Sara Dickenson Quinn teaches in the areas of design, illustration, typography, visual storytelling, media convergence and leadership at The Poynter Institute. She was the director of Poynter’s 2007 EyeTrack study of newspaper and online news design.

Recent work has taken her into the newsrooms of the Toronto Star, The Miami Herald, The Columbus Dispatch and The Orlando Sentinel.

Prior to Poynter, Quinn was AME for visuals at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, a multi-edition newspaper which operates a 24-hour cable television station; presentation director at the Wichita Eagle; and design director, magazine editor, illustrator and book designer at other posts. She has received awards from the Society for News Design and various other organizations. Sara has been a juror for the SND annual competition, and a board member of SND and the American Institute of Graphic Arts.

Quinn has a bachelor's degree in journalism and graphic design from Wichita State University and master's in illustration from Syracuse University.

Read her complete Poynter profile here.