Monday November 16th is a milestone in the history of Helsingin Sanomat, the largest newspaper by circulation in the Nordic region, and it is also a moment when the present staff turn a new page, writes HS in their international edition.  It was on this day 120 years ago that Helsingin Sanomat’s immediate predecessor Päivälehti first made its appearance in 1889, and today has also been chosen for the launch of a new look for the daily newspaper.

The most obvious changes for the readers of the print paper will come in the shape of a new font for headlines and body texts, as those behind the venture have sought above all to improve clarity and readability.

 

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After more than six months of planning, preparation and speculation, November 2 saw the first edition of Germany’s redesigned political and financial daily Handelsblatt, writes editorsweblog.org.

The Garcia Media redesign signifies a milestone in German press, as the publication is the first quality German newspaper to make the decision to switch from the broadsheet to the compact size. As Garcia himself points out, other publishers will now be watching and gauging reactions, and asking themselves whether they should now take a similar step.

 

This year the best designed newspapers in Europe come from Sweden, Germany, Portugal and Croatia, writes in your webpage newspaper designer Norbert Küpper.  A total of 241 newspapers from 27 countries participated in the 11th European Newspaper Award. Awards of Excellence are given to 108 newspapers in 21 countries.

The awards for best design and concept got in category local newspaper Smålandsposten, Sweden, in category regional newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung, Germany, in category nationwide newspaper I informação, Portugal. Judges’ Special Recognition got newspaper 24sata, Croatia.

 

More information you cad read in the European Newspaper Award webpage.

Estonian newspapers got three awards in this contest, all for the front pages. These newspapers are Postimees, Tartu Postimees and Äripäev.

 

In the end of August Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet hit the streets in a new design. The readers could finally see the results of a years hard work.

The art director of SvD Anna W Thurfjell write about this in the SNDS webpage:

The strengths of the newspaper are different from the online. On the web it’s breaking news, reports in ‘real time’, and the materials that are unique for the web, the strengths of the newspaper is to give ‘orderly’ to give a clear picture of the news, storytelling and the experience of reading the paper with a good layout.

 

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