Society for News Design
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The Society for News Design (SND) is an international organization for professionals working in the news sector of the media industry, specifically those involved with graphic design, illustration, web design and infographics. Founded in 1979, it is a United States-registered non-profit organization with around 2600 members worldwide. Among other activities, it runs an annual Best of Newspaper Design™ competition open to newspapers from around the world at Syracuse University every February, and a yearly conference (rotating through various cities) that brings in visual journalists from all over the world. The 2006 conference was held in Orlando from August 31-Sept. 2, and the 2007 conference will head to Boston.
The current president of SND is Christine McNeal, the Deputy Managing Editor of Presentation and Weekends at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
SND also has a number of offshoot organizations, including student chapters (the largest including those at Michigan State University, the University of Missouri–Columbia and Syracuse University) and international chapters.
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[edit] Publications
The organization publishes a number of publications throughout the year:
- A yearly full-color book featuring images of the winners of the Best of Newspaper Design competition
- Design Magazine, a quarterly full-color magazine notable for changing its typography with every issue and focusing on the latest newspaper design trends
- SND Update, a monthly magazine printed in black and white that tends to focus more on organization-related events
[edit] SND Orlando 2006 "The Intern" competition
SND Orlando 2006 hosted the inaugural "The Intern" competition. Ten student designers were chosen from a pool of applicants to compete for internships at The San Jose Mercury News, The Orlando Sentinel, and The Arizona Republic. The interns competed for a whole week and attended the SND conference. Their design challenges included group designing a newspaper front page in an hour, an early-morning redesign of the page, an unexpected photo scavenger hunt in Disney World, and designing a photo essay based on their roommate's shots.
Over the summer, competitors were asked to create a one-minute film and design a campaign poster. After all challenges in Orlando were completed, five students were cut. During the SND Orlando conference's luncheon that weekend, a short reality television-style film explained the challenges to attendees. Based on the video, the student films and their posters, attendees voted to determine the top three winners. The three, announced at the conference's final banquet dinner, competed for the internships in a design quiz bowl hosted by newspaper design consultant and author Tim Harrower. The St. Petersburg Times awarded an internship to the fourth-place winner and the Indianapolis Star the fifth. All students who attended the student session were given the opportunity to compete for a Poynter fellowship.
[edit] Competition results
[edit] Winners
- Carrie Hoover, Michigan State University — internship with the San Jose Mercury News
- Billy Kulpa, Northern Illinois University — internship with the Orlando Sentinel, Poynter Fellowship
- William Couch, University of Michigan — internship with the Arizona Republic
- Stephanie Guigou, Bowling Green State University — internship with the St. Petersburg Times
- Nina Mehta, Indiana University — internship with the Indianapolis Star
[edit] Other competitors
- Barbara Desoto, Brigham Young University
- Tory Hargro, Alcorn State University — Poynter fellowship
- Joey Kirk, Texas Tech University — Poynter fellowship
- Tiffany Schwarz, University of Alabama
- Tawanna Sikes, Florida A&M University
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] Official sites
- snd.org - Official web site
- sndorlando.com - Official web site for the 2006 SND Orlando conference
- sndboston.com - Official web site for the 2007 SND Boston conference
[edit] Related sites
- Visual Editors - A online community for visual journalists, many of whom are SND members.
- Society of Publication Designers - A similar professional organization, focusing on magazines and other publications
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