Meet the 27 design professionals who will spend the next four days looking at more than 8,000 entries in SND’s print design competition. They have traveled to Syracuse University, where the snow swirls around them on their way to Drumlins Country Club for the judging.
NEWS CATEGORY
Paul Alexander
Macon Telegraph, 1989-98: copy editor, features and news designer, copy desk chief, assistant design director. St. Petersburg/Tampa Bay Times, 1998-present: designer, deputy news design director (2012), presentation editor (2014).
Andrew Stocks
Ten years designing and art directing at The Guardian. Prior to that, I worked as a freelance designer for various publications.
Sam Manchester
Began my career as a reporter and copy editor at the Racine Journal Times in Wisconsin before moving to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, where I became the Assistant Sports Editor, focusing on presentation. Joined the design staff of The New York Times in 2010, and was promoted to deputy sports editor in November, 2014.
Janet Michaud
Started out as a infographic artist at The Observer-Dispatch in Utica, NY. Went to The Asbury Park Press to design Sports — also did projects. Moved to The Boston Globe to create the sports art director position. Designed and launched projects at the Globe after leaving the sports department. Took a gig as an art director at TIME magazine in NYC and was there for 7 years. Left in 2008 to join The Washington Post as features design director, which was another new position I established. Was on the team to redesign the paper in 2009; then redesigned and art directed the magazine in addition to managing features; then was promoted to design director for news, features and the magazine. Left in 2013 to launch Politico Magazine and to be it’s creative director. Was promoted to creative director of Politico at large in 2015.
Michael Whitley
Michael Whitley is an assistant managing editor at the Los Angeles Times. He lives in Culver City with his wife Jacqueline, and children Xander, 6; Bergen, 4; and Quinn, 2.
LONG FORM CATEGORY
Sarah Morley
Sarah joined The Independent on Sunday as its deputy art director in 2005. The Sunday paper has a very small but highly productive art department which also directs the graphics desk. As deputy art director, Sarah has been involved in various major re-designs of the paper and has won numerous SND and European Newspaper Design awards. She also enjoyed participating as a judge for SND33.
Tim Parks
Tim Parks is the deputy news and presentation editor for the Omaha World-Herald. His work has been recognized by several design organizations, and he has won multiple SND medals and awards.
Jon Wile
Have done stops at Detroit Free Press, Plain Dealer and The Washington Post before landing at American City Business Journals.
Marianne Seregi
Marianne Seregi started her career as an intern at The Washington Post, then stayed for the next eight years, designing covers and commissioning illustrations for sports, business, Sunday opinion and finally the Post Magazine. In October 2015 she joined National Geographic Traveler as its design director.
Paolo Zinatelli
I’m the design manager, digital, overseeing Star Touch, The Toronto Star’s new fully interactive daily tablet app. Prior to joining the Star, I was at The National Post for almost 9 years, where I was the senior designer and production editor.
FEATURES CATEGORY
Joseph Hutchinson
Joseph Hutchinson is the Design Director for Rolling Stone magazine where he oversees the design and visual presentation of the magazine, books and special interest publications. Under his leadership, the magazine has won numerous medals and awards for design, photography and illustration from the Society for Publication Design (SPD) and the Society of Illustrators. Before joining Rolling Stone, Joseph served as Creative Director of the Los Angeles Times where he redesigned and revitalized the Times, turning it into one of the nation’s visual journalism powerhouses. He also served as Assistant Managing Editor of The Baltimore Sun where, under his leadership, the paper earned the “World’s Best Designed Newspaper” award from SND.
Ole Gravesen
I have worked on several advertising agencies, newspapers and magazines over the years. Had my own studio for 10 years – and now about 10 years at Politiken.
Alyson Morris
I graduated from Ohio University with a BS in Visual Communication in 2011. After I interned The Gazette in Colorado Springs and The Huntsville Times in Alabama, I moved to Naples, Florida to be a features designer for the Naples Daily News. In 2012, I was hired by RedEye as an iPad designer, I became the iPad editor a year later. In 2014 I became the design director for the publication where I get to work with my talented staff every day.
Mike Rice
Mike Rice was a graphic design major who happened to be in the right place at the right time and stumbled into a career as a visual journalist. He has been a graphic artist, illustrator, page designer and a manager at award-winning newsrooms in Indiana, Arizona and, now, Minnesota.
Lindsey Turner
Career: I caught the publishing bug in middle school when my class produced a Xeroxed ’zine called NOW: The New, the Old and What’s Coming, and I’ve spent my entire career chasing that dragon. I’m an information designer and word nerd at heart, and on a daily basis I try to find ways to build strong teams that push for bold, creative design solutions.
VISUALS CATEGORY
Chris Morris
Artist/illustrator, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer: In 28 years, I’ve worked at 5 newspapers, serving as a lone staff artist and also managing huge departments. Happiest with a pen, brush or stylus in my hand.
Karl Gude
Current infographics and creativity instructor at Michigan State University. Former Director of Information Graphics at Newsweek magazine and the Associated Press.
Chin Wang
I am currently the creative director at ESPN the Magazine and ESPN.com. Previously, I was the design director at Boston Magazine and also spent 9 years at The Boston Globe, designing everything from Page One to its Sunday magazine.
Erick Wong
Erick Wong began as a temp hire for the Orange County Register during its transition to CCI at the turn of the millennium. He was recruited in 2006 to The San Francisco Chronicle, where he designed the Food & Wine section and for the last three years served as an art director in features.
Dan Zedek
I’m currently design director of The Boston Globe and BostonGlobe.com. I’ve been an art director at national and regional publications including Parenting, Guitar World, the Village Voice, Seattle Weekly, and Dallas Observer.
WORLD’S BEST CATEGORY
Genevieve Biloski
I am an award winning editorial design editor and art director at the National Post. In the 10 years I have been here, I’ve worked in every section of the paper, a tabloid, magazines and an iPad app. I’ve also been involved in many redesigns and have helped launch projects from branding to content presentation.
Chris Clarke
Chris Clarke is a multidisciplinary design director from London. Currently the deputy creative director of the global media group, The Guardian—he oversees all aspects of The Guardian’s design communication both in print, digital and in physical media.
During his time with The Guardian he has been noted on numerous accounts by the Society for News Designer, It’s Nice That, Creative Review, Design Week, the D&AD as well as being part of the team awarded the Pulitzer Prize for public service in journalism.
Frequently collaborating with illustrators, photographers and animators to enrich stories, he has previously been senior art director for The Times of London; a guest lecturer in typography as well as working freelance in various studios and under his own design moniker.
Adonis Durado
Working in the Middle East for almost a decade. Operating as adjunct design consultant with several clients in Africa, Asia and Europe.
Brian Gross
I’ve been at The Washington Post since 2010, working with a team of 25+ designers who won more than 140 SND awards last year, including “World’s Best Designed Newspaper” finalist. Previously spent seven years at The Boston Globe and designed sports covers for two World Series titles, two Super Bowl wins and an NBA championship.
Haika Hinze
I have been working for Die Zeit since 1997. In 1998 I assisted the relaunch by Mario Garcia and stayed in several design divisions of the house. Since 2005 I am the art director, responsible for the look of the newspaper and its iPad issue.
CONFLICT JUDGES
Tracy Collins
Tracy has held design and content jobs in papers ranging in size from 16,000 to 600,000. He has led teams of SND Award-winning artists, designers and photographers, and national award-winning investigative reporters. He is still pursuing what he wants to be when he grows up, but hasn’t found anything better than visual journalism yet.
Jennifer Palilonis
Palilonis began her career as a news designer for the Detroit Free Press and News Design Editor at the Chicago Sun-Times. She was the sequence coordinator at Ball State University from 2001-2015. She is now the co-director of the Center for Emerging Media Design & Development.