These organizations must prove their worth by helping their members become digital journalists, find jobs and set up independent operations.
This great quote from Steve Myers in his Poynter article that examines the state of U.S. journalism trade associations has me thinking about ways that SND must redesign to meet the digital journalism era. Please add your ideas to this posting in comments. I am pretty sure that SND members have great ideas that can help the organization reconfigure to serve present and ongoing member needs. I am a member of SND and the group has been a vital force in shaping me and sharpening my visual journalism skills.
1) Look closely for a model to copy.
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Today I taught a magazine design at Cairo University, Faculty of Mass Communication and in the afternoon returned to finish the last day of my four day design workshop at the Supreme Press Council.
It’s been an adventurous 30 days in Egypt training student and professional journalists under the Media Development Program.
Below are some photo slideshows from my video and design classes conducted in Alexandria and Cairo.
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With the Tribune newspaper redesigns taking place this summer (Orlando, Chicago, Baltimore, Hartford . . .) and the just-debuted redesign of The Times of London, it might be a good time to share a recently published chapter of the top Newspaper and Newspaper Web site redesigns published by the World Editors Forum - Trends in Newsrooms 2008.
The in-depth report by the World Editors Forum presents the most important developments in today’s newsrooms with detailed case studies of some of the world’s most innovative newsrooms. I was asked to be part of a panel that included world-class editorial design colleagues Ally Palmer (U.K.) , Lucie Lacava (Canada), Jördis Guzmán Bulla (Germany), and Peter Ong (Australia).
We all nominated the top efforts over the 2006-2007 time period and the World Editors forum staff reported, researched further and produced this excellent report.
No telling which of this year’s Trib makeovers might make a future list, but as you can see - the world standard for excellence in newspapers is very high - both for original content and consistently excellent presentation, page-to-page.
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Sam Zell appears to be serious about redesigning the Tribune company this year and he has the editor of the Chicago Tribune, Ann Marie Lipinski, writing memos to her troops to follow the general’s marching orders about making dramatic changes to the paper and the newspaper company.
This is serious. When editors want fast action - they write memos. And form committees.
History tells us (And a visit to the shrine at Cantigny will verify) that The Chicago Tribune was once led by a Colonel (Col. Robert R. McCormick) with grand visions and the pecadillos that seem to accompany wealthy media barons - so issuing memos should come naturally to lieutenants like Lipinski who are now charged with drawing up rapid redesign battle plans under the shadows of the Colonel’s famous flying buttresses at 435 N. Michigan Avenue.
It has been a long time since I have talked to Ann Marie Lipinski - we once worked together a LONG time ago in the Tribune newsroom editing the paper’s Sunday Perspective section. So much time has passed (I don’t have her current phone number) but I’d love to talk with her and get her take on the company’s direction. I am currently on the road but easily reachable all summer. I even plan on being in Chicago the entire month of July so there’s no reason we can’t do a sit-down interview soon.
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Editor announces plans to shake up the editing culture in Washington newsroom
By Robb Montgomery
Continue reading ‘Finally, a newspaper redesign worth rooting for - The Washington Post’
