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Worlds Best Designer

42nd World’s Best Designer – Digital

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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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BEST IN SHOW COMPOSITE

42nd Best in Show – Digital

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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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Facilitators Q&A

42nd Digital Facilitators Q&A

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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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2020 competition facts and figures

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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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42nd Medal Winners – Digital

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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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2020 Medals – Digital

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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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42nd Digital Judges

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The annual SND Best of Digital Design competition brought 21 professionals together across timezones using Zoom and other virtual platforms to judge the best work of 2020. The judges are broken into six groups — a features team, two graphics teams, two news teams and a product team. There also are three conflict judges.…

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How Digital Judging Works

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Every year, the Society for News Design hosts its Best of Digital Design competition and brings more than a dozen judges from across the United States and around the globe to review 1,000+ entries. Sisi Wei, who helps facilitate the program, sat down with a student volunteer to chat about the competition,…

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Join the 2020-2021 COVID-19 Cartoon Showcase

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WHO declared the virus a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. In the year since, how have you portrayed the pandemic with wit and art? The Society for News Design and the Danish newspaper Politiken invite news cartoonists from all over the world to submit entries that can answer that…

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Open meeting: Considering the future of The Society

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