To get to know them better, we asked the judges at SND35 Best of News Design™ three questions. Here are all the mini-interviews we conducted during the competition in Syracuse this year.
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3 Questions: Lotta Ek
Lotta Ek is art director at Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm, Sweden’s largest morning newspaper, and is a judge for the 35th Best of News Design™ World’s Best competition. To get to know her better, we asked three questions: You’ve traveled a long way. How do you like Syracuse? It’s beautiful and with all the snow if feels like […]
3 Questions: Greg Branson
Greg Branson is assistant managing editor/presentation and innovation at the Kansas City Star and is a judge on the long-form team for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know him better, we posed three questions: What are your impressions of the entries this year? The good stuff really shines through when you […]
3 Questions: Elizabeth Burr
Elizabeth Burr is senior art director at the San Francisco Chronicle and is a features judge for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know her better, we posed three questions: What has impressed you as a judge? Every year when I see the book, I am really amazed, but being here as […]
3 Questions: Will Alford
Will Alford is a manager/new projects and business development at Cox Media Group and is on the team judging the News category for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know him better, we posed three questions: What’s inspired you while judging? I think in a lot of interesting pages, but I’ve also seen […]
3 Questions: Jason Benavides
Jason Benavides is features designer at the Charlotte Observer, and is judging the Features category for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know him better, we posed three questions: What are your impressions of the work you’ve seen while judging Features? I’m very impressed. Even the ones that don’t make the Award […]
3 Questions: Fabián Cárdenas
Fabián Cárdenas is the art director for El Heraldo in Barranquilla, Colombia, and is World’s Best-Designed™ Newspaper competition judge at SND35. To get to know him better, we posed three questions: What was your takeaway from being a judge? A wonderful experience and having a different perspective about the world of newspaper design. Do you […]
3 Questions: Frank Mina
Frank Mina is AME/Presentation at the San Francisco Chronicle and is a judge for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know him better, we posed three (or maybe three-and-a-half) questions: What advice would you give to designers entering the competition in the future? Editing your pieces so that the entry works as […]
3 Questions: Stephen Case
Stephen Case is art director of the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong and is a Visuals judge for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know him better, we posed three questions: Are you glad you’ve traveled so far to help out with judging SND35? To be honest, when I first […]
3 Questions: Kristin Lenz
Kristin Lenz is art director of Inc. magazine and is judging long-form entries for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know her better, we posed three questions: What advice to you have for anyone entering this contest in the future? Edit yourself much more harshly. A lot of things that we haven’t […]
3 Questions: Jennifer Daniel
Jennifer Daniel is a visual journalist at the New York Times and is judging the Visuals category for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know her better, we posed three questions: This is your first time judging the competition. How are you enjoying being a judge? There are a lot of publications […]
3 Questions: Rich Boudet
Rich Boudet is Sunday sports editor at the Seattle Times, and is on the team judging the News entries for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know him better, we posed three questions: Have you spotted any design trends? Vector illustrations and circle graphics, lots of circle graphics. Do you have advice […]
3 Questions: Ying Wu
Ying Wu is assistant professor/design editor at the University of Missouri, and is a judge for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know her better, we posed three questions: You were a judge in the digital competition, but this is the first time you’ve judged the print competition. What’s been the most […]
3 Questions: Tricia Reinhold
Tricia Reinhold is creative director at the Gannett Phoenix Design Studio, and is judging Features for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know her better, we posed three questions: What design trends have you found while judging? Small, precise color palettes. Whether the colors are one or two strong, saturated primaries or […]
3 Questions: Douglas Okasaki
Douglas Okasaki is senior designer at Gulf News, and is on the team judging the News category for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know him better, we posed three questions: What was your takeaway from being a judge? I felt a certain sense of responsibility of being fair with the entries. […]
3 Questions: Peter Nguyen
Peter Nguyen is design director at U-T San Diego, and is judging the World’s Best-Designed™ Newspaper for the 35th Best of News Design™ competition. To get to know him better, we posed three questions: What was your takeaway from being a judge? That there’s an amazing amount of intelligent, beautiful work being done that we’d all […]