The year 2014 has seen Gulf News win 44 awards from the US-based Society for News Design (SND), along with accolades from The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-Ifra). At WAN-Ifra, the newspaper took home bronze for Best in Print, silver for Best in Overall Design and bronze again for Best in Front Page Design.
This places Gulf News among the top 10 winners, sharing space with newspapers like LA Times, National Post, The New York Times, and Washington Post, among other leading publications.
Winning design uses innovation and art to make editorial content informative, attractive and reader friendly. Gulf News has always believed in delivering high aesthetic quality across the board. A testament to this is the numerous design and print awards received annually.
The total number of winning entries at SND was 1,131. Six gold medals, 56 silver medals, seven special recognitions and 1,057 awards of excellence were given away.
This year, Gulf News won the highest number of SND awards in the newspaper’s history, and also received a silver medal. Only five other newspapers around the world have won as many prizes or more this year.
Click on the links below to see some of the winning entries:
Portrait of Yasser Arafat made in sand (Illustration)
What they said (News design pages)
World Cup - wheels of fortune (Special coverage/section pages, Feature design pages)
World Cup - Kings (Special coverage/section pages)
World Cup Brazil (Special coverage/single subject, Special news topics)
UAE at crossroads of proud past (Special news topics)
Tour de France 100th edition (Feature design pages, Special coverage/section pages)
The king of Paris regurns - Nadal (Special coverage/section pages, Miscellaneous, News design pages)
Tennis coverage (Special news topics)
Tallest buildings reaching for the skies (Feature design pages, News design pages)
75 years of Superman (Feature design pages, Feature design pages)
The sporting year ahead (Feature design pages)
Farewell Sachin (Special coverage/section pages, Feature design pages)
Return of the desk guy (Magazines)
Ramadan diary (Special coverage/single subject)
Oslo: biried promises for Palestine people (Special news topics)
Newsmaker profile (Special news topics, Special coverage on celebrity newsmaker
Mikhail Kalashnikov (Illustration)
Iron Man 3 preview (Feature design pages)
We got it! (Front page design)
Germans seek European glory (Feature design pages)
Formula One (Miscellaneous, News design, feature design)
Emirates sports sponsorships (News design pages)
Architects of war (Special news topics)
Dubai's heritage (Combination - print & digital)
