best of digital

The New York Times has won a Silver medal for the UX design of its product that provides TV and movie recommendations. Category: Product Design Title: Watching Link: https://www.nytimes.com/watching Comments: “This is very functional, works amazing and is well designed. Compared to the other product services news organization did this year, they really give the user what they want. It…

The New York Times earned a Silver medal for breaking news graphic of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando. Category: Graphics: Breaking news Title: What Happened Inside the Orlando Nightclub Link: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/12/us/what-happened-at-the-orlando-nightclub-shooting.html Comments: “The presentation is really solid and the reporting was done extremely well. This piece sets the standard of what we should expect from breaking news visual stories.…

Bloomberg Businessweek earned a Silver medal for its Global Tech Issue: Inventors and inventions around the world, fascinating, inspiring, and 70% Silicon Valley-free Category: Features Coverage Title: The Global Tech Issue Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-global-tech-inventors/#/ Comments: “It is unlike anything else we looked at. People could really hate this. They understood that and went for it anyway. It wasn’t halfway done or…

The Washington Post earned a Gold medal for its piece on the U.S.-Mexico border crossing, from San Diego to Texas. Category: Features Coverage Title: Concrete Divisions Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/world/border-barriers/us-mexico-border-crossing/ Comments: “Tour de force. It’s thoughtful, immersive and deliberate with the navigation and all of the little touches. You’re building a wall as you go along. The Post pushes the medium forward…

The New York Times has earned the first Gold medal awarded in this year’s SND Best of Digital Design competition, with its detailed look at gymnast Simone Biles. Category: Features: Single-subject project Title: Simone Biles Link: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/05/sports/olympics-gymnast-simone-biles.html Comments: “Fabulous. Everything came together so well and it’s a great interaction with video. The experience of video and interactive can sometimes be…

The Washington Post won Silver for its profile of a Marine convicted of indecent conduct, and his attempts to vindicate himself. Category: Features: Single-subject project Title: A Marine’s Convictions Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/local/marine/ Comments: “It’s a challenge to chapterize, and the left nav and unusual audio indicator made for a unique experience. It’s not necessarily pushing the boundaries of editorial design but…

The Washington Post won Silver for its project marking National Poetry Month Category: Features: Single-subject project Title: 10 poems, 10 designs Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/entertainment/national-poetry-month-poem-readings-2016/ Comments: “The art direction really stands out. The navigation and UI make for a really clean experience. The visuals give a voice to the poems and story. It’s also novel — it’s something that we haven’t seen…

The Boston Globe won Silver for its presentation of phrases culled from Boston Police Department records. Category: Features: Single-subject project Title: Arresting Words Link: http://apps.bostonglobe.com/graphics/2016/04/arresting-words/ Comments: “This piece had more ‘meat’ to it. It’s a more complex story, for sure, but they weren’t afraid to let the words be the story. We aren’t cramming videos and photos or a background…

The Seattle Times has won Silver for a holding a community conversation on issues of race, policing and equality. Category: Features: Single-subject project Title: Under our skin: Talk about race Link: https://projects.seattletimes.com/2016/under-our-skin/ Comments: “You have the video — but you have a way to curate through the tags the kind of video. Instead of curating words, you’re curating video. It…

The New York Times won Silver for a photojournalist’s look at the brutal antidrug campaign in the Philippines. Category: Features: Single-subject project Title: “They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals” Link: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/07/world/asia/rodrigo-duterte-philippines-drugs-killings.html Comments: “For one, it’s great that they pull in Google Maps. I was kind of surprised by that choice — because they do so much mapping — but nobody…