magazine. He is a co-founder of both Port Magazine (2011) and Avaunt Magazine (2015). In 2014 he was named ‘Designer of the Year’ by Creative Review, and was elected as a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) in 2015.

Matt graduated from Central St Martins in 1997. Having gained valuable experience at a handful of small design companies he joined the internationally acclaimed studio Frost Design, later becoming Creative Director. In 2005 he co-founded Studio8 Design with Zoë Bather.

When: 3 November 2017      Where: NEWS UK Building , London       Official website       Register here

 

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Working on magazines allows me access to things I know I like; art, literature, poetry, photography, food, wine, humor … a lot of things. Being part of a good magazine with good people is a wonderful thing.

I’m not keen on the idea that there is some sort of ‘style’ that simply gets applied to a brief, and without that I’m not sure how to summarize my work in any simple encapsulated way. the projects are all different; my description of the independent project would be very different to my description of the tom dixon book. I’ve tried explaining what I do to my mother-in-law – it didn’t work!  designboom interview

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interview with graphic designer matt willey

designboom talked to the british graphic designer matt willey about his recent work and role as the co-founder and senior editor of port magazine.

CR’s Designer of the Year: Matt Willey

CR’s Designer of the Year honor is an integral part of our Annual issue and is usually awarded to a studio. But for 2014 we are giving it to an individual: Matt Willey. Here, we look back at some of his recent work and talk to him about his fantastic year in editorial design. Read more

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