2008 COLLEGE NEWS DESIGN CONTEST

Print and online judging are complete in the online, daily and non-daily divisions. Thanks to everyone entered.

We blogged at ssnd.wordpress.com. There, you can read anecdotes and observations about the judging and see photos of the action.

ARE YOU A WINNER? Add an image of your page to our flickr site. The login: ssnd.missouri@yahoo.com. The password: design. Add it to either the daily or non-daily set, tagged with your name and the category.

The College News Design Contest, sponsored by the Society for News Design, is held each year at the University of Missouri's School of Journalism.

Questions? E-mail Joy Mayer (mayerj@missouri.edu).


ONLINE WINNERS

[ school | paper | url ]

  • WEB SITE
    • FIRST PLACE: Staff
      [ Penn State University | The Daily Collegian ]
      Judges' comments: Smart placement of (large) image gallery above the fold. Its mixture of features (as opposed to the rotation of top stories in the various sections) makes much more sense than other uses of similar tools. Unlike others I saw, I encountered no browser errors with any of the dhtml components (image gallery, drop-down menus). The different components are tied together with uniform color scheme and typography. While article pages feature a good number of ads, it never overwhelms editorial content. Specific attention was paid to the section-level pages. The design of each (most notably opinion) is specifically tailored to the content as opposed to a one-size-fits-all approach.
    • SECOND PLACE: Bryant Chan
      [ New York University | Washington Square News ]
  • INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC
    • FIRST PLACE: Tyson Anderson
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | Spelling Bee ]
      Great use of the format. It engages the user in an interactive way where information is traveling in two directions. The execution is simple and clear, requiring almost no explanation.
    • SECOND PLACE: Tyson Anderson
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | Election Results ]
  • MULTIMEDIA SLIDESHOW
    • No winners.
      Judges' comments: On slideshows we wanted a compelling story that takes advantage of the format through audio and visuals. We saw quite a few that looked like newspaper approaches shoe-horned into Flash. A winning entrant would have well-edited audio that combines elements of interviews, narration and atmospheric sound. The visuals should compliment and enhance the audio without being redundant. Technically, we were agnostic about whether students used a solution like SoundSlides or created their own Flash package. If students decide to use a Flash route: user interface, navigation and file size are all important elements.

DAILY WINNERS

[ school | paper | title ]

  • NEWS | COVER
    • FIRST PLACE: Kate LaRue
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "Murky Waters" ]
    • SECOND PLACE: Kate LaRue
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "Food Supplement" ]
    • THIRD PLACE: Victoria Millner
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "Mizzou" ]
    • HONORABLE MENTIONS
    • Jay Carlson
      [ University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Daily Nebraskan | "Bloodshed" ]
    • Kate LaRue
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "Tour of Missouri" ]
    • Julie Wyatt
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "This could be your route" ]
    • Sahar Vahidi
      [ Syracuse University | The Daily Orange | "A New Age of Elections" ]
  • NEWS | INSIDE
    • No winners.
  • FEATURES (ONE PAGE OR SPREAD)
    • FIRST PLACE: Rebecca Bierig
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "Come on, FIT!" ]
    • SECOND PLACE: Meera Nagarajan
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "Dance" ]
    • THIRD PLACE: Jay Carlson
      [ University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Daily Nebraskan | "Finding the write scene" ]
    • HONORABLE MENTIONS
    • Philip Prouhet
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "Yep. That's a photograph." ]
    • Rebecca Bierig
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "Homemakers" ]
    • Stephanie Guigou
      [ Bowling Green State University | The Bowling Green News | "Our professors out of the classroom, even in the grocery" ]
  • SPORTS | NEWS (ONE PAGE OR SPREAD)
    • FIRST PLACE: Kristen Huth
      [ Penn State University | The Daily Collegian | "Evolution of a Team" ]
    • SECOND PLACE: Mark Koenig
      [ Indiana University | Indiana Daily Student | "Who will IU basketball turn to next?" ]
    • HONORABLE MENTIONS
    • Bridget O'Donnell
      [ University of Michigan | Michigan Daily | "A-Head of State" ]
    • Hannah Fessler
      [ Syracuse University | The Daily Orange | "A New Life" ]
  • SPORTS | FEATURE (ONE PAGE OR SPREAD)
    • FIRST PLACE: Mark Koenig
      [ Indiana University | Indiana Daily Student | "Return of the Big Man" ]
    • SECOND PLACE: Brady Pothoff, Luren Case, Jay Carlson
      [ University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Daily Nebraskan | "That's so Maric" ]
    • THIRD PLACE: Bridget O'Donnell
      [ University of Michigan | The Michigan Daily | "Going Bowling" ]
  • PHOTOS | ONE PAGE OR ONE SPREAD
    • No winners.
  • EDITORIAL OR COMMENT
    • No winners.
  • SPECIAL SECTION OR MAGAZINE | OVERALL
    • FIRST PLACE: Victoria Millner, Matt Harris
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "Season to Remember" ]
    • SECOND PLACE: Amanda Wilson, Christine Chan, Lindsey Douthit, Emily Freeman, Meredith Purcell
      [ University of Missouri | Vox | "Elements of Power" ]
    • THIRD PLACE: Andrea Guinn, Taryn Wood, Rebecca Bierig, Becky Sternberg
      [ University of Missouri | Vox | "Anywhere but here" ]
    • HONORABLE MENTION: Lesley Conroy
      [ Syracuse University | The Daily Orange | "Return to Glory" ]
  • MAGAZINE SPREAD DESIGN
    • FIRST PLACE: Melissa Martinson
      [ University of Missouri | Adelante | "Are you ready for Lucha?" ]
    • SECOND PLACE: Andrea Molina
      [ University of Missouri | Vox | "Identity Crisis" ]
    • THIRD PLACE: Christine Chan
      [ University of Missouri | Vox | "Fall preview 2007" ]
    • HONORABLE MENTION: Kate LaRue
      [ University of Missouri | Vox | "Ethanol = energy" ]
  • MAGAZINE OR SPECIAL SECTION | COVER
    • FIRST PLACE: Kristin Kellogg
      [ University of Missouri | Vox | "Thirty under thirty" ]
    • SECOND PLACE: Kate LaRue
      [ University of Missouri | Vox | "Summer of love"]
    • THIRD PLACE: Kirby Moore and Joshua A. Bickel
      [ University of Missouri | Vox | "Building bleu"]
    • HONORABLE MENTIONS
    • Kate LaRue
      [ University of Missouri | Vox | "Ethanol"]
    • Maggie Voss
      [ University of Iowa | The Daily Iowan | "Pottering Towards Bethlehem" ]
    • Christine Chan
      [ University of Missouri | Vox | "Down to the Roots"]
    • Jay Carlson
      [ University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Daily Nebraskan | Covers of "Tangled Web," "Left Behind," "Teaching Tech, Mind Game" ]
  • MULTI-PAGE STORY PACKAGE | NEWS OR SPORTS
    • FIRST PLACE: Kate LaRue
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "Current Woes" ]
    • SECOND PLACE: Victoria Millner
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "Designing Education" ]
    • THIRD PLACE: Darla Cameron
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "The Questions of Diversity" ]
    • HONORABLE MENTION: Darla Cameron
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "Be it to Escape or Learn" ]
  • MULTI-PAGE STORY PACKAGE | FEATURES
    • FIRST PLACE: Christine Chan
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "In Your Face" ]
    • SECOND PLACE: Andrea Guinn, Taryn Wood, Becky Sternberg, Becky Bierig
      [ University of Missouri | Vox | "Anywhere But Here" ]
    • THIRD PLACE: Kate LaRue
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "Roll In" ]
  • INFORMATION GRAPHICS
    • FIRST PLACE: Darla Cameron
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "When a Thief Takes the Bait" ]
    • SECOND PLACE: Alison Fonte, Alex Lowe, Lindsey Terschluse, Bryan Wendell
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "Halloween Handbook" ]
    • THIRD PLACE: Darla Cameron, Francisco Fisher
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "Bad driving weather" ]
    • HONORABLE MENTIONS
    • Ky Lewis
      [ Texas Christian University | Image | "Agenda (1.1 million)"]
    • Kevin Quealy
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "Connecting Columbia"]
    • Stephanie Guigou
      [ Bowling Green State University | Bowling Green News | "Who knows your digits?"]
  • NEWSPAPER | OVERALL
    • FIRST PLACE Staff
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian ]
    • SECOND PLACE Staff
      [ Syracuse University | The Daily Orange ]
  • ILLUSTRATION
    • FIRST PLACE: Dylan Salisbury
      [ University of Iowa | The Daily Iowan | "Have yourself a merry..." ]
    • SECOND PLACE: Dylan Salisbury
      [ University of Iowa | The Daily Iowan | "Gimme Cover" ]
    • THIRD PLACE: Kaitlin Kuhl
      [ University of Missouri | Vox | "Lights, Camera, Travel" ]
  • REDESIGN
    • FIRST PLACE: Spencer Holladay, Phillip Scott Seligman
      [ Arizona State University | The State Press Magazine ]
  • OVERALL USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
    • FIRST PLACE: Staff
      [ University of Missouri | Columbia Missourian | "36 Hours in Columbia" ]
  • COVERAGE OF VIRGINIA TECH
    • No winners.
  • COVERAGE OF CAMPUS ELECTIONS
    • No winners.
  • DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
    • FIRST PLACE: Kate LaRue
      University of Missouri
      Columbia Missourian
      Kate LaRue wins one of the $750 travel grants to the annual SND workshop Sept. 7-9, 2008, in Las Vegas.
    • SECOND PLACE: Mark Koenig
      Indiana University
      Indiana Daily Student
    • THIRD PLACE: Victoria Millner
      University of Missouri
      Columbia Missourian
    • HONORABLE MENTION: Christine Chan
      University of Missouri
      Vox

NON-DAILY WINNERS (PRELIMINARY RESULTS)

[ school | paper | title ]

  • NEWS | COVER
    • FIRST PLACE: Will Wooten
      [ University of Miami | Miami Hurricane | "Do Not Rush" ]
    • SECOND PLACE: Will Wooten
      [ University of Miami | Miami Hurricane | "Burrito" ]
    • HONORABLE MENTIONS
    • Will Wooten
      [ University of Miami | Miami Hurricane | "Blackout" ]
    • Will Wooten
      [ University of Miami | Miami Hurricane | "Fishing for fun" ]
  • NEWS | INSIDE
    • HONORABLE MENTION: Matthew Cole
      [ Savannah College of Art and Design | District | "Eichberg Hall undergoes renovation" ]
  • FEATURES (ONE PAGE OR ONE SPREAD)
    • FIRST PLACE: Basor Guyukkusoglu
      [ School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | "Art of Excess" ]
    • SECOND PLACE: Rob Byrd, Stephanie Hutto
      [ Coastal Carolina University | Tempo Magazine | "Anorexia" ]
    • THIRD PLACE: Aaron Hoffman
      [ School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | "Four Models" ]
    • HONORABLE MENTIONS
    • Lin Tan
      [ School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | "Front Lines" ]
    • Aaron Straus
      [ School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | "E for all" ]
    • Mary Louise Killen
      [ School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | "The Art of War" ]
  • SPORTS | NEWS (ONE PAGE OR SPREAD)
    • HONORABLE MENTION: Mike Spier
      [ St. John Fisher College | Cardinal Courier | "Cards claim Courage Bowl III" ]
  • SPORTS | FEATURE (ONE PAGE OR SPREAD)
    • FIRST PLACE: Jenny Zhang
      [ Georgia Institute of Technology | Technique | "Tech on deck" ]
    • SECOND PLACE: Huston Morse, Nick Velazguez, Julia Pine
      [ Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles Loyolan | "The great debate on 756" ]
    • THIRD PLACE: Matthew Cole
      [ Savannah College of Art and Design | District | "Strong Seasons for SCAD Basketball" ]
  • PHOTOS | ONE PAGE OR ONE SPREAD
    • FIRST PLACE: Javier Lopez
      [ School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | "Ecuador" ]
    • HONORABLE MENTION: Brooke Burdge, Callie Fisher, Kelsey Butler
      [ Fordham College at Lincoln Center | Fordham Observer | "In the Long Run" ]
  • EDITORIAL OR COMMENT
    • FIRST PLACE: Matthew Cole
      [ Savannah College of art and Design | District | "SCAD is thinking green" ]
  • SPECIAL SECTION OR MAGAZINE | OVERALL
    • FIRST PLACE: Brigitte Caine
      [ The School of Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | "Ink" ]
    • HONORABLE MENTION: Kyle Hayes
      [ St. John Fisher College | C Magazine | "C Magazine" ]
  • MAGAZINE SPREAD DESIGN
    • FIRST PLACE: Rob Byrd, Stephanie Hutto
      [ Coastal Carolina University | Tempo | "Solo" ]
    • SECOND PLACE: Aaron Hoffman
      [ School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | "Feeling Local" ]
    • THIRD PLACE: Javier Lopez, Aaron Hoffman
      [ School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | "Waiting for Godot in New Orleans" ]
  • MAGAZINE OR SPECIAL SECTION | COVER
    • FIRST PLACE: Eric Garcia
      [ School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | "Politics and art" ]
    • SECOND PLACE: Aaron Straus, Amand Sukenick
      [ School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | "Disorientation"]
    • HONORABLE MENTIONS
    • Rob Byrd
      [ Coastal Carolina University | Tempo Magazine ]
    • Staff
      [ The School of Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine ]
  • MULTI-PAGE STORY PACKAGE | NEWS OR SPORTS
    • THIRD PLACE: Jen Lebron, Michael Clouse
      [ Point Loma Nazarene University | The Point Weekly | "Volunteers flood The Rock" ]
  • MULTI-PAGE STORY PACKAGE | FEATURES
    • No winners
  • INFORMATION GRAPHICS
    • FIRST PLACE: Javier Lopez
      [ School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | "Helvetica" ]
    • SECOND PLACE: Elliott Beazley
      [ School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | "Vandalize this!" ]
  • NEWSPAPER | OVERALL
    • FIRST PLACE Mary Louise Killen
      [ School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine ]
    • SECOND PLACE Matthew Cole
      [ Savannah College of Art and Design | District ]
    • THIRD PLACE: Michael Higdon, Ricardo Lopez
      [ University of Nevada- Reno | The Nevada Sagebush ]
    • HONORABLE MENTION: Will Wooten
      [ University of Miami | The MiamI Hurricane ]
  • ILLUSTRATION
    • FIRST PLACE: Eric Garcia
      [ School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | Art < Politics ]
    • SECOND PLACE: Will Wooten
      [ University of Miami | The Miami Hurricane | "Last Call?" ]
    • THIRD PLACE: Maria Squeri
      [ School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | "Feeling Local" ]
    • HONORABLE MENTIONS
    • Alexandra Westrich
      [ School of the ARti Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | "Endangered Species" ]
    • Will Wooten
      [ University of Miami | The Miami Hurricane | "Sex in Focus" ]
    • Eric Garcia
      [ School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | "El Machete" ]
  • REDESIGN
    • FIRST PLACE: Matthew Cole
      [ Savannah College of Art and Design | District ]
  • OVERALL USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
    • FIRST PLACE: Rob Byrd, Stephanie Hutto, Lauren Formalarie
      [ Coastal Carolina University | Tempo Magazine ]
    • SECOND PLACE: Brooke Burdge, Callie Fisher, Kelsey Butler
      [ Fordham College at Lincoln Center | Fordham Observer ]
    • THIRD PLACE: Staff
      [ Savannah College of Art and Design | District ]
  • COVERAGE OF VIRGINIA TECH
    • HONORABLE MENTION: Will Wooten
      [ University of Miami | Miami Hurricane | "UM Reacts" ]
  • COVERAGE OF CAMPUS ELECTIONS
    • HONORABLE MENTION: Will Wooten
      [ University of Miami | Miami Hurricane | "Meet the Candidates" ]
  • DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
    • FIRST PLACE: Rob Byrd
      Coastal Carolina University
      Tempo Magazine
      Rob Byrd wins one of the $750 travel grants to the annual SND workshop Sept. 7-9, 2008, in Las Vegas.
    • SECOND PLACE: Aaron Hoffman
      School of the Art Institute of Chicago
      F Newsmagazine
    • THIRD PLACE: Will Wooten
      University of Miami
      The Miami Hurricane

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