The annual SND Best of News Design competition brought 27 professionals to St. Petersburg to judge the best work of 2016. The judges are broken into five groups — news, features, long form, visuals, and World’s Best. There are also two conflict judges.
News
- Wayne Kamidoi, Art Director, New York Times
- Ben Vankat, Omaha.com editor, Omaha World-Herald
- Malin Shultz, Art Director, Die Zeit
- Jane Martin, Creative Director, janemartindesign.com
- Steve Cavendish, Editor, Nashville Scene
Features
- Live Ajse, Graphic designer, Politiken
- Nicola Hamilton, Deputy Art Director, Chatelaine
- Bethany Bickley, Creative Director, Pacific Business News
- Christopher Meighan, Director, Emerging News Products, The Washington Post
- Chrissy Dunleavy, Design Director, TIME Magazine
Long Form
- Fabio Marra, Designer and consultant for visual journalism
- Derek Simmons, Assistant Managing Editor for Visuals, Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Luke Knox, Associate Art Director/ESPN.com, ESPN The Magazine
- Bill Gaspard, Design Director, China Daily
- Jennifer Wright, Senior Designer, Tampa Bay Times
Visuals
- Raoul Ranoa, Senior Artist Data Visualization, Los Angeles Times
- Fernando Baptista, Senior Graphics Editor, National Geographic
- Andrea Levy, Editorial Artist, Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Cathaleen Curtiss, Director of Photography, Buffalo News
- Rich Boudet, Sunday Sports Editor, Seattle Times
Conflict Judges
- Melissa Angle, Senior manager for content + audience, Fans 1st Media
- Jen Cieslak, Enterprise Design Specialist, Advance Digital newspapers
World’s Best
- Anna Thurfjell, Creative Director and owner, Anna Thurfjell Design
- Jon Hill, Creative Director, Telegraph Media Group
- Tiffany Grandstaff, Director of Communications, University Library, UC Berkeley
- David Kordalski, Creative Director, Crain’s Cleveland Business and Crain’s Detroit Business
- Timothy Reck, Director of Digital Development, The Hartford Courant
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