By Jim Romanesko
poynter.org
Based on a Society for News Design release.
The Society for News Design has selected three newspapers including the German papers der Freitag of Berlin and Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, and The New York Times as the World’s Best-Designed in this year’s “The Best of News Design” Creative Competition.
Meeting at Syracuse University in New York, an international panel of judges selected the papers from among hundreds of entries worldwide. The judges evaluated issues published in 2009.
(What they said about each paper can be found here .)
Overall, judges said they saw “a fascinating mixture of bad news with good. The reality of distress in our business is obvious. There are many signs of reduced resources, including smaller news holes with crowded words, less local news, an abundance of feature stories on the front page, a continued shortage of good photojournalism and more use of stock illustration. An overall feeling of looking a little confused and perhaps a bit stuck, prevails.”
“But wait. The good news is that far from going away or giving up, we saw much earnest effort towards reinvention.”
They said we are now in the age of “the thoughtful designer. Your efforts must be as considered as they are creative. We hope these three papers can serve as sources of inspiration.” The international competition, co-sponsored by SND and Syracuse University¹s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, recognizes excellence in newspaper design, graphics and photography. . . READ FULL STORY
