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Best of Digital Design

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The Society for News Design’s Best of Digital Design is a juried competition honoring visual and technical excellence in storytelling, graphics, social media and product design. We have released a comprehensive database of past winners, with entry links, through AirTable.  Use the filter and sort functions to view awards by year, publication or category.

SND is in the process of collating 40 years of the print competition database into a filterable Airtable file. We will post this file when it is available.

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Digital Best in Show winners (Creative Conference Calls)

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An overview of the winners from SND44

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The Society for News Design is proud to announce the results of the 44th edition of its Best of News Design competition. This year, 47 judges from seven countries came to New York City to review more than 4,500 print and digital entries. This year, for the first time ever, print and digital judging happened…

The New York Times, DIE ZEIT and Reuters named World’s Best Designed in Digital and Print News Design Competitions

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SND is proud to announce the three winners of World’s Best Designed in its Digital and Print News Design Competitions: The New York Times, DIE ZEIT and Reuters.  Reuters named World’s Best Designed in the Digital News Design Competition A panel of 20 judges from the Society for News Design’s 44th edition creative competition, the…

Simon Scarr named World’s Best Designer in the Best of Digital News Design Competition

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Simon Scarr was selected by a panel of 20 judges as the World’s Best Designer for his art direction portfolio from Reuters in the Society for News Design’s 44th edition creative competition, the Best of Digital News Design. This is the third year that a designer has been recognized as World’s Best. SND has awarded…

Best in Show winners announced for the 44th Annual Creative Competition

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The Society for News Design is proud to announce the Best in Show winners for its Best of News Design Creative Competitions. This year judges evaluated about 4,500 entries across both competitions and have awarded four stories Best in Show honors. The Best of Digital News Design Competition had over 1,800 entries, and the panel…

Finalists announced for World’s Best Designed in Digital and Print Creative Competitions

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The Society for News Design is proud to announce the finalists for World’s Best Designed in its Digital and Print Best of News Design Creative Competitions. This year, judges evaluated nearly 4,500 entries across both competitions and have narrowed the field down to nine finalists. There are also five finalists for the World’s Best Designer…

44th Best of News Design Judging Underway

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Stay up to date with the latest award-winners and news about the 44th Annual Best of News Design Creative Competition. Forty seven judges flew to New York City from around the world to review nearly 4600 print and digital entries over the course of four days.  Check out our results page, which will have live…

Weekendavisen and de Volkskrant named World’s Best Designed

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After three days of discussion, judges in the Society for News Design’s 42nd Best of Print News Design competition selected two winners as the World’s Best Designed.  From the judges Print is not legacy, but avant-garde: The newspapers who are the 2020 World’s Best recognize that the ubiquity of online content can make print a…

New York Times World's Best

42nd World’s Best Designed – Digital

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0:20/ 0:28 A panel of 21 judges from the Society for News Design’s 42nd edition creative competition, the Best of Digital News Design, has selected The New York Times as the World’s Best-Designed™ Digital News Experience for ongoing trackers of the coronavirus pandemic. Judges noted that the trackers best covered the dominant story of the year, and that keeping just…

Worlds Best Designer

42nd World’s Best Designer – Digital

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0:08/ 0:21 Gabriel Gianordoli, graphics/multimedia editor for The New York Times, was selected by a panel of 21 judges as the World’s Best Designer in the Society for News Design’s 42nd edition creative competition, the Best of Digital News Design. SND has awarded websites, apps, overall experiences and organizations the World’s Best-Designed™ Digital News Experience distinction since 2010, but this…