Happy birthday, Sara Quinn
Here’s wishing the happiest of VizEds birthdays to Sara Quinn of the visual journalism faculty of the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Poynter’s Sara Quinn presents EyeTrac ‘07.
Photo from “Copyguy’s” Flickr feed.
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Sara has been at Poynter for about five years. Previously, she spent five years as AME/Visuals at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and 12 years at The Wichita Eagle, where she was presentation director. A 1986 graduate of Wichita State University, Sara also earned a master’s degree in illustration from Syracuse in 1998.
Sara was the director of Poynter’s most recent EyeTrack study of print and online news design. She teaches design, illustration, photojournalism and leadership and also works with the six-week summer fellowship program for recent college graduates.
Find the articles she’s written for Poynter’s Web site here.
Sara Quinn cruises downtown St. Pete, looking for
someone to challenge to a drag race. Actually, she’s
taking Steve Dorsey to lunch one day last summer.
Photo from Dorsey’s Flickr feed.
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Sara shares a birthday with Keeli Garza of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, singer Joss Stone, actor Joel Grey, former U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson, journalist Ellen Goodman and Dale Messick, the creator of the Brenda Starr comic strip.
Plus, today is Eight-Track Tape Day. Seriously.
Best wishes for the happiest of birthdays, Sara!
April 11th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Happy birthday, Sara! Sara was a great teacher when I was at Poynter for a copy editing seminar. She’s a lot of fun and really loves her craft.
Oh yeah, and that driving picture? That’s her trying to figure out which streets in downtown St. Pete are one-way, and in which direction. Oh no wait, that was me. . .
April 11th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Ah, I see you got that Mini you were talking about. And a convertible, of course. Congratulations! And happy birthday to someone I credit as one of the most important influences on my growth as a designer.
April 14th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Happy B-Day, Sara.
Remember Me?
I was going though my address book, came across your name, and decided to Google you to see if you were still in Florida. Looks like you’ve been a busy girl since the last time we were in contact with each other. I’d love to catch up! Send me you Email if you’d like.
Ron