Make plans now for the small-paper summit in Connecticut
Which will be held Saturday, May 31 in Waterbury, just southwest of Hartford. Our host for the day will be Scott Griffin, design editor of the Republican-American.
The Republican-American building in Waterbury.
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Scott and the Society for News Design’s Quick Course team have assembled a great list of speakers for you:
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Bill Ostendorf, is president of Creative Circle Media Consulting which has redesigned more than 300 newspapers, magazines and web sites. He’ll be talking about the advantages of small papers and show how to make immediate improvements by rethinking how you use photos and typography. Find Creative Circle’s web site here.
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Vanessa Valdes, a features designer at the Concord (N.H.) Monitor. She’ll be discussing doing smart, effective work with few resources and things you can do with simple illustration techniques. Find her portfolio here.
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Darren Sanefski, assistant art director of the Syracuse, N.Y., Post-Standard. and an instructor at Syracuse University. Darren will talk about the simple-but-often-overlooked details that can make a small paper really sing: Architecture, grids, organization. Find his portfolio here.
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Charles Apple, a graphic artist at The Virginian-Pilot and your not-so-humble blogger here at VizEds who sometimes lapses into writing in the third person. He’s presenting a segment of his traveling “Art of Being Brilliant” show to prove that small papers can, too, do brilliant work. It’s not always about the resources, it’s about the content and how clever you are in presenting it. Find his portfolio here.
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The price for your all-day session is just right, too:
Society members: $95
Non members: $150
Student and faculty members: $50
Student and faculty non-members: $75
And I think the four of us can pretty much guarantee you a day that will enlighten and entertain you and give you plenty of ideas and tools you can use when you get back to work on Monday.
Most of all, though, we’ll fill your head with all the things that are possible and send you back home inspired, energized and ready to kick some ass.
So don’t delay. Print out this message right away, circle those last two paragraphs — with a red Sharpie — and wave it under your editor’s nose.
Find a link to online registration and local hotel information — if you need it — here, on the SND mothership site.
If you have questions, ask away. Scott Griffin’s e-mail is on that same page. And you know how to contact me.
We’ll look forward to seeing you there!
May 1st, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Man, I want to go.
I heart community papers. (Why else would I have left the Chicago Tribune to work in a community news startup in 1997?)
Alas, this day (May 31) will see me flying from Tegel (TXL - Berlin) To Goteborg, Sweden to direct a Web video project for WAN. I love the east coast at this time of year, Charles. I envy you.
The last time I was in Connecticut in May was in the summer of 1984 when I was a bass player in a band that toured all over the U.S.A. Good memories! I wish you the best. Can’t wait to read the blog entries! I hope you get the chance to “stay local.” That’s the best way to travel, my friend.
May 1st, 2008 at 11:44 pm
If this fine cast of speakers isn’t enough to draw you in, Air Supply is playing down the street the same night. … Really.
Waterbury isn’t called “The Center of the Universe” around these parts for nothing!
May 6th, 2008 at 9:51 am
It looks like a great lineup, and I wish I could get the chance to sleep through an Apple workshop. But count me in, in spirit.
Five years ago I wouldn’t have said this, but I can say it now: Community newspapers are the future of print journalism. Plus, they’re a lot more fun. Think locally, act locally!