BOCD17

Best of Collegiate Design 17

Winners in the 17th edition of the Best of Collegiate Design have been announced.

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The 2009 winners were selected from among 1281 entries representing 77 colleges and universites, said Amy Kilpatrick, University of Alabama at Birmingham, chair of the contest.

"The caliber of entries this year was outstanding, making for tough decisions for our panel of judges," Kilpatrick said. "We certainly want to thank the judges who took on this difficult task and who volunteered their time to review these entries and make the final calls."

Best of Collegiate Design makes a departure with its 17th edition and is providing web-first delivery of the contest results with a slide show and gallery.

In the past, Best of Collegiate Design was produced as a book thanks to the contribution of Taylor Publishing. "This year, however, Taylor has decided to support CMA through other gifts in kind, and we are certainly grateful for their continued support of the mission of College Media Advisers," said Ken Rosenauer, CMA president.

So CMA's board decided to "go digital" with the Best of Collegiate Design, he noted. "We will produce a number of CDs that will contain the slide show, a printable booklet, information on the judges, and entry forms for the next contest."

The CD will be available later this fall or the same materials will be available for download from the CMA site for members.

In addition, all winners in the contest will receive certificates denoting their achievement, said Kilpatrick.

This edition marked the first time CMA solicited PDF copies of submitted pages along with the printed versions. "Probably two thirds of the entries made use of this provision, and it helped facilitate the judging process," she added. "We will be looking toward expanding this in the future and encouraging more submissions as PDFs."

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Participating Schools

Here is the list of schools that participated in the contest:

Austin Community College
Baylor University
Biola University
Bowling Green State University
California Polytechnic State University
California State University - Long Beach
Clemson University
Coastal Carolina University
College of DuPage
Colorado State University
Creighton College
Eastern Illinois University
Eastern Kentucky University
Elon University
Florida Atlantic University
Grand Rapids Community College
Grand View University
Hillsborough Community College
Houston Baptist University
Illinois State University
Indiana University
Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne
Iowa State University
Ithaca College
Jamestown College
Kennesaw State University
Kent State University
Laramie County Community College
Louisiana State University
Loyola Marymount University
Marshall University
Miami Dade College
Michigan State University
Missouri State University
Missouri Western State University
North Carolina State University
North Greenville University
North Idaho College
Northern Illinois University
Northwest Missouri State University
Northwestern University
Plattsburgh State University
Radford University
Rice University
Savannah College of Art & Design- Atlanta
Southeastern Louisiana University
Southwestern College
St. Louis Community College - Meramec
Texas A & M University
Texas Christian University
Trinity Western University
Tyler Junior College
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Alaska, Anchorage
University of California, Irvine
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Connecticut
University of Georgia
University of Houston
University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign
University of Kentucky
University of Miami
University of Mississippi
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
University of Nevada, Reno
University of Oklahoma
University of Pittsburgh
University of South Carolina
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
University of Texas - Arlington
University of Texas - Austin
University of Wisconsin - Stout
University of Wyoming
Virginia Polytechnic University
Western Carolina University
Western Kentucky University
Wright College

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Judges' Information

Here are brief biographies of those professional journalists who volunteered to judge entries in the contest:

CMA Best of Collegiate Design 17 judges

Nicole Bogdas is a native of the Chicago area and a product of the University of Missouri. Bogdas has worked for the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, the Palm Beach Post, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Orlando Sentinel. After a long career in print design, she is now news editor at the Herald-Zeitung in New Braunfels, Texas, where she oversees night operations and will lead a redesign. She’s worked on four Pulitzer Prize finalists and won a large number of SND awards, including a gold medal for her work on the Palm Beach Post's "Train Jumping: A Desperate Journey," one of the Pulitzer finalists. Turn-ons include the font Detroit Bodoni, powerful photography and reflective white space. Turn offs include "pretty for pretty's sake," unanswered questions and, of course, Comic Sans.

Anthony Bratina is graphics editor of The Tuscaloosa News, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Bratina has 12 years of experience in newspapers and magazines. A 2000 art studio graduate of The University of Alabama at Birmingham, he has produced award-winning graphics and illustrations for The Tuscaloosa News for the past 8 years. He has also been art director of Tuscaloosa Magazine since its conception in 2004, doing magazine layouts and covers. His work has been featured in numerous other magazines and newspapers and has won Associated Press, APA, APME and SND awards.

Bob Davis is editor of The Anniston Star, Anniston, Ala. Prior to his current position, Davis was editorial page editor at the The Anniston Star, OpEd/Sunday editor of the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram and copy editor of the Marietta Daily Journal. Davis is a graduate of The University of Alabama.

Jeremy Flint is a senior designer at Kinetic Communications in Birmingham, Ala. With over a decade of experience in the web industry, Flint leads the creative efforts at Kinetic Communications, crafting well-designed websites with a focus on usability, accessibility, and standards. He has a passion for web design and web-related technology and is a strong proponent of web standards. In addition to web design and development, Flint has worked on interactive kiosks, video production and web-based applications. Jeremy is a graduate of Mississippi State University's Fine Arts Program with a double emphasis in Graphic Design and Photography. Flint is president of the Internet Professionals Society of Alabama and helps plan technology-related events such as BarCamp Birmingham and WordCamp Birmingham. He is a frequent speaker on the topics of internet technologies and web design.

Shweta Gamble is design editor of The Tuscaloosa News, Tuscaloosa, Ala. With 12 years of experience in newspaper and magazine design, Gamble has won design awards from APA and APME. A 2000 graduate of The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Gamble served as features editor and editor of the campus newspaper Kaleidoscope. She was a page designer at the Birmingham Post-Herald, The Birmingham News and The Orlando Sentinel in Florida.

Ed Henninger, Rock Hill, S.C. has been an independent newspaper consultant since 1989 and is the director of Henninger Consulting in Rock Hill, SC. Henninger travels nationally and internationally to redesign weekly and daily newspapers. He recently completed redesigns of the Livingston Parish News in Denham Springs, La.; the News-Herald in Lenoir City, Tenn.; the News-Graphic in Georgetown, Ky.; The Compass in Green Bay, Wis.; and The Long Island Catholic. He is now at work with newspapers in South Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Texas. A frequent speaker and columnist for newspaper associations, Henninger’s advice is available via blog: http://edhenninger.wordpress.com, Twitter address: http://twitter.com/edhenninger and web site: www.henningerconsulting.com.

Derek Simmons has a distinguished career as a visual journalist, creative thinker and problem solver. He is the Los Angeles Times deputy design director for business and sports. Simmons has worked in every corner of a newsroom and has played a key role in redesigns of the LAT, Star Tribune (Minn.) the Charlotte Observer and many other daily newspapers. He began his career as a writer which shaped his belief that great design begins with great content.

Andrew Skwish, Evanston, Ill., is an illustrator, designer and photographer. Skwish studied Business Administration and Finance in college. Skwish’s career path took him to jobs in newspapers that continued for many years, from Niagara Falls to Pittsburgh to St. Petersburg, Fla. to Chicago to San Francisco and back to Chicago, where he is today. Those were his regular day jobs. His freelance art has been published in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, Students of the Unusual, Catalyst, Esquire, Die Zeit, Silk Road Theatre and many others. Much of his work can be seen at www.skwish.com. He is not fond of puppets due to a series of incidents that are better left unmentioned.

Martha Smith, Chicago, Ill., is the senior business designer for the Chicago Tribune. She worked as the communications manager for an early childhood development center in Chicago, a freelance designer for the Chicago Tribune and RedEye, and was design director for The Washington Poss Style section. Smith is also a student-media veteran. At the University of South Carolina, she served as editor in chief of both the Garnet & Black magazine and The Gamecock newspaper before her graduation in 2002. She lives in downtown Chicago with her husband, Ryan Smith, a news designer at the Chicago Tribune.

Joe Songer, Birmingham, Ala., is a native of Pennsylvania. Songer has worked as a staff photographer since 1978 at four daily newspapers, including The Birmingham News for the last 23 years. Songer is married with 2 children and 5 grandchildren.

Linda Stelter, Birmingham, Ala., has been a photographer at The Birmingham News for more than four years. She previously worked at The El Paso Times, The State in Columbia, S.C., The Kansas City Star and The San Bernardino Sun in California.

Kelli Sullivan is an award-winning deputy design director for news projects at the Los Angeles Times. She was also the lead designer on two Pulitzer-Prize winning stories: “Big Burn,” the wildfire series published in 2008 and the “Altered Oceans” series about the demise of the world’s oceans published in 2007. Before moving to news, Sullivan was a deputy design director for features at the Los AngelesTimes, where she won numerous awards from the Society of News Design.

Kat Topaz, Portland, Ore., is passionate about two things: type and publications. Topaz believes that good journalism should never go unread, but often valuable content is overlooked due to weak design. Once design is viewed as a tool and not an after-thought, it becomes incredibly powerful. “This is an extremely exciting time in the history of publications. Never has their design had so much impact over their success,” she wrote. After a decade of art directing at various publications, Topaz created Topaz Design in 2000, a publication design firm in Portland, Ore. She has launched dozens of redesigns, including the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Boston’s Weekly Dig and Mix magazine. She has won a number of awards and speaks regularly on design, including speaking to the Society of Newspaper Design, the Association of Alternative newsweeklies, and the American Press Institute. Topaz also teaches at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Samples of her designs can be viewed at www.topazdesign.com.

Michael Whitley is the assistant managing editor for design and graphics at the Los Angeles Times. His work has been recognized for excellence by Communication Arts, The Society for Publication Design, POYI, NPPA and the Society for News Design. During his six-year tenure as a leader at the LAT, the paper has earned more awards from SND than any newspaper over a similar period, and the LAT has lead all publications in total SND awards 5 of the previous 6 years with one second place finish. He was lead designer on four Pulitzer Prize winning series and an editor on two more. Whitley was the primary architect of the 2008 redesign of the LAT. He is also an award-winning photographer and writer. His previous stops include The Charlotte Observer, The San Diego Union-Tribune, The Aurora Beacon-News and the Princeton (Ind.) Daily Clarion. Michael is a 1995 graduate of the University of Evansville (Ind.).

Michelle Williams, Birmingham, Ala., is a photojournalist with The Birmingham News and previously worked at The Tuscaloosa News and The Gaston Gazette. She has a degree in anthropology and art from The University of Vermont and studied photojournalism at Western Kentucky University. Her photography has been recognized by national and international organizations.

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Best of Design 17 Publication

Download a low resolution copy of the Best of Design 17 publication CLICK HERE. (Please note this is a 37MB file and will require several minutes to download depending on your connection speed). A high resolution version will be included on the BOCD17 CD.

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