Past issues
Category: Featured
Weekendavisen and de Volkskrant named World’s Best Designed
After three days of discussion, judges in the Society for News Design’s 42nd Best of Print News Design competition selected two winners as the World’s Best Designed. From the judges Print is not legacy, but avant-garde: The newspapers who are the 2020 World’s Best recognize that the ubiquity of online content can make print a […]
Introducing Our New Monthly Series: Creative Conference Calls
The SND Creative Competitions have both concluded for the year, and while it is unlikely that The Society will gather for our annual conference in-person this year, we are still excited to bring our members and community together and highlight some amazing speakers and showcase their award-winning work. In fact, we hope to do this […]
SND42 judges select five finalists for World’s Best Designed Newspaper
After three days of discussion, judges in the Society for News Design’s Best of Print News Design competition have selected five finalists in the World’s Best Designed category. Judges’ statement In 2020, a global pandemic forced our collaborative process onto computer video cameras, in disparate locations, to report a torrent of news. And it inspired […]
Help us design SND’s future
We’re at a pivotal point in SND. As we seek to identify a more viable model for the organization, we need your input. A team of SND members has put together a survey to solicit input on the organization’s evolution. Ongoing industry challenges and a year of lockdown have compounded a decade of difficulties in […]
Get involved with SND by volunteering for a committee
This is a regularly updating post of ongoing volunteer opportunities To put on regular events and keep our organization running, we rely on the volunteer efforts of busy people. If you’re interested in any of these roles, email [email protected] or [email protected] You don’t have to be an SND member to volunteer. Events Committee Work with […]
Add these to your calendar: Upcoming events
This is a regularly updating post of upcoming events. Portfolio reviews: May 8 at 12 p.m. CT; Free for members Virtual Creative Conference Calls: Meet the Makers of Best In Show (May 19), Free to SND Members; $10 non-members Virtual Creative Conference Calls: TOPIC TBD (June 16), Free to SND Members; $10 non-members SND Quarterly Business Meetings: […]
Imprisoned journalist Fevzi Yazici receives SND Awards of Excellence
Imprisoned journalist Fevzi Yazici won a pair of Awards of Excellence from the Society for News Design’s 42nd Best of Print News Design Creative Competition. Yazici’s artwork from his prison cell in Turkey was featured across a three-page spread titled “Art of Darkness” published in The Washington Post in May. Yazici, the former Design Director […]
SND42 judging has started
The Society for News Design’s 42nd Best of Print News Design Creative Competition judging is underway, and will run through Sunday, April 18. This year the judges will be looking at more than 3,200 entries across newspapers, magazines, graphics, photography and illustration. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram throughout the weekend to see medal winner […]
Happy birthday, Robert Lockwood!
Please help us celebrate SND’s first president, Robert Lockwood, as he celebrates his 85th birthday.
Enjoy the 2020-2021 COVID-19 Cartoon Showcase
On February 1, 2021 the Society for News Design and the Danish newspaper Politiken invited news cartoonists from all over the world to answer the following question: In the year since WHO declared the virus a global pandemic (March 11, 2020), how have you portrayed the pandemic with wit and art? 113 cartoonists from 44 […]
Remembering C. Marshall Matlock
Veteran journalism educator and indefatigable SND volunteer C. Marshall Matlock died Nov. 28, 2020. As a professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University for the majority of his career, he taught and guided generations of journalists.
Volunteer at the 42nd Best of Print News Design competition
If you’ve been looking for an opportunity to get involved with SND, or to spend a weekend with 60 of the best visual minds in the business, this is your chance. SND will need about 30 professional volunteers in April to assist with the 42nd annual Best of Print News Design Creative Competition judging. Judging […]
World’s Best-Designed™, World’s Best Designer, Best in Show announced for Digital News Design competition
The New York Times named World’s Best-Designed™ in SND digital news contest A panel of 21 judges from the Society for News Design’s 42nd edition creative competition, the Best of Digital News Design, has selected The New York Times as the World’s Best-Designed™ Digital News Experience for ongoing trackers of the coronavirus pandemic. Judges noted […]
SND 42 Best of Digital News Design live results
Judging for SND’s Best of Digital Design competition is Feb. 25-27. Winners will be announced throughout the weekend. Check this post regularly for updates on medal winners and award tallies. Full results can be found at snd.org/bodd, and make sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram to see silver and gold medal winners along […]
Register to Attend the SND Business Meeting, Feb. 25
SND will hold the SND Business Meeting virtually on Thursday, February 25, at 12 p.m. (CT). This meeting is your opportunity as members to hear from SND officers on various aspects of the organization, as well as ask questions. We hope you will join us and share your thoughts and goals for SND. You must […]