The Marshall Project is pleased to announce it won medals of excellence across 16 categories at the 44th Annual Creative Competition for the Society for News Design. Forty-seven visual journalists from seven countries served as judges this year, assessing the best visual journalism published in 2022.
The Best of News Design Creative Competition honors excellence in visual storytelling, design and journalism. Winners are announced live during the competition. The competition’s highest honors — World’s Best Designed Newspaper, World’s Best Digital News Experience, World’s Best Digital Designer and Digital’s Best in Show — will be announced next week.
“We’re delighted at the recognition for our talented design, product, multimedia, audience and reporting teams,” said Susan Chira, editor-in-chief of The Marshall Project. “The care and creativity they devote to conceiving and executing the visual treatment of our reporting is integral to its emotional power and impact.”
The judging panel assessed design entries in both digital and print competitions. This year, The Marshall Project earned Awards of Excellence for the following projects in the following categories:
“Anatomy of a Murder Confession” for the category Design: Social Issues (Bo-Won Keum, Designer and Illustrator; Celina Fang, Photo Editor; Katie Park, Developer; Marci Suela, Audio Editor; Maurice Chammah, Reporter; Akiba Solomon, Editor)
“No Place for a Child” for the category Design: Social Issues (Anna Flagg, Senior Data Reporter and Illustrator; Kirsten Luce, Photographer; Katie Park, Developer; Celina Fang, Senior Multimedia Editor; David Eads, Data Editor)
“Judges Have Real Power in Cleveland. Who’s Voting for Them?” for the category Infographics: Politics (Elan Kiderman Ullendorff, Designer and Art Director; Katie Park, Designer and Art Director; John G, Illustrator; Rachel Dissell, Reporter; Ilica Mahajan, Reporter and Data Analyst; David Eads, Editor)
“Cleveland Courts’ Revolving Door in One Chart” for the category Elements: Data Visualization (Elan Kiderman Ullendorff, Designer; Katie Park, Developer and Designer; Ilica Mahajan, Reporter, Developer and Data Analyst; David Eads, Editor)
“Cleveland Has Spent Millions on Police Cameras. Why Are the Locations a Secret?” for the category Illustration: Commissioned Illustration (single), (María Jesús Contreras, Illustrator; Celina Fang, Senior Multimedia Editor)
“I Got the Prison Transfer I Fought For. My Feelings Were Surprisingly Mixed” for the category Illustration: Commissioned Illustration (single), (María Medem, Illustrator; Marci Suela, Multimedia Editor)
“Prison Money Diaries: What People Really Make (and Spend) Behind Bars” for the category Illustration: Commissioned Illustration (multiple), (Bo-Won Keum, Designer and Art Director; Max Guther, Illustrator; Ryan Murphy, Developer; Beth Schwartzapfel, Reporter; Lawrence Bartley, Second Reporter; Geraldine Sealey, Editor)
“Anatomy of a Murder Confession” for the category Illustrations: In-House Illustration (multiple), (Bo-Won Keum, Designer and Illustrator; Katie Park, Developer; Maurice Chammah, Reporter; Akiba Solomon, Editor)
“What Can You Buy With Prison Wages?” for the category Platform: Instagram grid design (Ashley Dye, Designer; Beth Schwartzapfel, Reporter; Max Guther, Illustrator)
“We’re answering your questions about Cleveland’s court system” for the category Platform: Reader interaction (Elan Kiderman Ullendorff, Designer; Katie Park, Designer and Developer; Andrew Rodriguez Calderón, Developer and Reporter; Ilica Mahajan, Reporter; Rachel Dissell, Reporter; Anna Flagg, Reporter; Carla Canning, Reporter; Liset Cruz, Reporter; David Eads, Editor)
Opening Statement and Closing Argument for the category Platform: Newsletter design (Elan Kiderman Ullendorff, Designer; Marci Suela, Art Director; Gabe Isman, Developer; Jamiles Lartey, Reporter; Andrew Cohen, Editor; Manuel Torres, Editor; Susan Chira, Editor)
“Testify” for the category LOC: Regional/Local (Elan Kiderman Ullendorff, Designer; Katie Park, Designer and Developer; Ryan Murphy, Developer; Celina Fang, Art Director; Marci Suela, Art Director; Ilica Mahajan, Data and Graphics Developer; Anna Flagg, Data and Graphics Developer; John G, Illustrator; Rapapawn, Animator; Amber Ford, Photographer; Daniel Lozada, Photographer; Maddie McGarvey, Photographer)
Closing Argument and Opening Statement for the category Prod: Redesigned site, page or app (Elan Kiderman Ullendorff, Designer; Marci Suela, Art Director; Gabe Isman, Developer; Jamiles Lartey, Reporter; Andrew Cohen, Editor; Manuel Torres, Editor; Susan Chira, Editor)
The Marshall Project Portfolio for the category Portfolio: Art Direction/Illustration (organization, staff or team), (Celina Fang, Senior Multimedia Editor; Marci Suela, Multimedia Editor; Bo-Won Keum, Designer; Elan Kiderman Ullendorff, Director of Product; Lawrence Bartley, Publisher of News Inside)
Ashley Dye Portfolio — which included “What Can You Buy With Prison Wages?” “Their Sentences Are Unconstitutional — But They’re Still In Prison,” “What Can FBI Data Say About Crime in 2021?” and a comic strip-style post on Cleveland judges — for the category Portfolio: Social media (individual or organization), (Ashley Dye, Designer; Weihua Li, Reporter; Beth Schwartzapfel, Reporter; Aaron Marin, Illustrator; Max Guther, Illustrator; John G, Illustrator; Elan Kiderman Ullendorff, Art Direction)
The Marshall Project’s Instagram Portfolio — which included “Inside Louisiana's Harshest Juvenile Lockup,” “What Can You Buy With Prison Wages?” “How An Unlikely Hobby Changed My Life in Prison,” and “Inside One of the Deadliest Federal Prisons” — for the category Portfolio: Social media (individual or organization), (Ashley Dye, Designer; Beth Schwartzapfel, Reporter; Annie Waldman, Reporter; Erin Einhorn, Reporter; Max Guther, Illustrator; Matthieu Bourel, Illustrator; LaMar W. Knox, Essayist; Nadd Harvin, Illustrator; Bo-Won Keum, Designer; Christie Thompson, Reporter; Joseph Shapiro, Reporter; Aaron Marin, Illustrator)
