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India's first International NewspaperDesign Competition

Send your best entries and be the part of India's First International Newspaper Design Competition conducted by www.newspaperdesign.ning.com.

Well-Known Visual Journalist Charles Apple will Head the Jury.He will be assisted by an International Jury.

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1.Best Front Page

2.Best Feature Page

3.Best Sports Page

4. Best Center Spread

5.Best infographics

THERE IS NO ENTRY FEE

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Added by tksajeev on January 19, 2010 at 8:25 — No Comments

A Visual Journalist's Survival Guide: Are we having fun yet?

This page, brilliantly illustrated by Andrea Levy of the Plain Dealer, is a great example of the value of being able to sell your ideas. How many of your papers would run a page like this?

The best argument to do so is that having fun with your work is one of the best ways to engage readers. And to use a little pseudo-science, dopamine caused by any "wow" you can generate will better imprint the experience on your readers'… Continue

Added by Tim Frank on January 17, 2010 at 16:00 — No Comments

A visual journalist's survival guide: Expand the comfort bubble

Sometimes, truly innovative creative work really can scare the hell out of editors.

Maybe I exaggerate, but it does require some courage to take risks – to do anything non-standard. I've been lucky to work with some editors who have had have the courage and the trust to allow us to take a chance on some new ideas. It doesn't happen overnight, though. It comes from building trust with your editors and especially from expanding the comfort bubble.

How many of you have done… Continue

Added by Tim Frank on January 10, 2010 at 13:00 — No Comments

A visual journalist's survival guide: Talk about readership

In this business it's not always about how good you are but how good you are at selling your ideas. It doesn't do much good to do amazing work if you can't get it published.

It's really about the language we use when selling our ideas. If we want to be credible leaders in the newsroom, we need to talk about the work in terms of readership. Creative intelligent work needs to be a bottom-line issue.

Forgive me if this sounds… Continue

Added by Tim Frank on January 6, 2010 at 10:30 — No Comments

A visual journalist's survival guide: If you're not scaring your boss, you're not trying hard enough

Yes, if you're not scaring your boss, you're probably not trying hard enough. My staff has probably heard me use that expression too many times. It's really just about doing innovative work, but even more so about getting us out of our comfort zone.

Let's face it. We can't afford to be comfortable right now. Newspapers are under a state of siege and visual journalists are all too often the victims. Who wants to be a victim when there's still a chance to play offense?

When… Continue

Added by Tim Frank on January 2, 2010 at 11:30 — 1 Comment

SNDS Magazine 4/2009 is out

This year's last issue of SNDS Magazine is out – in print and online. If you're not a member of SNDS or a subscriber to the magazine, you may read it online as an e-paper, or download it as a pdf.

Find it in the SNDS Magazine section on snds.org – and read about: Scandinavians in Buenos Aires; Speakers in Oslo 2010; New Norwegian platforms; "på stan" back in tabloid; New Finnish fur for Helsingin Sanomat; Designing new typefaces; and much much more.

In fact, all… Continue

Added by Lars Pryds on December 11, 2009 at 13:30 — No Comments

SNDS: Mobile media included in the competition

Last year SNDS upgraded the online news design competition. This year SNDS takes a step further into the online media business by including mobile media in the Best of Scandinavian News Design competition.

"Mobile media is a growing platform widely used by news media. It is therefore natural for… Continue

Added by Lars Pryds on December 1, 2009 at 19:10 — 1 Comment

Diagramas Dantescos

Para el mes de noviembre la revista QUO publicará las infografías “reinterpretadas” del Infierno, purgatorio y el cielo.

La imaginación vertida en la gran obra LA DIVINA COMEDIA, hace que el tema se disfrute con gran curiosidad. Hacer la interpretación correcta de los textos del poema fue el reto, finalmente es una recreación más que pretende aportar detalles de algunos de los pasajes. Se redibujaron… Continue

Added by José Luis Barros Chaparro on October 26, 2009 at 17:20 — No Comments

La Niña, la carabela cosentida de Colón

Un tema que disfrutamos mucho, siempre la historia da para entretenernos. Al igual que muchos de los temas desarrollados por BIG ESTUDIO, la producción fue desde la investigación hasta la ilustración, desafortunadamente el fondo cambio de último momento y se publicó sobre una fotografía de un mar costero. Esta es la versión original.

Added by José Luis Barros Chaparro on October 26, 2009 at 17:10 — No Comments

Infografía “Comercial”

Recientemente BIG ESTUDIO ha incursionado en la publicidad informativa, haciendo infografía con el fin de mostrar los atributos de un producto, éste caso fue para la empresa ArcelorMittal, una de las principales acereras a nivel mundial, con presencia en México. Se publicó en dos revistas del sector de la construcción.

Added by José Luis Barros Chaparro on October 26, 2009 at 17:01 — No Comments

Last day o' the week

Got to crank out a coupel of features pages, a wire section and page one, then off until Monday.

James Lambert is design editor at a Vermont newspaper . He occasionally blogs about things here and at his portfolio Web site.

Added by James Lambert on October 1, 2009 at 13:49 — No Comments

My portfolio

At some point I'll post some pages on this site, but please check out my recently redesigned portfolio of my work at a Vermont newspaper

Added by James Lambert on September 30, 2009 at 16:21 — No Comments

Wednesday grind

Gotta get the arts and entertainment section out again. Must be Wednesday.

James Lambert is design editor at the Rutland Herald in Vermont. He occasionally blogs about things here and at his portfolio Web site.

Added by James Lambert on September 30, 2009 at 16:15 — No Comments

Esos crédulos

Una lectora de cartas, adivinadora de presagios ocultos, maestra curandera espiritual que le resolverá todos los problemas por más difíciles que estos sean.

Una ilus para un especial sobre estas fraudulentas pitonisas que ven crecer su negocio a manos llenas, desvalijando a los miles de incrédulos que van en busca de solución para depresiones, amarres de amor, impotencia y negocios… Continue

Added by Francisco FRAGA on September 23, 2009 at 18:00 — 1 Comment

La resurección infográfica de Fray Lázaro de Santofimia

Fue el primer guardián de la Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Guano entre 1565 y 1572, el franciscano era un misionero enviado después de la conquista de los incas , cuyo propósito era establecer el cristianismo, los estudios han revelado que su momificación se trata exclusivamente de factores medioambientales, tuvo una longevidad de entre 55 a 60 años, su estatura era de 1,70 a 1,75m. Los detalles en la… Continue

Added by Dadá_Freddy Fiallos Calderón on September 4, 2009 at 15:30 — No Comments

490 años de la ruta de Hernán Cortés (Publicada en la revista QUO, edición especial de historia)

El mundo de entonces, el recorrido del conquistador por lo que hoy es México debió ser fascinante. Hace falta una película que narre a detalle dicha saga. Por lo pronto, el especial de historia de la revista QUO publica una infografía que puede ilustrar como fue tal acontecimiento. Siguiendo su agenda particular, BIG ESTUDIO produjo desde la investigación, hasta la última pincelada de color. Un sincero agradecimiento al editor Ivan Carrillo y al… Continue

Added by José Luis Barros Chaparro on September 3, 2009 at 11:25 — 2 Comments

Metro has been redesigned

Check it out: http://www.prydsblog.com/

Added by Lars Pryds on August 13, 2009 at 16:00 — No Comments

LA MANSIÓN DE PLAY BOY, UNA INFOGRAFÍA PARA LA REVISTA MAX

BIG ESTUDIO (Baluarte Información Gráfica) desarrolló un gráfico para la revista MAX, que publicará la infografía sobre la casa del excéntrico Hugh Hefner. De la mano de Fermín García; (para mi uno de los mejores infografistas de México), en un estilo muy limpio y claro, se logró con muy poca información y en poco tiempo una buena obra de entretenimiento. Desafortunadamente hay proyectos que uno quisiera dar más pero ante el tiempo y la falta de… Continue

Added by José Luis Barros Chaparro on July 23, 2009 at 11:37 — 1 Comment

The Value Of Brainstorming

Last week I met with several colleagues in my department for a general design brainstorming meeting, the first of what I hope will be several. There were many of us who brought examples of our recent work and projects we're currently doing and needed some input on.

A girl who works next to me and I had the same sentiment about our recent work — we feel stuck in a design rut, doing the same treatments over and over, it seems.

Our colleagues offered several suggestions on how to break… Continue

Added by Misty S. Brown on July 14, 2009 at 14:57 — No Comments

ORBITER 3, La vuelta al mundo en 20 días.

Parece increible que fue hasta 1999 que logró concretarse dar la vuelta al mundo sin escalas abordo de un globo aerostático, fue la última gran hazaña del agitado siglo XX, un acontecimiento que nos remonta a las grandes épocas de los exploradores.

Una expedición moderna con fines altruistas, y tintes nostálgicos por descubrir el mundo.

Esta ocasión BIG ESTUDIO se encargo de hacer la investigación, recopilación, redacción e… Continue

Added by José Luis Barros Chaparro on July 8, 2009 at 18:31 — No Comments