In the 38 years of the SND Best of News Design Creative Competition, judges have awarded a Best in Show on 22 occasions. There were three recipients in the first year and multiple recipients in three other years.
38th Edition
The New York Times, For its photo essay, “They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals”
37th Edition
The New York Times, For its multiplatform project, “The Displaced”
36th Edition
The Plain Dealer, For Andrea Levy’s OpinionArt visual column
35th Edition
National Geographic, For its use of multiplatform storytelling
34th Edition
No award given
33rd Edition
Svenska Dagbladet, For coverage of an extremist’s attacks in Oslo and Utoya
32nd Edition
No award given
31st Edition
No award given
30th Edition
No award given
29th Edition
No award given
28th Edition
No award given
27th Edition
No award given
26th Edition
No award given
25th Edition
No award given
24th Edition
No award given
23rd Edition
The New York Times, For its use of infographics in coverage of Sept. 11
22nd Edition
The Newark Star-Ledger, For its photo essay, “After the Fire”
21st Edition
No award given
20th Edition
El Mundo Supplements, For its constant level of creativity
19th Edition
El Mundo Metropoli, For its stunning weekly reconceptualization
18th Edition
The Scotsman, For its coverage of the Dunblane Primary School Tragedy
17th Edition
El Pais de las Tentaciones, For its use of typography
16th Edition
No award given
15th Edition
Le Devoir, For its redesign
Philadelphia Inquirer, For the picture story, “American Dreamers”
14th Edition
The Miami Herald, For its coverage of Hurricane Andrew
13th Edition
The Washington Times, For its Arts sections
The New York Times Magazine, For photojournalism
12th Edition
No award given
11th Edition
No award given
10th Edition
No award given
9th Edition
The Washington Times, For one designer’s illustration and design work
8th Edition
No award given
7th Edition
No award given
6th Edition
No award given
5th Edition
No award given
4th Edition
No award given
3rd Edition
No award given
2nd Edition
Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune, For its overall body of work
Boston Globe Magazine, For one designer’s cover design work
1st Edition
The Financial Post, For its overall design
The Chicago Sun-Times, For its overall design
LI magazine (Newsday), For its overall design