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2016: Information Graphics [Social Media]

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Award of Excellence 1. The New York Times, Dissecting #PizzaGate 2. The New York Times, Can You Beat Usain Bolt Out of the Blocks? 3. The New York Times, Olympic Races “Lil Folks” 4. The New York Times, Katie Ledecky Countdown 5. USA Today, Facebook Explainer Series 6. ProPublica, Busted…

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2016: Special Events

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The Washington Post’s analysis of the 2016 election results. U.S. Elections Silver 1. The Washington Post, Washington Post Election Coverage 2. The Guardian, Guardian Election Coverage Award of Excellence 3. The New York Times, U.S. Elections Coverage 4. The New York Times, NYT Election Results 2016 5. The New York…

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2016: Portfolios [Individual]

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Award of Excellence 1. Rodrigo De Benito Sanz, The New York Times, Portfolio 2. Elaina Natario, Boston Globe, Portfolio 3. Matthew Callahan, The Washington Post, Portfolio 4. Jonathan Corum, The New York Times, Portfolio —

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2016: Portfolios [Organization & Social]

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Organizational Portfolio Silver 1. The New York Times, Staff Portfolio 2. The Washington Post, Staff Portfolio Award of Excellence 1. FiveThirtyEight, Staff Portfolio 2. Vice News, Staff Portfolio 3. ProPublica, Staff Portfolio 4. The Guardian, Staff Portfolio 5. The Marshall Project, Staff Portfolio 6. Reuters, Staff Portfolio 7. Los Angeles…

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2016: Redesign

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Award of Excellence 1. The Dallas Morning News, Redesign —

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2014 Results – Digital

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More than 900 entries were received for the 2014 competition year of The Best of Digital Design. New information graphics categories were introduced. 230 awards were given: 6 Gold Medals, 20 Silver Medals, 203 Awards of Excellence, and 1 World’s Best-Designed™ award. Categories were judged by divisions based on average…

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2016: Product Design

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Silver 1. The New York Times, Watching 2. The Washington Post, Washington Post PWA app — Award of Excellence 3. The New York Times, NY Politics Chat Bot 4. ProPublica, ProPublica Data Store 5. The Intercept, Snowden Archive: The SIDtoday Files 6. The Washington Post, America’s National Heritage 7. The…

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2016: Experimental Design

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Silver 1. The Guardian, 6×9: A VR Experience of Solitary Confinement — Award of Excellence 2. Quartz, Map of the Internet 3. Jovrnalism (USC), Hell and High Water VR 4. The New York Times, Seeking Pluto’s Frigid Heart 5. NPR, Fact Checking the First Debate 6. The Washington Post, Feels…

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2013 Results – Digital

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Entries approached 700 for the 2013 competition year of The Best of Digital Design. Judges gave 243 awards: 2 Gold Medals, 12 Silver Medals, 225 Awards of Excellence, and 4 World’s Best-Designed™ awards. Categories were judged by divisions based on average monthly page views. Awards are listed here by category:Breaking/Daily…

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2010 Medal Comments – Digital

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WORLD’S-BEST DESIGNED Sites were nominated by members and nonmembers through the Best of Digital Design entry site, self-nominated via the same site, and from the digital judging teams. i. CNN, News Web Site (CNN.com) CNN.com’s redesign helped defined online journalism last year, experimenting with new and creative approaches to storytelling.…

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