Archive for the ‘Competitions’ Category
Live from Pamplona, Spain: Malofiej 20 Infographics World Summit
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Pamplona, Spain is once again playing host to Malofiej, the world’s top gathering and competition for infographics. This is Malofiej’s 20th year, a significant milestone. For the past few days, a jury of 21 leaders of the craft have judged entries from all over the world and chosen winners which will be announced Friday.
_ Talking graphics: How El Mundo covered the financial crisis.
_ SND’s Year-Long Conversation
_Coverage of SND’s other competitions
Student SND contest coming up
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
The Student Society for News Design contest, hosted by the University of Missouri chapter, is approaching. The deadline is April 9, with judging on April 16. Entries need to have been published between March 16, 2011, and March 15, 2012. We’ve added a couple of categories this year: Infographics portfolio of the year Multimedia/digital designer
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Full winners list: SND Best of Digital Design
Monday, March 5th, 2012
A team of top journalists met last month at Ball State to chose the winners in SND’s Best of Digital News Design competition. They came from Madrid, New York, St. Louis, Toronto, London, Washington DC and Chicago. Meet the judges here. The judges pored over nearly 500 entries including overall design, data projects, breaking news,
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Joey Marburger on the Washington Post’s new Politics App
Monday, March 5th, 2012
Last week, The Washington Post launched an iPad app that aggregates all of the Post’s political content into a one-stop-politics-shop, good for your average reader and for the most voracious political junkie. But this app is much more than an aggregator. There are videos, maps, visual representations of the candidates positions and how they’ve shifted over
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SND33 cover competition: Design the next SND book cover
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
Judges from across the globe met last month in Syracuse and Muncie. They poured over more than 1,600 print and digital entries. Now as the winners are assembled in SND’s Annual Best of News Design book, here’s one last chance to get your work in there.
On the cover.
Submit your cover design by March 21. We’ll post the entrants here and give you a chance to vote on your favorite. The winning design will grace the cover of SND33. Details on the jump.
_ Searchable database of the winners.
_ Coverage of the competitions.
_ The World’s Best Designed Newspapers
Back in Muncie! Meet SND33 Digital Design judges
Saturday, February 25th, 2012
Northwestern University students Rebecca Lai and Hilary Fung asked the Best of Digital judges a few questions in their spare time. Stephanie Stamm illustrated their portraits once again.
SND33: Live in Muncie, Best of Digital Design judging begins
Friday, February 24th, 2012
Welcome to the Society for News Design’s digital competition, live from Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. Thirteen judges and a bevy of hardworking students have gathered to recognize excellence in design and usability of digital news design, information graphics and photography. We’ll take a closer look at the judges later this weekend, but here’s
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Awards database is now live!
Friday, February 17th, 2012
Go to http://www.snd.org/competition/contest33.lasso for a searchable database of all the winners in the 33rd Annual Best of News Design Creative Competition.
VIDEO: The process, pitch and case for Svenska Dagbladet’s Best in Show
Friday, February 17th, 2012
A behind-the-scenes look at SND33′s Best in Show judges’ deliberation and final vote. Watch as judges explain their support for Svenska Dagbladet’s gold-winning entry about the Norway attacks, and the campaign for it to receive the first SND Best in Show in a decade.
Winners database: Search all the winners from SND33
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.
