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3 Questions: David Kordalski

Society for News Design

SND President David Kordalski is Visual Editor at The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, and is on the team judging the News category for SND35. To get to know him better, we posed three questions: What are your impressions of this year’s contest? I think there’s a tremendous amount of really good…

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3 Questions: Heather Hopp-Bruce

Society for News Design

Heather Hopp-Bruce is op-ed design supervisor at the Boston Globe, and is a Features judge for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know her better, we posed three questions: Have you noticed any design trends? Giant random floating drop caps, but the actual first letter of the…

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3 Questions: Jørgen Høg

Society for News Design

Jørgen Høg is editor in chief at Søfart in Denmark and is a judge on the long-form team for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know him better, we asked three questions: What do you think of the entries you’ve seen as a judge? It’s good sometimes…

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3 Questions: Naedine Hazell

Society for News Design

Naedine Hazell is special projects and publications editor at the Hartford Courant, and is a World’s Best-Designed™ Newspaper judge at SND35. To get to know her better, we posed three questions: What have you noticed about the entries? In news, photography has gotten much weaker, but feature and sports photography…

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3 Questions: Gayle Grin

Society for News Design

Gayle Grin is managing editor/design and graphics at PostMedia and design consultant, National Post in Toronto, a former SND president, and is on the team judging the World’s Best-Designed™ Newspaper for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. We asked her three questions: How did your first day of judging go?…

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3 Questions: Paul Gonzales

Society for News Design

Paul Gonzales is deputy design director/features at the Los Angeles Times and is on the team judging Visuals for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know him better, we posed three questions: Do you have any advice for people entering next year? Make sure you enter only…

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3 Questions: Rose Engelland

Society for News Design

Rose Engelland is photo editor at the Chronicle of Higher Education and is judging the Visuals category for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know her better, we posed three questions: You’re judging a lot of entries from other countries. How is that?  There is a lot…

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3 Questions: Holly Braford

Society for News Design

Holly Braford is a New York-based freelance designer and illustrator and is on the team judging long-form entries for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know her better, we posed three questions: Any surprises being a judge at SND? I cannot believe how emotional some of the…

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The winners: A of E No. 1

Society for News Design

We have our first SND35 winner! An Award of Excellence goes to the National Post of Toronto, Canada, for its federal budget coverage in Breaking News, National.

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35th Best of News Design™ competition has begun!

Society for News Design

The 35th edition of The Society for News Design’s Best of News Design™ creative competition is under way! This year, 27 visual journalism experts from around the world have gathered on the campus of Syracuse University to judge more than 8,600 entries over the next three days.

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