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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.

Historical Results Post

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2013 Results – Digital

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Entries approached 700 for the 2013 competition year of The Best of Digital Design. Judges gave 243 awards: 2 Gold Medals, 12 Silver Medals, 225 Awards of Excellence, and 4 World’s Best-Designed™ awards. Categories were judged by divisions based on average monthly page views. Awards are listed here by category:Breaking/Daily News [Single-subject project]Breaking/Daily News [Data…

2010 Medal Comments – Digital

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WORLD’S-BEST DESIGNED Sites were nominated by members and nonmembers through the Best of Digital Design entry site, self-nominated via the same site, and from the digital judging teams. i. CNN, News Web Site (CNN.com) CNN.com’s redesign helped defined online journalism last year, experimenting with new and creative approaches to storytelling. The site makes excellent use…

2012 Results – Digital

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In 2012 the Best of Digital Design competition grew to a record 600 entries. Judges gave out 180 awards, including: 5 Gold Medals, 19 Silver Medals, 152 Awards of Excellence, 1 Judges’ Special Recognition, and 3 World’s Best-Designed™ awards. Awards are listed here by category:Breaking/Daily News [Single-subject project]Breaking/Daily News [Data project]Breaking/Daily News [Planned coverage]Breaking/Daily News…

2011 Results – Digital

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The Best of Digital Design competition received 470 entries for the 2011 competition year. Two portfolio categories were introduced: Individual and Organizational, as were categories for Special Events and Continuous Use. Eighty-three awards were given: 2 Gold Medals, 8 Silver Medals, 69 Awards of Excellence, 3 Judges’ Special Recognitions, and 1 World’s Best-Designed™ award. Categories…

2010 RESULTS – digital

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The Society for News Design reinvented its Best of Digital Design competition in 2010, and received more than 500 entries under the new format. Sixty-five awards were given: 1 Gold & Best of Show, 15 Silver Awards, 4 Judges’ Special Recognition, 40 Awards of Excellence, and 5 World’s Best-Designed™ awards. Categories were judged by divisions…

Best of News Design: SND37 World’s Best and Beyond

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The Society for News Design announced two World’s Best-Designed™ newspapers, Die Ziet and The National Post, on Saturday at the #SNDSF closing gala.

Results: The 2015 Best of Digital Design competition

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Approximately 257 entries were given an Award of Excellence, 22 were given a Silver Medal, and 2 were given a Gold Medal.

SND37: Best in Show + Competition Summary

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The New York Times on Monday earned Best in Show at the SND Creative Competition, for its combination print/digital presentation of “The Displaced,” a series of stories highlighting the plight of refugee children around the globe. The package offered striking use of photography in print, and an immersive virtual reality experience. This marks the third…