News

Ying Wu is assistant professor/design editor at the University of Missouri, and is a judge for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know her better, we posed three questions: You were a judge in the digital competition, but this is the first time you’ve judged the print…

Tricia Reinhold is creative director at the Gannett Phoenix Design Studio, and is judging Features for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know her better, we posed three questions: What design trends have you found while judging? Small, precise color palettes. Whether the colors are one or…

Douglas Okasaki is senior designer at Gulf News, and is on the team judging the News category for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know him better, we posed three questions: What was your takeaway from being a judge? I felt a certain sense of responsibility of…

Peter Nguyen is design director at U-T San Diego, and is judging the World’s Best-Designed™ Newspaper for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know him better, we posed three questions: What was your takeaway from being a judge? That there’s an amazing amount of intelligent, beautiful work…

Domenic Macri is art director of Report on Business Magazine and the Globe and Mail, and is a Features judge for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know him better, we posed three questions: What are your observations about the entries this year? Some have great ideas…

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…

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…

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…