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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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BEST IN SHOW COMPOSITE

42nd Best in Show – Digital

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A group of 21 judges from around the world selected three stories from small, medium and large newsrooms for Best in Show honors in the Society for News Design’s 42 edition creative competition, the Best of Digital News Design. The Best in Show winners are: Large organization: “Who gets to breathe clean air in New Delhi”…

2020 Medals – Digital

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Unanimously voted upon entries were eligible for bronze, silver, and gold medals. These entries push the boundaries of design and technology and represent the cutting edge of the news design industry. Below are gold, silver and bronze medalists from the 2020 competition. Gold Medals: 12 1b. Story page design — International The New York Times | Who Gets…

SND 41st Best of News Design Database Now Available

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The world continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic and, like many organizations, the Society for News Design has had to be somewhat fluid with plans to announce the winners for our competitions.  Best of News Design Creative Competition Database The Society for News Design’s Best of News Design Creative Competition, held earlier this year,…

SND41 judging ends with Washington Post Best in Show

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The 41st Best of News Design Creative Competition awarded 13 gold medals, 61 silver medals, two judges’ special recognition, and 920 awards of excellence after three days of judging at the Coliseum in St. Petersburg. After reviewing nearly 4,000 entries, all 22 judges gathered to discuss the gold medal winners to decide whether to elevate…

2019 World’s Best-Designed™ – Digital

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The Washington Post won “World’s Best-Designed™ Digital News Experience” in the SND “Best of Digital Design™” competition. “The newsroom’s approach to visual storytelling is not trapped inside the formats imposed upon our industry by huge platforms but stretches design boundaries and uses new technologies to tell compelling, important stories,” wrote the judges in the digital competition. The…

2019 Results – Digital

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The Society for News Design is proud to announce the results of the 41st edition of its Best of Digital Design competition. The 14 judges from across the United States and around the globe reviewed a record 1,315 entries during three days of judging Georgetown’s School of Continuing Studies campus in Washington, D.C. More than…

2019 Results by Organization – Digital

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More than 75 publications were recognized for work from 2019 in the Society of News Design’s Best of Digital Design Competition. Here’s a breakdown. Use the filter and sort functions to view by award or publication. Click to expand the cards on mobile to view a full awards summary. Note: Awards totals may not match overall contest results because some entries…

2019 Best in Show and Medal Winners – Digital

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For three days, judges from around the world secluded themselves in the basement of a downtown D.C. building with thousands of digital entries, coffee and a shocking amount of snacks. Judges held discussions within their groups about whether a submission was worth any medal above an Award of Excellence. A nice, polished piece might have…

SND40 judging closes with National Geographic Best in Show

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The 40th Best of News Design Creative Competition awarded 16 gold medals, 40 silver medals, three judges’ special recognition, and 819 awards of excellence after three days of judging at the Coliseum in St. Petersburg. After reviewing 4,831 entries, all 22 judges gathered to discuss the gold medal winners to decide whether to elevate one to…

2018 World’s Best-Designed™ – Digital

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Reuters was announced as the World’s Best-Designed™ winner at The Society’s annual workshop in Chicago in April. Finalists: The Globe and Mail (Canada), The Lily (United States), The Marshall Project (United States), The New York Times (United States), The Pudding (United States).