Matt Mansfield is the Deputy Managing Editor of the San Jose Mercury News, where he oversees all visual journalism at the paper, as well as the state, national and foreign reporting staffs. He is one of the leading visual journalists in the United States, and has won more than 100 awards from the Society for News Design. Under his guidance, the Mercury News' photo staff was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2004 for its coverage of the California recall election. The Mercury News is also the most-recent U.S. recipient of SND's World Best-Designed newspaper award, the highest honor bestowed in newspaper design.

E-mail Matt: matt@mgredesign.com
Call Matt at work: 408.920.5298
Call Matt at home: 408.396.3039

Scott Goldman is the Assistant Managing Editor for Visuals at The Indianapolis Star. He joined the Star in May 2004, after spending five years as Assistant Sports Editor for design at The Washington Post. He is the secretary/treasurer of the Society for News Design, and will serve as the Society's president in 2007. He has won more than 25 SND awards in his career, including gold and silver medals, and has played a key role in SND's annual competition for the past 18 years.

E-mail Scott: scott@mgredesign.com
Call Scott at work: 317.444.6085
Call Scott at home: 317.345.5143

Denise Reagan has been making connections between words and visuals since she entered the news design field 17 years ago. After graduating from the University of Florida in Gainesville, she has designed and art directed pages at The News-Sentinel in Fort Wayne, Ind.; the Detroit Free Press; the Star Tribune in Minneapolis; the Savannah Morning News; and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. As editor of SND's newsletter, Update, Denise stresses the use of non-traditional story forms and high utility for members. She has been a judge for SND's creative competition as well as a judge of the SND.ies, the society's Web design contest. She offers training at quick courses, the Poynter Institute and other journalism gatherings on all areas of visual journalism. Since the birth of her daughter, Denise now works as a consultant with MG Redesign.

E-mail Denise: denise@mgredesign.com

Jonathon Berlin is in charge of design and graphics at the San Jose Mercury News, where he's a senior editor. The Merc is a place where pushing visual ideas is part of the DNA. Before rejoining the Merc, Jonathon worked at the Rocky Mountain News in Denver. He was assistant design director and watched over the design of the paper at night, in addition to doing 1A and special projects. Jonathon also helped establish the newsroom, content, design and workflow for the Rocky's citizen journalism outlet, YourHub.com. He's run two marathons and is an avid skier.

E-mail Jonathon: jb@mgredesign.com

Kevin Wendt recently was named Assistant Business Editor at the San Jose Mercury News, following several years overseeing news, business and sports presentation as News Design Director. In his six years at the Mercury News, Wendt's work has been routinely honored by the Society for News Design, including several gold and silver medals. He has visited and coached in several newsrooms, and also teaches a newspaper editing and design class at Santa Clara University in the spring. Wendt is known for his ability to insert himself into meetings he wasn't invited to in the first place, and his constant desire to make pages bigger and more energetic. He is loud. He is full of ideas. He loves getting cool work into print.

E-mail Kevin: kevin@mgredesign.com