It is not just about color and glitz for German’s weekend newspaper editions.

It is also vibrant content that deals with topics normally reserved for publication in magazines. It would be rare to find traditional newsy stories on the front pages of these newspapers shown here.

The front pages of the German newspapers I show here all include stories that allow for the long read, the ultimate lean back experience and all in print.

I like what I see here. It is part of what I mentioned to my Columbia class Monday when we devoted a class period to print: it is the weekend editions of printed newspapers that will be around long after the Monday through Friday editions are gone.

I believe very strongly that readers will always seek the escape from all things digital for a couple of hours during the weekend.

These papers are all examples that you can seduce readers to simply take off their shoes, relax and go for a pleasurable reading experience, the kind where you turn the pages and smell the ink!

Society of News Design New York: Celebrating 40 years

The Society for News Design’s 40th Anniversary Workshop, Creative Conference and Awards Gala will be in New York City, March 22–24.

Workshop chair Tyson Evans, of The New York Times, and an army of volunteers are organizing three packed days of talks, training, networking and inspiration about the future (and past) of storytelling, visual journalism and news products across print and digital.

Speakers announced so far include Scott Stowell, proprietor of Open and winner of the National Design Award for Communication Design; Jennifer Daniel, of Google; John Maeda, of Automattic and visual journalists from The New York Times, Washington Post, Axios, Vice, ProPublica and more.

I am honored to be one of the speakers.

If you would like to attend what promises to be one of the best SND gatherings ever, please go here for more information:

https://nyc.snd.org