Competitions

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SND Digital: Gold to Wall Street Journal for 2050 series

Society for News Design

What the judges said: “Remarkable, fluid. You have a lot of data but also feel like you’re being put in the place. It is a show-stopper, such a good use of these new devices for design. The technology felt very appropriate for it. It’s very technical but it didn’t feel gratuitous. The art direction is the thing that makes it really impressive. It hits all the compelling points. They’ve used all the elements of this sort of new technology perfectly.”

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SND Digital: Silver to Wall Street Journal for ‘Stolen Boy’

Society for News Design

What the judges said: “Incredible story, the pieces are great. The style of the graphics is very strong, emotional. The tone of the illustrators helped to truly feel the story. The little design touches kept the reader scrolling and made it continuously interesting. There was a very interesting feel where it went form day to night with the black and white. It’s a story that a reader will want to come back to. The appeal to the emotion is a convincing reason to give it a Silver.”

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SND Digital: The judges, and what impresses them

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With the SND Best of Digital Design Competition under way, the judges share their thoughts on what they’re looking for, or advice they’d offer to those looking to raise the bar on digital presentation.

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SND Digital: Silver to Guardian for election coverage

Society for News Design

What the judges said: “It’s a great example of distilling information to a level of clarity without dumbing it down. There’s a variety of ways information is broken down, ability to filter to an impressive level of detail, and smart use of color to further the storytelling.”

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SND Digital: Silver to LA Times for San Bernardino coverage

Society for News Design

What the judges said: “You never get down the rabbit hole. This entry has a great mix of media types on deadline. It’s really elegant with nice attention to details, purposeful editing, and thoughtful integration of multimedia.”

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SND Digital: How the judging works

Society for News Design

A look at the criteria and judging process for the Best of Digital Design competition.

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SND37: Best in Show + Competition Summary

Society for News Design

The New York Times on Monday earned Best in Show at the SND Creative Competition, for its combination print/digital presentation of “The Displaced,” a series of stories highlighting the plight…

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Trends noticed by the print judges: SND37

Society for News Design

SND37 judges noticed a few design trends as they look through more than 8,000 entries this weekend. At the end of the second full day of judging, here are a…

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All that’s left of Sunday is the singing

Society for News Design

This morning, the temperature in sunny Syracuse was reported as low as -21 degrees Fahrenheit. Luckily for #SND37, we were inside all day. It being Valentines Day, judges and facilitators…

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SND37 The circular trend

Society for News Design

The Earth is round and so were some page designs that used the circular shape as main element. Comments from a few of the News Category judges: Bad things: There…

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