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Comment by Douglas Okasaki on June 10, 2015 at 11:43

Welcome to the SND20 2015 Middle East Creative News Design Conference

This second edition of the Creative News Design will be held at Dubai Knowledge Village at Dubai (UAE) October 23, 24 and 25, 2015

The Conference will be held with two workshops: Information Graphics with Fernado Baptista and Arabic Design with Osama Alwajish

This conference shares the latest trends and ideas that are being implemented by leading publishers in the region and abroad to enhance their design editorial content in both digital and print.

 More than ever high quality, creative news design is in high demand in Middle East publications. Publishing houses have already discovered the power of innovative design as a tool to keep readers and differentiate from competitors.

The Creative News Design Conference will provide some valuable concepts from expert top professionals.

Some great speakers are already confirmed!

Fernando Baptista, National Geographic Magazine, Washington D.C –USA

Stephen Komives, Society for News Design, Orlando FL-USA

Carla Saliba, infographic.ly, Dubai- UAE

Steven Castelluccia, Bloomberg Businessweek Midde East, Dubai- UAE

Antonio Farach, Muscat Media Group, Oman

Sara Raffaghello, What’s On Group, Emirates Man and Hype Magazine, Dubai- UAE

Dwynn Trazo, Al Nisr Publishing, Dubai- UAE

Osama Aljawish- Society for News Design- Regional Director, Muscat- Oman

Hugo A. Sánchez – Gulf News -UAE

Comment by Gabi Schmidt / CREATIVE DIRECTOR on September 11, 2013 at 16:36

Very happy to announce my candidature for the position of SND secretary/treasurer, a great honor to continue helping SND with visual journalism excellence !!! http://www.snd.org/2013/09/meet-the-candidates-for-snd-officer-2014/

Comment by osama aljawish on January 13, 2012 at 16:53

Very nice work Always for the better

Comment by Douglas Okasaki on November 17, 2011 at 10:53

Exhibition to showcase creative newspaper designs

 

Steve Dorsey, president of the US-based Society for News Design, is expected to speak on the evolution of newspaper design in UAE and open the official Best of News Design exhibition in the American University of Sharjah(AUS).
The exhibit, which will be held in the College of Architecture, Art and Design (CAAD) gallery at AUS from Nov. 20 - Dec.1, will feature award winning work from the MENA region by publications such as The Gulf News, The National, Al Bayan and Times of Oman.
The displays are selected from The Best of News Design Creative Competition and the award winners are featured in the 37th annual book, The Best of News Design. The Society for News Design, founded in the United States in 1979, and the Newhouse School of Communication at Syracuse University sponsor the annual Best of News Design competition, as well as related exhibitions and publications.
At the AUS event, Gulf News will present some of the best designed pages published last year.
Dr Mario Garcia, from Garcia Media and responsible for the first Gulf News redesign, says: “Right now, with so much emphasis placed on digital media, I can see how an exhibit that makes newspapers the protagonist is a very good idea. Many people know newspapers as household items, like they do a chair, a table or a fork. Not much attention is paid to them.”
“For the newspapers in the region that are still not up to speed in terms of design, the exhibit will be an eye opener to all the possibilities,” he adds.
Lucie Lacava, responsible for the redesign of The National and Al Ittihad in Abu Dhabi, says: “Newspapers in the Middle East have reasons to celebrate the extraordinary work from the region.”
“This exhibition brings to light the importance of visual journalism in the storytelling process. From page design, to photography, illustration and info-graphics, in just a couple of years these papers managed to reach the highest standards of visual excellence, an accomplishment which often takes decades to reach elsewhere,” she says.
According to Lacava, “The challenge now is not only to maintain this lead and level of creativity, but to also apply it to other platforms, since newspapers can no longer rely on the print version alone. But in doing so they must remember to maintain and enforce their loyalty to the brand, as they evolve into other mediums.”
The exhibit opens on Nov. 20 at 5pm in the CAAD gallery and runs till Dec. 1. The opening will feature a round-table discussion in the CAAD auditorium on the state of news design in the region.
“What is most impressive is the degree to which newspapers in the region have plainly made intelligent, innovative design core to their missions,” says Stephen Komives, SND’s executive director. “It is not seen as a luxury but a central value. And it is not confined to a single paper or country, but continuing to spread throughout the region.”
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What: Best of News Design from the Mideast
Where: The American University of Sharjah
When: The exhibit opens Sunday, 20 November at 5:00 in the CAAD gallery. Sunday’s opening will feature a round table discussion in the CAAD auditorium on the state of news design in the MENA region.

Participants will include:
Steve Dorsey, President, Society of News Design
Douglas Okasaki, SND Regional Director, region 20- ME and Africa
Miguel Gomez, ArtDirector, Gulf News
Laura Koot, Managing Editor, The National
Adonis Durado, Design Director, Times of Oman
Luis Chumpitas, Art Director, Al Bayan
More information snd20@snd20.org

Comment by Seyyed de la Llata on July 9, 2011 at 15:09

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Comment by Seyyed de la Llata on June 22, 2011 at 10:41

check this things :)... apart of SND...

http://newspaperdesign.ning.com/events/vii-cumbre-mundial-de-diseno

 

this one is in Mexico...

 

and this:

http://newspaperdesign.ning.com/events/wanifras-infographics-training

 

in India... any one have more Info about the one in India?

 

Cheers!

 

Comment by Seyyed de la Llata on June 21, 2011 at 9:16

YO people... we are tooooo quiet!!! whats new over middle east? :)...  Here Dubai is still going... Do somebody knows about training, boot camps, something? here around or Europe?

 

Comment by Seyyed de la Llata on June 16, 2011 at 5:47

Hi guys, Im Seyyed... how are things in Middle east? :D... hi Douglas :)

Comment by Akshat Dave on November 24, 2009 at 13:47

well, at least someone start discussion and break the ice...