3 documents · 1988–1993

Society of News Design [SND] Documents

This is a collection of various Society of News Design, aka the Society for Newspaper Design. I became active in SND in 1980 and served in various leadership roles until the mid-1990s. At one point I started and led the SND Foundation, a fund raising arm of the society. Some of these documents are also reflected in the “Analog to Digital” timeline, which is the heart of this project.

1980s Changing newsrooms

Tabulations from the 1988 Society of Newspaper Design membership survey, prepared by The Arizona Republic's Market Research Department and dated August 9, 1988

Memo, 1988 SND’s First Membership Survey, 1988

In 1988, as SND Region 7 director — and an assistant managing editor at The Arizona Republic — I put the Society of Newspaper Design’s first-ever membership survey into the mail. The tabulations were prepared by the Republic’s Market Research

1990s The internet changes everything

Memo, 1990 Having Fun at SND Conference

At the 1990 Society of News Design conference in San Jose, there was a group of pranksters who created a “SND Funnies” publication. It poked fun at SND leaders [organization and thought] and put a little humor into an all-to-serious

Memo, 1993 SND European Workshop

One of the most unusual and fun workshops that I have participated in was a tour of four European cities on behalf of the Society of Newspaper Design in 1993. Between May 7 and 15, six designers and editors gave