Society for News Design – Best of News Design Creative Competition 2025

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Digital Projects

Award	Winning Entry
Silver - Infographics: Regional / Local Bronze - Page Design: Regional / Local Award of Excellence - Page Design: Features / Lifestyle	The Straits Times No Mere Child’s Play: How Singapore Builds Playground Culture
Silver - Page Design: Regional / Local Bronze - Infographics: Regional / Local	The Straits Times Here’s how the Johor-Singapore Causeway evolved over 100 years
Silver, - Illustration + Use of Multimedia: Video Design Award of Excellence - Page Design: Social Issues	The Straits Times How accessible is Singapore? We travel with a wheelchair user to find out
Bronze - Infographics: Environment & Science; Page Design: Environment & Science	The Straits Times Drowning in plastic: The oceans’ growing constellations of trash
Bronze - Infographics: Health; Infographics: Social Issues; Page Design: Health Award of Excellence - Illustration + Use of Multimedia: Video Design; Page Design: Social Issues	The Straits Times How food diary videos on social media can impact your body image
Bronze - Infographics: Feature / Lifestyle; Illustration + Use of Multimedia: Audio Design Award of Excellence - Page Design: Feature / Lifestyle	The Straits Times Sounds of Singapore, rhythm of home
Bronze - Page Design: Social Issues; Illustration + Use of Multimedia: Video Design	The Straits Times Singapore Sign Language: The unique, visual language of deaf Singaporeans
Bronze - Page Design: Features / Arts; Infographics: Features / Arts	The Straits Times Beautiful, versatile Kebaya: Uniting South-east Asia with fashion and heritage
Bronze - Infographics: Environment / Science Award of Excellence - Page Design: Environment / Science	The Straits Times Flight of the common rose: How are Singapore’s butterflies impacted by climate change?
Bronze - Infographics: Sports	The Straits Times Max Maeder and the art of kitefoiling
Award of Excellence - Infographics: Sports; Page Design: Sports	The Straits Times How Max Maeder won Olympic bronze for Singapore
Award of Excellence - Page Design: Sports	The Straits Times Max Maeder’s ultimate guide to kitefoiling
Award of Excellence - Special Coverage: Special Topic - Olympics	Package of three interactive stories on kitefoiler Max Maeder’s Olympic quest
Award of Excellence - Page Design: Breaking News	The Straits Times Singapore Airlines turbulence: What happened to SQ321?
Award of Excellence - Infographics: Regional / Local	The Straits Times Singapore is building its first “eco-smart” HDB town in Tengah. How is it different?
Award of Excellence - Infographics: Regional / Local	The Straits Times Singapore’s conserved properties must stand the test of time. One townhouse in Neil Road aims to show the way for the future
Award of Excellence - Infographics: Breaking News	The Straits Times East-West Line MRT disruption: How a faulty train left a trail of destruction
Bronze - Portfolios & World's Best: Individual - Art Direction Portfolio	Alyssa Karla Mungcal, Digital graphics designer, The Straits Times
Bronze - Portfolios & World's Best: Individual - Multiple Topics Portfolio	Hannah Ong, Digital graphics journalist, The Straits Times
Bronze - Portfolios & World's Best: Staff - Multiple Topics Portfolio Award of Excellence - Portfolios & World's Best: Staff - Infographics Portfolio; Portfolios & World's Best: Staff - Original Illustration Portfolio	The Straits Times (Digital)

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Award	Winning Entry
Bronze - Page Design: Sports Award of Excellence - Illustration + Use of Multimedia: Sports	The Straits Times From boy to champion
Bronze - Infographics: Feature / Lifestyle	The Straits Times Hello Kitty turns 50
Bronze - Page Design: Feature / Lifestyle	The Straits Times Still lovin’ it
Award of Excellence - Illustration + Use of Multimedia: Multiple illustrations (single subject); Special Coverage: Special Topic -Olympics	The Straits Times Olympics: Eiffel Tower and series of six vintage Olympic posters
Award of Excellence - Illustration + Use of Multimedia: Photo Story Design (single subject)	The Straits Times The nation’s workers: Past and present
Award of Excellence - Illustration + Use of Multimedia: Photo Story Design (single subject)	The Straits Times Here be dragons
Award of Excellence - Illustration + Use of Multimedia: Photo Story Design (single subject)	The Straits Times Blooming sea jellies
Award of Excellence - Illustration + Use of Multimedia: Photo Story Design (single subject)	The Straits Times Red, white, oh so bright
Award of Excellence - Infographics: Regional / Local	The Straits Times How Singapore built a playground culture
Award of Excellence - Infographics: Feature / Arts	The Straits Times K-pop connections
Award of Excellence - Infographics: Sports	The Straits Times Heart of a lion
Award of Excellence - Page Design: International	The Straits Times 24 Headlines of 2024
Award of Excellence - Portfolios & World's Best: Staff - Features / Magazines Portfolio; Portfolios & World's Best: Staff - Multiple Topics Portfolio	The Straits Times (Print)