Xabier Díaz de Cerio. Journalism degree from the University of Navarra (1995). His latest job as Art Director involved managing areas of graphics, illustration, photography and design at the newspaper, El Comercio, in Lima (Peru). He currently has his own company dedicated to integral communication, developing graphics and consultancy in visual journalism.
Mark Bryson. He studied at Newcastle Art College for a diploma in Graphic Arts, followed by a higher diploma in Newspaper Design and Information Graphics, from which he graduated in 1999. He then began work as a Designer for BBC News Interactive, where I have worked for the past five and a half years.
Peter Schumacher. He is a researcher at the department of Media Studies at the University of Trier, Germany. His main areas of research are usability of online media and multimedia journalism. From 2001 to 2003 he worked as a political journalist with the online edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, FAZ.NET. He studied Journalism in Eichstätt/Germany and Bogotá/Colombia.
Manuela Mariño. Since producing technical graphics in the Corporate Identity department at Televés, she then made the step to La Voz de Galicia to produce graphics. After “participating” in the Gulf War, her work was compiled in the Youth Exhibition and Awards organised in Madrid by Cedima and the design magazine, Ardi (1991).
Cristina Santos. Trained in Graphic Design, in 1992 she joined the Computer Graphics Department of the Lisbon Diário de Notícias newspaper (precursor in graphics in Portugal). She has coordinated the department since 1997, and over these years she has been awarded several international prizes.
Michael Agar. After graduating in Newspaper Design and Information Graphics at Newcastle Art College and further studies at the Poynter Institute, he has been at The Observer (UK) since 1997, appointed Graphics Editor in 2000. Michael also consults to Newcastle Art College.
María Moya. Doctorate in Communication (University of Navarra 1999). Design Director for Prisacom (since 2000), she is in charge of redesigning, informative design and the design section. Furthermore, she coordinates the definition and design of several corporate websites for the Prisa group.
Rich Beckman. At the University of North Carolina (USA), he is a professor and director of visual communication in the School of Journalism, the executive producer of the Instructional Media Group in the Institute for Science Learning and a multimedia producer.
Manuel Romero. Graduate in Information Sciences from the University of Seville, he began as an editor and was later in charge of design and graphics at Huelva Información. In 1997, he joined the Graphics and Design department of Recoletos Group. In 2001 he moved to Diario de Sevilla as head of Graphics department.
Max Gadney. He is responsible for Design/User Experience and Research across all BBC News digital platforms including Internet, iTV and mobile devices. He also oversees the teams responsible for the production of information graphics and graphic design assets for all platforms.
Susen Schultz. She studied at University of Journalism in Goteborg (Sweden) 1987-1988. Since then she worked as reporter, layaouter at various Swedish newspapers. Head of the infographics department at Svenska Dagbadet since 2001 where she also do radio reviews and write a monthtly news column.
Archie Tse. He has been a graphics editor at The New York Times since 1995. In December 2003, he was one of the first graphics reporters from the United States to be sent to Irak and was the only graphic artist to report from the site where Saddam Hussein was captured.
Steve Dorsey. He graduated from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse school and the Poynter (USA) visual apprenticeship program. He is the design and graphics director at the Detroit Free Press, a part-time design consultant, and the President of the Society for News Design Foundation.
Kenneth Holmqvist. He founded the eye tracking laboratory at the Cognitive Science department at University of Lund (Sweden) and conducted a number of studies of newspaper reading for improved design and readability in cooperation with SND/S and several Scandinavian newspapers.
Leonel Sousa Pinto. Director de Anyforms-Desing de comunicacáo. Has been involved in media since his first job: started out in a graphic's workshop as “mounter”, worked in a newspaper, was magazine designer and continued until he reached the news' most graphical expression graphics. He has studies in the area of design.
Luis Miguel Taklim. Director de Anyforms-Desing de comunicacáo. The line was the beginning. First as an illustrator, then as a graphics designer, he based his entire career around drawings which quickly became graphics. With an education in the area of design, he is absolutely certain that graphics are the best way to communicate.
Mark Bryson. He studied at Newcastle Art College for a diploma in Graphic Arts, followed by a higher diploma in Newspaper Design and Information Graphics, from which he graduated in 1999. He then began work as a Designer for BBC News Interactive, where I have worked for the past five and a half years.
Peter Schumacher. He is a researcher at the department of Media Studies at the University of Trier, Germany. His main areas of research are usability of online media and multimedia journalism. From 2001 to 2003 he worked as a political journalist with the online edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, FAZ.NET. He studied Journalism in Eichstätt/Germany and Bogotá/Colombia.
Manuela Mariño. Since producing technical graphics in the Corporate Identity department at Televés, she then made the step to La Voz de Galicia to produce graphics. After “participating” in the Gulf War, her work was compiled in the Youth Exhibition and Awards organised in Madrid by Cedima and the design magazine, Ardi (1991).
Cristina Santos. Trained in Graphic Design, in 1992 she joined the Computer Graphics Department of the Lisbon Diário de Notícias newspaper (precursor in graphics in Portugal). She has coordinated the department since 1997, and over these years she has been awarded several international prizes.
Michael Agar. After graduating in Newspaper Design and Information Graphics at Newcastle Art College and further studies at the Poynter Institute, he has been at The Observer (UK) since 1997, appointed Graphics Editor in 2000. Michael also consults to Newcastle Art College.
María Moya. Doctorate in Communication (University of Navarra 1999). Design Director for Prisacom (since 2000), she is in charge of redesigning, informative design and the design section. Furthermore, she coordinates the definition and design of several corporate websites for the Prisa group.
Rich Beckman. At the University of North Carolina (USA), he is a professor and director of visual communication in the School of Journalism, the executive producer of the Instructional Media Group in the Institute for Science Learning and a multimedia producer.
Manuel Romero. Graduate in Information Sciences from the University of Seville, he began as an editor and was later in charge of design and graphics at Huelva Información. In 1997, he joined the Graphics and Design department of Recoletos Group. In 2001 he moved to Diario de Sevilla as head of Graphics department.
Max Gadney. He is responsible for Design/User Experience and Research across all BBC News digital platforms including Internet, iTV and mobile devices. He also oversees the teams responsible for the production of information graphics and graphic design assets for all platforms.
Susen Schultz. She studied at University of Journalism in Goteborg (Sweden) 1987-1988. Since then she worked as reporter, layaouter at various Swedish newspapers. Head of the infographics department at Svenska Dagbadet since 2001 where she also do radio reviews and write a monthtly news column.
Archie Tse. He has been a graphics editor at The New York Times since 1995. In December 2003, he was one of the first graphics reporters from the United States to be sent to Irak and was the only graphic artist to report from the site where Saddam Hussein was captured.
Steve Dorsey. He graduated from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse school and the Poynter (USA) visual apprenticeship program. He is the design and graphics director at the Detroit Free Press, a part-time design consultant, and the President of the Society for News Design Foundation.
Kenneth Holmqvist. He founded the eye tracking laboratory at the Cognitive Science department at University of Lund (Sweden) and conducted a number of studies of newspaper reading for improved design and readability in cooperation with SND/S and several Scandinavian newspapers.
Leonel Sousa Pinto. Director de Anyforms-Desing de comunicacáo. Has been involved in media since his first job: started out in a graphic's workshop as “mounter”, worked in a newspaper, was magazine designer and continued until he reached the news' most graphical expression graphics. He has studies in the area of design.
Luis Miguel Taklim. Director de Anyforms-Desing de comunicacáo. The line was the beginning. First as an illustrator, then as a graphics designer, he based his entire career around drawings which quickly became graphics. With an education in the area of design, he is absolutely certain that graphics are the best way to communicate.
