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It takes a lot of people to make the judging work. The judging itself takes place over seven days at Syracuse University over a two-week period.
The first part of the judging takes four days where the World’s Best-Designed Newspapers™ are selected by a panel of five judges.
The second phase of the judging is the general judging where 21 judges select winners from all categories except for the World’s Best, Category 1. That judging takes three long days.
Obviously, the judges are at the heart of the decision-making when it comes to the winners; however, many more people assist in the process to make sure the decisions are made in a timely way so by the end of the last day all work is done. It is an awesome task and you have to be at the judging to understand the process and the work involved.
Having said that, below are the assistants who made the 24th Edition judging work. These are people who were not judges (judges are listed elsewhere on this site) but were working behind the scenes to make sure the process continued on schedule.
Marshall Matlock: His job was to make sure preparations for the 24th Edition judging process was complete and that the day-to-day judging schedule was met. Syracuse University and the Dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, David Rubin, charge him to represent the School and University as co-sponsor of the judging. Marshall also coordinates all assistants working the competition and answers judging procedural questions.
Shamus Walker: Shamus was the audit and entry director. He was also the Judging Director’s assistant and as such worked hundreds of hours before, during and after the judging to make sure his staff met deadlines and followed competition entry rules. During the judging he supervised the location of entries to be judged as well as entries that were eliminated once the judging was completed. If there was a problem in either area he was the person contacted to answer questions.
Team Captains lead each of the four judging teams during the three-day period of the general judging. An Edition Coordinator (Andrew Garcia Phillips) helped in keeping the Team Captains informed and on track with updated information, schedule changes and updates.
Marshall Matlock and Shamus Walker worked with the Category 1 (World’s Best) judges during their four days of judging.
During the judging a team of reporters covered the judging “live” for SND’s main Web site. You can see the three-day coverage by going to http://www.snd.org and selecting the 24th Edition competition information.
It took about 90 people to make the judging process work. They volunteer their services and, in the words of many, share the “best educational experience possible in the design world.”
Assistants for the 24th Edition judging were:
John Adams, Sunday sports editor, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Tim Ball, sports designer, San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, Calif.
Jonathon Berlin, projects designer, SND Update editor, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colo.
Stanley Bondy, Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
Marta Botero, consultant, Innovation International Media Group, Medellin, Colombia
Reagan Branham, sports designer, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Mo.
Audrey Burian, Syracuse University, Syracuse N.Y.
Stephen Cavendish, art & presentation director, St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Lauren Campbell, student, Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse, N.Y.
Sue Cook, news designer, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio
Bryan DeVasher, chief designer, Newport News Daily Press, Newport, Va.
David Dombrowski, news designer, Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
Steve Dorsey, design / graphics director, SND Design editor, Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
Matt Erickson, assistant sports editor, design & special projects, The Times of Northwest Indiana, Munster, Ind.
Justin Ferrell, designer, News & Record, Greensboro, N.C.
Jennifer George-Palilonis, graphics sequence coordinator, Ball State University, Muncie, Ind.
Scott Goldman, assistant sports editor, The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
Dave Gray, SND executive director, North Kingstown, R.I.
Gayle Grin, AME design / graphics, National Post, Toronto, Canada
Pete Hahnloser, copy editor / paginator, Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg, Va.
Barbara Hines, professor, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Ron Johnson, editor / designer of The Best of Newspaper Design book & director of student publications, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan.
Kris Kinkade, page designer / graphic artist, Kalamazoo Gazette, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Francine Krantz, copy editor / designer, Portland Press-Herald, Portland, Maine
Matt Mansfield, assistant managing editor for visuals, San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, Calif.
Marshall Matlock, Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
Christine McNeal, assistant managing editor for presentation, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wis.
Kenny Monteith, assistant news editor, The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
Jennifer O'Horan, graphics editor, Bradenton Herald, Bradenton, Fla.
Sang Hyun Park, sports copy & layout editor, METRO, Seoul, Korea
Elena Peterson, SND assistant, North Kingstown, R.I.
Andrew Garcia Phillips, design director, The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J.
Leslie Plesser, designer, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.
Denise Reagan, visual coach, Savannah Morning News, Savannah, Ga.
Epha Riche, presentation director, Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Ky.
Susan Santoro, SND membership assistant, North Kingstown, R.I.
Harris Siegel, managing editor / design & photography, Asbury Park Press, Neptun, N.J.
Jay Small, regional director, News & Operations, East, Belo Interactive, Dallas, Texas
Greg Swanson, features editor, Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa
Madeline Tsai, SU / SND Web designer, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
Shamus Walker, entry audit director, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
Kevin Wendt, A-section news design editor, San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, Calif.
Dennis Varney, designer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Mo.
Michael Whitley, news projects designer, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, N.C.
Dan Williamson, staff photographer, The Telegraph, Nashua, N.H.Syracuse University Students: Andy Chandler, Caroline Chen, Jenny J. Dean, Kristina Dodge, Julie Dunn, Heather Ellwood, Autumn Heep, Dalton Hughes, Megan Larmouth, Ji Eun Lee, Amanda P. McDonough, Alberto Rigau, Heather L. Rohan, Debbie Silliman, Jessica Wechter.
SU students hosted student assistants from a visiting university. This tradition takes place for each judging and includes students from the many SND affiliates – one affiliate per year. The 24th Edition visiting students were:
Ball State University Students: Jeremy Brumbaugh, Kevin Cobb, Erin Hein, Emily Kuzniar, Angus Shaffer, Emmet Smith, Drew Walker, Erica Wright.
SUSAN SANTORO, SND's membership assistant,
inputs winners into the database while assistants
and judges work in one of the five judging rooms.
