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National Geographic’s Fernando Baptista, Washington Post’s Emma Kumer honored with World’s Best Designer awards from Society for News Design

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April 24, 2025

World’s Best Designer Fernando Baptista of National Geographic Magazine was selected by a panel of 42 judges as the World’s Best Designer for his Infographics portfolio in the Society for News Design’s 46th edition of the Creative Competition. Baptista was also awarded a gold medal for his portfolio in this…

New York Times’ Opinion staff wins Best in Show at Society for News Design’s 46th Creative Competition

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April 23, 2025

The Society for News Design is proud to announce The New York Times’ Opinion staff portfolio has been awarded as Best in Show at SND’s 46th annual Creative Competition. A group of 42 judges from around the world evaluated nearly 5,000 entries across print, digital, student and non-editorial categories and…

Meet The Judges For The 46th SND Creative Competition

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April 15, 2025

We’re thrilled to announce the judges for the annual SND Creative Competition. This week, 42 professionals will come together from around the world in person to judge the best visual journalism of 2024. They span countries and represent a wide variety of fields. Divided into four judging groups, they will…

Denise Reagan interview with newspaperdesign

Exclusive Newspaperdesign interview of Denise Reagan

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March 26, 2025

E Denise M. Reagan, recently named the 2025 SND Lifetime Achievement Award winner, speaks exclusively to TK Sajeev of newspaperdesign.in about her career and vision for the future of design. Designing the Future: Denise M. Reagan on Journalism, Storytelling, and Innovation

SND46 Workshop Keynote:

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March 11, 2025

SND is thrilled to announce that Dr. Mario Garcia will kick-off our SND46 Workshop! Dr. Garcia will share his expertise on AI and visual storytelling! A once in a lifetime opportunity to hear from one of the greatest in visual storytelling! Register Now! Dr. Mario R. García is Senior Adviser…

SND46 Workshop

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March 11, 2025

SND’s two main events are joining forces again! The 46th Creative Competition judging will take place in person from April 15-17, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota at The Minnesota Star Tribune Headquarters: 225 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402. Join us for a one-day training workshop in Minneapolis on Friday, April…

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Denise Reagan to receive 2025 SND Lifetime Achievement Award

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March 7, 2025

Denise Reagan to receive 2025 SND Lifetime Achievement Award

From energized coach and teacher, tireless volunteer, to karaoke fundraiser extraordinaire, the University of Florida grad has been a relentless champion of the Society for decades.

Updates to Membership for 2025

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December 17, 2024

As part of the Board of Director’s ongoing efforts to evolve the Society and strengthen the scope of the visual storytelling process, we’ve identified a key priority: updating the membership model and driving new member recruitment. In line with this mission, we’re excited to announce the launch of two new…

SND46 Best of News Design Call for Entries

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December 11, 2024

The Society for News Design is making extensive changes to its annual Best of News Design Creative Competition with the print, digital and student competitions merging this year into a single competition. Categories have been streamlined to better cover all platforms and types of visual journalism and storytelling. Instead of…

SND 45 Q&A: Print Individual Portfolio winner: Stephanie Hays

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December 5, 2024

With SND 45 in the books, board member Martina Ibáñez-Baldor set out to ask this year’s winners about their portfolios and tips for the rest of us. Stephanie Hays, designer at the Washington Post, won a Silver print award for individual portfolio in the SND 45 print competition. What is…