Archive for the ‘Best of News Design’ Category
SND33 Best in Show: Svenska Dagbladet’s breaking news coverage of Norway attacks
Monday, February 6th, 2012
UPDATE: Check out a PDF of the Best in Show pages from Svenska Dagbladet.
For the first time since 2002, the judges of SND’s annual creative competition selected a Best in Show: Svenksa Dagbladet‘s breaking news coverage of the July 2011 Norway attacks.
The 16 pages from the Stockholm, Sweden, paper combine stunning photography, engrossing information graphics, sharp typography, brilliant pacing and page architecture in a piece of journalism that answers every question a reader might have about the attack in which 77 people were killed in Oslo and a nearby island.
SND33: Tallying the winners (UNOFFICIAL RESULTS)
Monday, February 6th, 2012
After three very long days of judging at Syracuse University (the 23rd time it has been hosted here), general judging of the Best of News Design™ print competition is now complete. Here’s a look at SND33 by the numbers.
Sixth Gold medal: Bloomberg Businessweek’s Steve Jobs photo timeline
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Bloomberg Businessweek has won a gold medal for its cover story after Steve Jobs’ death. The entry starts on the cover and runs for several spreads.
SND33: Winner-tracker™
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Judging is under way in surprisingly snowless Syracuse, NY, in the Society for News Design’s annual competition. The team of judges come from all over the world: Hong Kong, London, Buenos Aires, Bloomington, Indiana. Stay tuned to this page for updates all weekend long. We’ll capture trends and quotes, meet the people, look at the pages, and we’ll give you a sample of some of the competition winners.
The judging will last until Monday evening as judges sort through 10,131 entries, just about as many as last year.
Check here for coverage of SND33 all weekend.
SND33: Graphics slideshow
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Some interesting pages on the tables of Syracuse for the graphics judging. These are not necessarily winners but are a great representation of wonderful work entered in The Society for News Design’s competition.
Angle named 34th edition coordinator; Smith to chair 35th
Monday, February 6th, 2012
After the regular updates were given about how this year’s competition is proceeding, and instructions were given for the afternoon, we were treated to a bit of breaking news during today’s lunch break. SND competition director C. Marshall Matlock announced that Melissa Angle will be the coordinator for the Society’s 34th edition in 2013. He
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Fifth Gold medal: Illustration portfolio from Pablo Bernasconi of La Nacion
Monday, February 6th, 2012
The features team has awarded a gold medal for illustration portfolio to Pablo Bernasconi of La Nacion in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
SND33: Magazine design slideshow
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Some interesting pages on the tables of Syracuse for the magazine design judging. These are not necessarily winners but are a great representation of wonderful work entered in The Society for News Design’s competition.
VIDEO: The discussion and judging process behind SND33′s first gold medal
Monday, February 6th, 2012
The first gold medal of SND33 was awarded by the news team on Sunday morning in the business page design category. The Washington Post page features an alternative story form with the headline “Tablet shopping: Who’s been nice?” In this video, judges of the news team discuss the page and vote. Judges’ comments: “They took
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SND33: Trends in typography, color and design
Monday, February 6th, 2012
When you take 21 designers from around the world and have them pore over thousands and thousands of pages over three long days, those people start to make observations. Syracuse student Chris Azar pulled a few aside and asked them what trends they had spotted.
SNDCLE: The judges have spoken…
Monday, February 6th, 2012
It’s unanimous: SND CLE will be a winner. Still time to register at the discount rate! SND’s 34th annual workshop, Oct. 11-13, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio.
SND Karaoke: Storified
Monday, February 6th, 2012
They came, they drank, they sang, they raised money to help students… it wasn’t pretty, but it was a lot of fun.
Storify: Comments, reactions to SND33 (aka: #shitfacilitatorssay)
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Collecting the comments from Syracuse University during the competition weekend.
VIDEO: Crutchmer debriefs us on Day 2, forecasts the finish
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
It was a busy day at Syracuse University. SND 33rd edition coordinator Josh Crutchmer from the Minneapolis Star Tribune walks us through how things are proceeding at the competition, shares his reaction to today’s gold medal winners, forecasts how things will wrap up on Day Three — including the process for a revamped Best in Show potential — and even picks a Super Bowl winner.
SND33: Gallery, assorted graphics entries
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Here are some highlights from the graphics categories currently on the tables in Syracuse on Sunday afternoon. These are not necessarily winners, but are great representations of the wonderful work on display at the creative competition.
SND33: Sunday afternoon page slideshow
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Here are some highlights of interesting pages on the tables in Syracuse on Sunday afternoon. These are not necessarily winners, but are great representations of the wonderful work on display at the creative competition.