Archived Posts by Lee Steele
After SND33, 3 judges reflect on what they saw
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
After viewing 230 entries in this year’s World’s Best competition, the judges share their impressions.
Judges pick 5 of the World’s Best-Designed™ Newspapers
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
In its 33rd annual The Best of Newspaper Design™ Creative Competition, the Society for News Design has named five newspapers, representing four countries, the World’s Best-Designed™ Newspaper.
Excelsior, Mexíco City, Mexíco
Cir. 75,000 – 174-999 (Daily)
National Post, Toronto, ON, Canada
Cir. 75,000 – 174-999 (Daily)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Cir. 175,000 & over (Non-Daily)
The Grid, Toronto, ON, Canada
Cir. 25,000 – 74,000 – 74,999 (Non-Daily)
Politiken, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cir. 75,000 – 174-999 (Daily)
World’s Best: The Grid
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
The Grid of Toronto was named one of the World’s Best-Designed Newspapers™ at SND33.
World’s Best: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Germany, was named one of the World’s Best-Designed Newspapers™ at SND33.
World’s Best: National Post
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
The National Post of Toronto, Canada, was chosen one of the five World’s Best-Designed Newspapers™ at SND33.
World’s Best: Excelsior
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
One of five newspapers chosen as World’s Best at SND33 is Excelsior of Mexico City, Mexico
World’s Best: Politiken
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Politiken of Copenhagen, Denmark, was chosen one of the five World’s Best-Designed Newspapers™ at SND33.
Down to the wire: Deciding the World’s Best-Designed Newspaper™
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
The judged have spent four days leafing through newspaper pages sent in from all over the world. From 230 entries, we were left with a final 12. Of those, any number could be declared World’s Best-Designed Newspaper™. A decision is near.
Click the headline for a timeline of events at SND 33 World’s Best judging. Pus, stay tuned for the judges’ overall reactions to the entries, and learn what tripped up some newspapers who entered the competition with the best of intentions.
What the judges are saying at SND33
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
Overheard in the Waverly Room, some observations from the judges as they choose their favorites and eliminate others.
SND33: Behind the scenes of Svenska Dagbladet’s Best in Show coverage
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
The terror attack against Norway and the shootings on the island Utøya was an enormous tragedy. At the same time it put the news media under very high pressure. However it is necessary to focus and to have a plan when you present news. That is the most important task for a newspaper.
What follows is how we covered the story.
UPDATE:Photos from the announcement at SvD, and a full list of the SvD team that worked on the project on the jump
Check out coverage of SND33 here
Enter SND’s Best of Digital Design here
Nominate a site or app to be World’s Best here
Boston Globe hosts Ink No. 3
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
The design journal Ink, which was first produced in Denver at SND’s 2010 Workshop, and then in Detroit in January 2011, is getting ready for its third issue. This time, The Boston Globe is hosting the traveling collaboration. Ink writes about the people and culture of print, and in the process allows designers, illustrators, photographers
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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.
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.
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.
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?
