Innovation and Society for Newspaper Design Awards in Visual Journalism in Spain and the United States in the 1990s. A Quantitative Methodological Proposal

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Elio Leturia
Universidad de Málaga - Columbia College Chicago
https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6400-2082

The 1990s widely opened the newsroom doors to the newspaper designer by including their direct participation in the development of news presentation. Artists and designers from fine arts and design schools were actively integrated into the workflow, tasked with planning, creating, and executing journalistic content amidst an era rich in computerized technological advancements, dedicated to enhancing visual communication. The Society for Newspaper Design (SND) played an instrumental role in bridging the experiences of the international press, fostering a competitive landscape through its yearly contests that rewarded outstanding design achievements. Based on the study of the winning works published in the SND yearbooks, this article proposes a quantitative methodology to analyze the development of visual journalism in this decade both in the United States and Spain. This tool allows us to identify and measure the parameters of change in visual innovation, offering insights into the transformative impact of design on journalism.

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SND, Society for Newspaper Design, Designer, Newspaper, Awards, Visual journalism

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Leturia, Elio. “Innovation and Society for Newspaper Design Awards in Visual Journalism in Spain and the United States in the 1990s. A Quantitative Methodological Proposal”. Hipertext.net, 2024, no. 28, pp. 129-41, doi:10.31009/hipertext.net.2024.i28.10.
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Elio Leturia, Universidad de Málaga - Columbia College Chicago

Elio Leturia has a master’s in Visual Journalism from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign currently pursuing a PhD in Communication from the University of Málaga. An associate professor at Columbia College Chicago, his areas of expertise are bilingual multimedia journalism and graphic design. He has been design director for El Comercio in Lima, Peru, and a designer at the Tribune company in Chicago and the Detroit Free Press in Michigan. A two-time Fulbright scholar (USA and Spain), his expertise includes documentary video and magazine editing. For his design work, he has been recognized by the Society for News Design, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, AIGA, Associated Church Press and AEJMC. In 2017 he received the Lisagor Award for his bilingual documentary “Tita Turns 100” (Los Cien Años de Tita.)

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