The Digital Design Competition Committee is selecting judges and updating categories. Watch for live medal results from DC the weekend of Feb. 6-8; World’s Best will be announced by the 2020 SND Workshop. Entries must be submitted here by Friday, January 24, 2020 at 11:30 p.m.
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World’s Best winners in print and digital honored at SND41 opening reception
The Society for News Design announced three World’s Best-Designed™ Newspapers — La Nación (Argentina), The Sunday Times (United Kingdom) and The New York Times (United States) — and one World’s Best-Designed™ winner from the digital design competition — Reuters — at the opening reception of its 41st annual workshop.
Building a system and a style guide at The Marshall Project
Winning SND’s World’s Best™ is no easy task and according to this year’s judges, “The Marshall Project has nailed every. Single. Thing.” That’s high praise. And consider this — The Marshall Project, a non-profit news organization, launched less than two years ago in late 2014. The design/product team of managing editor Gabriel Dance, director of […]
SND Digital: Marshall Project, Quartz judged World’s Best
The Society for News Design announced two World’s Best-Designed™ news websites, Marshall Project and Quartz on Saturday at the #SNDSF closing gala.
The Best of News Design 36 for iPad and iPhone
For the first time, the Society for News Design has released a digital version of The Best of News Design annual book for iPad and iPhone. Created by Douglas Okasaki, SND vice-president, the ebook is a completely new experience.
SND Digital: Five short-listed for World’s Best
Digital design cues change every day as new ways to experience the news crowd the landscape. Time is the variable that has not changed, which makes it more precious than ever. With that in mind: What are the signposts for success? And to what standards should we aspire? Here are five that stood apart as […]
Results: The 2015 Best of Digital Design competition
Approximately 257 entries were given an Award of Excellence, 22 were given a Silver Medal, and 2 were given a Gold Medal.
SND Digital: Silver to Wall Street Journal for ‘Demographic Destiny’
What the judges said: “The different assets use a variety of technology, and it all has a purpose. They didn’t just do 360 video, they annotated what is in NYC. The way they approached the navigation and thought about the packages is really interesting.”
SND Digital: Silver to NY Times for ‘A New Whitney’
What the judges said: “The animations were focused in such a way that it gave you a sense of place. They work beautifully on mobile, and are really tightly edited.”
What I’ve learned as a print designer at SND digital
SND.org editor Courtney Kan shares what she learned about the Best of Digital Design competition.
SND Digital: Silver to LA Times for San Bernardino coverage
What the judges said: “You never get down the rabbit hole. This entry has a great mix of media types on deadline. It’s really elegant with nice attention to details, purposeful editing, and thoughtful integration of multimedia.”
On naming Facebook the World’s Best-Designed™ news website
[Editor’s Note: On April 11, the Society for News Design announced Facebook was named World’s Best-Designed™ news website at its Best of Digital Design competition. Reaction was wide ranging — but mostly critical — and left many in the digital journalism community looking for insight into the process and rationale for the award. Naming Facebook the […]
Danny DeBelius of NPR wins Gold in Individual Portfolio
Judges awarded a gold medal to Danny DeBelius of NPR for his portfolio. See his work here:
Judges Award Amanda Cox of the New York Times a Silver Medal for Individual Portfolio
Amanda Cox has been awarded a silver medal in the Individual Portfolio category at SND Digital’s Best of News Design.
Los Angeles Times Wins Silver Medal in Features, Single Subject
“The thing we didn’t see enough of that this thing did successfully is create a community around the project… not only did they create community around it, but they tapped into that thing that makes you want to share.”
‘Treatment Tracker’ wins silver medal for ProPublica
ProPublica has won a silver medal in the Information Graphics, Planned Coverage category for its piece “Treatment Tracker.”