DESIGN
Honors overall excellence in the art direction of print and digital publications as demonstrated by three examples of work

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WINNER
New York Times Opinion
Kathleen Kingsbury, Opinion Editor
Kate Elazegui, Creative Director
“A Life Without a Home,” February 21, “Donald Trump’s First Term Is a Warning,” July 18, and “At the Brink,” October 10, at nytimes.com/opinion

New York Times Opinion pushes the boundaries of digital editorial design to heighten readers’ understanding of the most urgent topics. Integration of diverse elements—parallax scrolling, immersive illustration, infographics, photography and video—is clean, elegant and navigable. There is no templatization; each piece is visually unique, conceived in service to the story it needs to tell. In sum, an impressive demonstration of the use of the very latest tools in pursuit of editorial goals.

FINALISTS

McSweeney's Quarterly
Sunra Thompson and Dave Eggers, Co-Chief Art Directors
Illustration and Design by Art Spiegelman
McSweeney’s Seventy-Fourth Edition, including Lunchbox, Author Cards and The McSweeney’s Anthology of Contemporary Literature

New York
David Haskell, Editor in Chief
Thomas Alberty, Design Director
“The Television Issue,” June 3-16, “Can the Media Survive?,” October 21-November 3, and “Reasons to Love New York,” December 2-15

Pioneer Works Broadcast
Janna Levin and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, Co-Editors in Chief
Daniel Kent, Design Director
Issue 2 and “How Has Adderall Changed the Way We Work and Live?,” March 21 @pioneerworks on Instagram

Rest of World
Anup Kaphle, Editor in Chief
Michael Donohoe, Chief Product Officer
Joanne Lee, Visual and UX Designer
“The Changing Face of Protest,” March 27, “2024 AI Elections Tracker,” April 16, and “Digital Divinity,” September 30