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Best of Digital News Design winners since 2010 SND’s Best of Digital News Design is a juried competition honoring visual and technical excellence in storytelling, graphics, social media and product design. Winning entries will receive an award or excellence, bronze, silver or gold medal for outstanding work that pushes the boundaries of design…

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World’s Best-Designed™ Digital News Experience winners

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World’s Best-Designed™ Digital News Experience winners Each year, the World’s Best-Designed™ judges identify and recognize work that has fundamentally shifted or improved how news and information is delivered across digital platforms. Judges have awarded the World’s Best-Designed™ Digital News Experience distinction 20 times since 2010. The award has been given to websites,…

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Digital portfolio winners since 2010

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Portfolio winners from Best of Digital News Design since 2010 Individual Portfolio winners are listed in alphabetical order. Links are provided to one of the winning pieces.*Bronze medal winner. ** Silver medal winner. *** Gold medal winner. 2020 World’s Best Designer** Gabriel Gianordoli, The New York Times * Bárbara Abbês, QuartzMaría Alconada-Brooks,…

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Enjoy the 2020-2021 COVID-19 Cartoon Showcase

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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…

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Remembering C. Marshall Matlock

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Veteran 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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New York Times World's Best

42nd World’s Best Designed – Digital

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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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42nd Digital Judges Q&A

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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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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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