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PRIMARY WORKSHOP SPONSORS
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
While best known as the newspaper of Silicon Valley, the San Jose Mercury News enjoys the ranking of one of the top ten newspapers in the country by the Columbia Journalism Review and was named a "World's Best-Designed Newspaper" by the Society for News Design. www.mercurynews.com
KNIGHT RIDDER
Based in San Jose, Knight Ridder is a communications company engaged primarily in newspaper and Internet publishing. The second-largest newspaper publisher in the United States, it owns 31 dailies and operates the Real Cities network of 102 Web sites in 86 markets. www.knightridder.com
ADOBE
Founded in 1982, Adobe today is one of the world's largest software companies, generating annual revenues exceeding US$1 billion. Approximately 3,500 employees across the world share Adobe's commitment to helping people communicate better. Headquartered in San Jose, California, Adobe is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ADBE. www.adobe.com
KNIGHT RIDDER DIGITAL
Knight Ridder Digital, a leader in local information and classified services on the Web, helps consumers make the most of their local online experiences. Knight Ridder Digital develops and manages the Internet properties of Knight Ridder. Knight Ridder Digital is the founder and operator of Real Cities, the largest national network of city and regional Web sites. www.knightridder.com/digital
LOS ANGELES TIMES
Winner of 30 Pulitzer Prizes, journalism's highest honor, along with hundreds of other editorial awards, the Los Angeles Times defines journalistic excellence. In a city known the world over for its famous award ceremonies, we deliver a prized perspective of the world to millions of Southern Californians each and every day. www.latimes.com
SAN JOSE CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU
If you're looking for world-class cultural arts, nightlife, professional sports (including the NHL's San Jose Sharks), theme parks, wineries (50 of Northern California's best), shopping, and of course, great hotels and restaurants, San Jose is a great place to be. Whether you're a meeting planner, tour operator, or individual visitor planning your stay in San Jose, the Convention & Visitors Bureau has a dedicated team of professionals here to assist your needs.
www.sanjose.org
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
The San Francisco Chronicle is the largest newspaper in Northern California and the second largest on the West Coast, with a daily circulation of 512,129 and a Sunday circulation of 539,563. The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 by Charles and Michael de Young, and has been awarded five Pulitzer Prizes for journalistic excellence. www.sfgate.com
4TH HOUR MEDIA
Based in Los Angeles, 4th Hour Media is a video and audio production company specializing in corporate documentary work with a focus on newspapers and newspaper redesign projects. 4HM recently finished a project for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, and is producing two segments for SND-SJ: "Trading Papers" and "25 Moments in News Design."www.4thhourmedia.com
GORDON BIERSCH BREWING CO.
Gordon Biersch Brewing Company is driven by a passion for beer. Brewing engineer Dan Gordon is the only American in 40 years to graduate from the prestigious five-year brewing engineering program at Weinhestephan, the world's premier brewing university in Germany. Gordon Biersch is committed to bringing you the finest, freshest lagers possible. Our beers are brewed according to Germany's 500-year-old purity law called Reinheitsgebot which dictates only four ingredients can be used in brewing beer: malted barley, water, hops, and yeast. Brewed and bottled in San Jose, Gordon Biersch is the official beer of SNDSJ. www.gordonbiersch.com
HANGAR ONE VODKA
Hangar One makes really serious vodka using rare and expensive ingredients which yield wonderful authentic flavors - and make amazing mixed drinks. Hand-crafted in the Bay Area, Hangar One is the official vodka of SNDSJ. www.hangarone.com
HERTZ
Hertz is the largest car rental company in the world, providing quality rental service for 80 years. Hertz, offering a 10% discount to workshop attendees, is a proud sponsor of SNDSJ. www.hertz.com
Hoefler & Frere-Jones
Since 1989, Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones have helped some of the world's foremost publications, corporations, and institutions develop their unique voice through typography. Their body of work includes some of the world's most famous designs, typefaces marked by both high performance and high style. In 2004, The Hoefler Type Foundry entered its sixteenth year as Hoefler & Frere-Jones. H&FJ continues to work with brand leaders in every sector, developing original typefaces and licensing fonts from its library of nearly 1,000 designs, and it publishes fonts exclusively through its New York sales office and its web site at typography.com. www.typography.com
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
The oldest business in San Diego County and the second-oldest newspaper in Southern California, The San Diego Union-Tribune is a merger of The San Diego Union, founded Oct. 10, 1868, and The Evening Tribune, founded Dec. 2, 1895. The Union-Tribune is published from a state-of-the-art editorial, printing and business plant in San Diego's Mission Valley, only a few miles from its founding location in Old Town. The newspaper has won numerous awards and prizes over the years, including two Pulitzer Prizes. www.uniontribune.com
SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
The Sun-Sentinel is the major daily newspaper of Broward and South Palm Beach counties. On a typical day, there are at least 170 pages of news and advertising information. The Sun-Sentinel reaches more than 600,000 readers daily and more than 850,000 on Sundays. www.sunsentinel.com
SPROCKETHOST
SprocketHost offers fast, reliable Web hosting for individuals,
organizations and small businesses. Its friendly support and low prices
make it easy for anyone to create a Web presence. SprocketHost provides Web hosting for many SND members and is the Internet services provider for the 2004 SND workshop.
www.sprockethost.com
Wente Vinyards
Established in 1883, Wente Vineyards is California's oldest family owned and
continuously operating winery, producing world-class wines from estate
vineyards in the Livermore Valley. With a Greg Norman-designed golf course,
restaurant and concert series, Wente Vineyards is also a premier destination
in Northern California.
www.wentevineyards.com
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The Society for News Design will host its 2004 workshop and exhibition in San Jose, California Sept. 30 - Oct. 2. The event expects to draw as many as 1,000 journalism professionals from across the nation and around the world.
SND has more than 2,700 members in more than 52 countries: publishers, editors, designers, artists, photographers, managers, students and faculty who design newspapers, magazines and Web pages. SND is dedicated to improving news presentation and design in all media.
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