Quick Courses coming our way

SND has announced trainers for the 2008 Quick Courses, and there are several opportunities in Region 3.

>>> STORY FORMS BOOT CAMP

January 18-19: The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, FL
March 29-30: Freedom Forum Diversity Institute, Nashville, TN

More publications are using alternative story forms, but everyone is still struggling to get it right. Learn what kinds of stories lend themselves to what forms and how to visualize them. Learn how to write, edit and design these forms. Learn how Interactivity and social networking functionality can be applied to news gathering. Bring your own story ideas and execute them as ASFs in the classroom.

Trainers: Josh Awtry, The Salt Lake Tribune; Stephen Komives, Orlando Sentinel; Denise M. Reagan, The Florida Times-Union


>>> FLASH: BEGINNER

March 14-15: University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

In this two-day seminar, you'll learn the basics of multimedia storytelling, including how to pick a project, set up your team and develop an effective workflow. In addition, you'll get an introduction to Macromedia Flash, the standard for multimedia storytelling. And because this is a hands-on seminar, you won't just see the program in action, you'll actually get to try it yourself in our computer lab.

Trainers: R. Scott Horner, Swarm Interactive; Don Wittekind, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

You can find out more about each course and read speaker bios at the SND blog, or register at SND.org.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Looking through Newseum, I find it interesting to see how everyone handles holidays in the mast. Ignore it? Play it small? Or blow it out?

Here's how randomly selected Region 3 papers played it:









And some papers from other regions:








How does your paper handle holidays on A1? What do you think?

Think you're qualified to be an SND judge?

Or know someone who is?

Here's your chance to be involved with the annual Best of Newspaper Design competition. The Society is looking for nominations for future judges, and they DO NOT necessarily have to be an SND member or work in newspapers to be qualified.
If you'd like to nominate yourself or someone you know, please send an e-mail to Susan Santoro at the SND office with this information:

NAME
AFFILIATION
WORK TITLE
MAILING ADDRESS
TELEPHONE NUMBER
E-MAIL ADDRESS
NATIONALITY

And, for each nomination, please include a few sentences about the person to help determine which areas the person might judge.


OTHER COMPETITIONS NEWS:
The deadline for book cover entries is Nov. 27, so hurry if you'd like for your concept to be considered. (Not only will your work be on the SND 29 cover, but there's also a prize.)

OTHER DEADLINES:
The call for entries will be sent out around Thanksgiving, and the entries are due in Syracuse on or before Wednesday, Jan. 16.

AJC redesign: Lucie Lacava

Breaking news from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
This memo went out from Dee Dee D'Asaro, Print Senior Editor/Visuals to the visuals staff:

Wonderful news!

We are near the end of negotiations, and it looks like Lucie Lacava of Lacava Design Inc. will most likely be helping us redesign the Sunday newspaper.

Lucie is known for her elegant use of typography and architecture. Her portfolio includes over 60 projects, and the largest paper she's worked on is the Chicago Tribune. She was instrumental in designing/launching the National Post in Canada six years ago amid a highly competitive national market. More recently, she redesigned the Baltimore Sun and the Telegraph-Journal, and is finishing up a redesign of La Libre Belgique in Brussels. She is the originator of the much copied "hot L" concept for teases. I remember being inspired years ago by her use of spot color in her first major redesign: Le Devoir in Montreal. Three of her projects have been voted among the "World's Best Designed" by the Society of News Design for a grand total of 10 times.

The staff met with Lucie today and looks forward to all the changes in the future.
In the meantime, check out Atlanta's work at AJC.com and Lucie's portfolio at lacavadesign.ca.

Design a cover, win a prize

The SND committee that brings you the annual Best of Newspaper Design competition each year is having a little competition of its own -- to find a design/concept for the 29th edition's cover. The committee is looking for a concept that promotes award-winning news design. They encourage a cutting-edge design as long as the content relates to newspaper design.

HOW TO ENTER:
Please submit full-size, high-resolution concepts (9.25" x 12.25" -- measurements allow for a bleed trim of .25" on the top, bottom and right side). All images must be 300 dpi at the size they will be used. Designers must provide written permission to use all images and fonts included in the cover design. A full-size PDF file may be sent as an entry but an editable QuarkXPress or InDesign file will be needed within seven days if your cover concept is selected as a winner. Full color is available and, if needed, the 29th Edition cover can include embossed area(s).

WHAT YOU GET:
The first-place winner's cover will be used on the 29th edition (available in October 2008) and he or she will be recognized at the annual awards dinner at the Las Vegas conference. He or she will also win a prize in recognition of having the winning cover design, assuming the designer fulfills the competition requirements. All designers submitting a cover design will receive a certificate recognizing his or her work.

DEADLINE:
Nov. 27, 2007. For additional specs or questions, please contact: Marshall Matlock, SND competition committee director, mmatlock@dreamscape.com, 315-263-8899, 3464 16th Ave. N., St. Petersburg, FL 33713. All entries will be acknowledged via e-mail as soon as they are received by e-mail attachments (for PDFs) or mail (if CD or DVD) with all required files including two match prints, if possible. Please include your name, job title, preferred mailing address, phone number with area code and e-mail address with all entries.

LEGAL STUFF:
The SND Competition Committee and its book editor reserve the right to ask the cover designer to make changes if deemed necessary, and the designers have the right to withdraw his or her cover from the competition if he or she does not wish to make the changes. No entries can be returned, and non-winning entries remain the property of the designer. Winning entries become the property of the Society for News Design, which may decide to use the cover on future publications with proper designer credit. The judges reserve the right not to select a winning entry or to reject any entry that arrives after the Nov. 27 deadline.