Stephen Beard

Current

• Senior news artist at The Indianapolis Star

Past

• Graphics reporter at The Plain Dealer
• Night editor at The Journal Review

Education

• Ball State University

Recommended

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Connections

282 connections

Industry

Media Production

Websites

• My Website
• My Portfolio

Stephen Beard’s Experience

• Senior news artist

  The Indianapolis Star

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)

  October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

  Visually report and interpret the news using charts, maps and diagrams.

• Graphics reporter

  The Plain Dealer

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)

  August 1999 — October 2006 (7 years 3 months)

  Report and illustrate information graphics for the daily newspaper.

• Night editor

  The Journal Review

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)

  May 1997 — August 1999 (2 years 4 months)

  Oversaw night editing, A1, pagination desk. Filed occasional general assignment story. Picked up interest in informational graphics and familiarized myself with FreeHand, Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark and Excel.

Stephen Beard’s Education

• Ball State University

  BA , Journalism (News-editorial & magazine) , 1993 — 1997

Additional Information

Stephen Beard’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Portfolio

Stephen Beard’s Groups:

• Past speaking engagements: American Society of Business Publication Editors, Cleveland: "Infographics and the Union of Journalism and Design" - June 2005; Cleveland Digital Publishing Users Group, Cleveland: "Looking at the World Through Cleveland Plain Dealer Infographics" (co-presented with former PD colleague William Neff) - July 27, 2006; Society for News Design annual workshop and conference, Orlando: "The Key to Producing First-rate Graphics in the Second-tier Newsroom" (co-presented with William Neff) - Sept. 2006; Society for News Design, Ball State chapter, Muncie, Ind., guest speaker at SND Weekend events, 2000 & 2002.

•    Eagle Scout Alliance
•    News Artists' Organization

Stephen Beard’s Honors:

• Society for News Design (8; portfolio awards of excellence in 2002 & 2006)
• Premios de Infografía Malofiej, Universidad de Navarra (2003, 2004)
• Ohio SPJ Awards - "Best Graphic Designer" (2003)
• The Press Club of Cleveland's Ohio Excellence in Journalism awards - "Best in Ohio - Infographics" (2006
• Associated Press Society of Ohio (multiple)
• Thomas R. Keating writing competition finalist (1996)
• Eagle Scout (1992)