On February 1, 2021 the Society for News Design and the Danish newspaper Politiken invited news cartoonists from all over the world to answer the following question: In the year since WHO declared the virus a global pandemic (March 11, 2020), how have you portrayed the pandemic with wit and…
read moreVeteran journalism educator and indefatigable SND volunteer C. Marshall Matlock died Nov. 28, 2020. As a professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University for the majority of his career, he taught and guided generations of journalists.
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0:20/ 0:28 A panel of 21 judges from the Society for News Design’s 42nd edition creative competition, the Best of Digital News Design, has selected The New York Times as the World’s Best-Designed™ Digital News Experience for ongoing trackers of the coronavirus pandemic. Judges noted that the trackers best covered the dominant story of the…
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Every year, the Society of News Design invites professionals to Washington, D.C., to judge the best design work of the year. This year, due to the pandemic, we gathered via Zoom across timezones to discuss the best design work from 2020. This year, we have six judging groups, two news,…
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0:08/ 0:21 Gabriel Gianordoli, graphics/multimedia editor for The New York Times, was selected by a panel of 21 judges as the World’s Best Designer in the Society for News Design’s 42nd edition creative competition, the Best of Digital News Design. SND has awarded websites, apps, overall experiences and organizations the World’s Best-Designed™ Digital News…
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A group of 21 judges from around the world selected three stories from small, medium and large newsrooms for Best in Show honors in the Society for News Design’s 42 edition creative competition, the Best of Digital News Design. The Best in Show winners are: Large organization: “Who gets to breathe…
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Like most things, volunteering for the digital competition looked a little bit different this year. Here’s what three volunteers had to say about their experience. Courtney Kan is a projects editor at the Washington Post. This is her 4th time volunteering with the competition. Stephanie Hays is a a designer at The Seattle Times…
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This year’s SND Best of Digital Design competition has attracted a record 1,764 entries from 29 countries. Last year judges worked through 1,315 pieces of immersive, interactive and visual journalism from 25 countries. Like last year, the largest number of entries came from the United States. U.S. news designers submitted…
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Unanimously voted upon entries were eligible for bronze, silver, and gold medals. These entries push the boundaries of design and technology and represent the cutting edge of the news design industry. Below are gold, silver and bronze medalists from the 2020 competition. Gold Medals: 12 1b. Story page design — International…
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Unanimously voted upon entries were eligible for bronze, silver, and gold medals. These entries push the boundaries of design and technology and represent the cutting edge of the news design industry. Below are gold, silver and bronze medalists from the 2020 competition. Gold Medals: 12 1b. Story page design — International…
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