Steve Duenes

Last updated June 04, 2019

Steve Duenes is a graphic designer and deputy managing editor at the New York Times.

Career

Steve Duenes was born in Inglewood, California. Duenes was an intern at The Flint Journal during his studies at the University of Notre Dame, graduating in 1993. After graduation, he worked in graphics department of The Chicago Tribune .^[1]

Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 109,673. It was incorporated on February 14, 1908. The city is in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park is currently under construction in the city and, when completed around 2020, will be the new home of both the National Football League's Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers. The city is also close to Los Angeles International Airport.

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 9.7 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second-most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second-most densely populated major city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.

The Flint Journal is a quad-weekly newspaper based in Flint, Michigan, owned by Booth Newspapers, a subsidiary of Advance Publications. Published Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, it serves Genesee, Lapeer and Shiawassee Counties. As of February 2, 2012, it is headquartered in Downtown Flint at 540 S Saginaw St, Suite 504. The paper and its sister publications The Saginaw News and The Bay City Times are printed at the Booth-owned Valley Publishing Co. printing plant in Monitor Township.

In 1999, Steve Duenes began working at The New York Times as the graphics editor for the science section, and was promoted to deputy graphics director in 2001. He is as an inspiration to the newcomers.^[2] In this role, he oversees the newspaper's graphics department, which has a staff of nearly 30 journalists and designers who research, design and develop graphics for digital and printed paper, this includes the interactive maps, data visualizations and motion graphics. In 2012, the team helped create multimedia for the story “Snow Fall,” which won a Peabody Award and led to the integration of multimedia throughout the newsroom.^[3]^[4]^[5]

<i>The New York Times</i> Daily broadsheet newspaper based in New York City

The New York Times is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership. Founded in 1851, the paper has won 127 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper. The Times is ranked 17th in the world by circulation and 2nd in the U.S.

"Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek," is a New York Times multimedia feature by reporter John Branch about the 2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche, published on December 20, 2012. The article won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing and a Peabody Award. Packaged together as a six-part story interwoven with interactive graphics, animated simulations and aerial video, "Snow Fall" became one of the most talked about online news articles in 2013 and garnered praise and debate over it being an example of "the future of online journalism." The article became highly influential among online journalism circles, with many other publications attempting similar multimedia features and even coined an industry term, "to snowfall."

Peabody Award international awards for excellence in radio and television

The George Foster Peabody Awards program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and online media. Programs are recognized in seven categories: news, entertainment, documentaries, children's programming, education, interactive programming, and public service. Peabody Award winners include radio and television stations, networks, online media, producing organizations, and individuals from around the world.

In 2009, he won a National Design Award from Cooper-Hewitt for Communication Design.^[6]

The National Design Awards, founded in 2000, are funded and awarded by Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. There are seven official design categories, and three additional awards. Supplemental awards can be given at the discretion of the jury or institution.

In 2019, Duenes was promoted deputy managing editor at the New York Times to create more visual storytelling within the paper.^[1]

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References

1 2 "Steve Duenes Promoted to Deputy Managing Editor". The New York Times Company. 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
↑ "Talk to the Newsroom: Graphics Director Steve Duenes". The New York Times. 25 February 2008.
↑ "Video: Steve Duenes and Matthew Ericson". AIGA | the professional association for design. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
↑ "Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek". www.peabodyawards.com. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
↑ "New York Times reorganizes digital leadership ranks – Poynter" . Retrieved 2019-06-03.
↑ "National Design Awards 2009 Winners' Panel | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum". Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. 2009-11-13. Retrieved 2019-06-03.

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[:0-1] 1 2 "Steve Duenes Promoted to Deputy Managing Editor". The New York Times Company. 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2019-06-03.

[2] "Talk to the Newsroom: Graphics Director Steve Duenes". The New York Times. 25 February 2008.

[3] "Video: Steve Duenes and Matthew Ericson". AIGA | the professional association for design. Retrieved 2019-06-03.

[4] "Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek". www.peabodyawards.com. Retrieved 2019-06-03.

[5] "New York Times reorganizes digital leadership ranks – Poynter" . Retrieved 2019-06-03.

[6] "National Design Awards 2009 Winners' Panel | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum". Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. 2009-11-13. Retrieved 2019-06-03.