Archive for February, 2011
SND32: A Summary Report
Monday, February 28th, 2011
In case you haven’t have time to take in all the coverage of this year’s Creative Competition, here’s a breakdown of the results. The official news release is at the bottom of this post: ‘World’s Best-Designed Newspapers™’ i, Lisbon, Portugal, circulation 12,400 Winners: 838 Last Year: 1,101 World’s Best 1 Judges Special Recognition 8 Gold
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Live-stream iPad conference March 7 at Missouri
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Wonder how content is created specially for the iPad? On March 7, the University of Missouri magazine faculty and staff, the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Meredith Corporation will be hosting some innovative magazine professionals to showcase their best practices. Stop by or tune in to the live-stream for sessions with journalists from
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Visualization Challenge announced: Making sense of water issues through data and design
Monday, February 21st, 2011
Visualizing.org, the global open platform for data visualization, and Circle of Blue, the leading news organization reporting global water challenges, issue an ambitious and rapid-fire call to designers, data experts and visualizers to tap into the world’s stream of water data. The international contest, which offers a $5,000 cash prize, challenges cross-disciplinary thinkers and cutting-edge
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32nd Edition searchable database of winners posted
Monday, February 21st, 2011
To view the list of winners from the 32nd annual Best of News Design Creative Competition, click here. More than 800 winners were chosen from a field of more than 10,500 entries. A special thank-you to Syracuse University for playing host to the judging again this year.
SND32: “i” of Portugal named World’s Best-Designed™
Monday, February 14th, 2011
In its 32nd annual The Best of Newspaper Design™ Creative Competition, the Society for News Design has named Portugal’s i newspaper, a daily that launched in 2008, the World’s Best-Designed™ Newspaper.
Epilogue: The judges reflect on the WBD entries
Monday, February 14th, 2011
Now that the winner has been announced, the judges reflect on what they have seen over this long weekend in Syracuse.
VIDEO: Judges’ advice to today’s newspaper designers and editors
Monday, February 14th, 2011
Based on what our judges have seen so far, they give some advice to today’s newspaper designers and editors.
VIDEO: Judges’ overview of The World’s Best-Designed™ Newspaper competition
Monday, February 14th, 2011
After examining through 239 entries, our five international judges share their observations of this year’s World’s Best-Designed™ Newspaper competition. How do they assess the state of the industry? How newspapers present themselves differently based on their part of the world?
World’s Best-Designed™ Newspaper: The judges have decided
Monday, February 14th, 2011
Some debates are getting painful. The judges clearly feel the love for all the finalists, but now they’re taking great care to make the best possible choices.
Apply for 2011 SNDF student travel grants, annual scholarship
Monday, February 14th, 2011
The Society for News Design Foundation announces two opportunities for students to apply for funding of their education — travel grants to the St. Louis workshop and the SNDF Scholarship. St. Louis workshop travel grants SNDF offers students grants to help them attend the Annual Workshop and Exhibition in St. Louis on Sept. 29-Oct. 1.
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VIDEO: Inside the judging process in Syracuse
Sunday, February 13th, 2011
Just how do the judges systematically evaluate all these entries? There’s a well-thought-out process, of course. Kuan Luo from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications here at Syracuse University explains it all.
Live… from Muncie! Meet the Digital Design judges and support staff
Sunday, February 13th, 2011
Ball State University students Megan Capinegro and Becca Dixon interviewed all the the Best of Digital judges today. Stephanie Stamm illustrated their portraits. Find out who’s who … and some interesting fun facts about this year’s jury.
Digital competition judges pushing through Day 2
Saturday, February 12th, 2011
A look behind the scenes on Day 2 There are just over 500 total entries in the revamped SND Best of Digital Design competition. The judges have worked their way through more than half of those already and are grinding through the rest. The bigger categories are behind them, but category 1 — World’s Best-Design
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The long, long trek to Syracuse
Saturday, February 12th, 2011
To make this Best-Designed™ truly a world competition, it was necessary to summon judges from all over the globe. How far did our intrepid judges travel to make here?
Muncie hackfest: SND’s Best of Digital Design
Friday, February 11th, 2011
Welcome to the Society for News Design’s digital competition, live from Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. Ten judges and a bevy of hardworking students have gathered to recognize excellence in design and usability of digital news design, information graphics and photography.
Live streaming: The World’s Best-Designed™ Newspaper competition
Friday, February 11th, 2011
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Live, from Syracuse
The judges in Syracuse are busy poring over entries. Want proof? Check out the judges’ chamber here. That’s your trusty blogger hunched over his laptop in the center.
