AMG bags four graphics awards

An international graphics institution has honoured Arab Media Group (AMG) with four awards.

The AMG received four silver and bronze medals at the 17th MalofiejInternational Infographics Awards held in Pamplona, Spain, at the University of Navarra.

The "Pulitzer" of infographics saw Emirates Business, Al Emarat Al Youm and Al Bayan compete with top international publication such as The New York Times, National Geographic and The Washington Post.

The AMG won all its awards in the features category and that included one silver to Al Bayan for its Olympics 2008 infographics, one bronze to Emirates Business for its 'Final Voyage of QE2 graphic' and two bronze medals to Emarat Al Youm for 'Al Fahiri Fort:Pearl of Dubai' and 'Falconry:The Noble Sport' graphics.

The international jury members, who sifted through 1,320 entries from 140 media organisations in 30 countries, had Luis Chumpitaz, Graphics Director, AMG, on its panel.

The event, organised by the Spanish Chapter of the Socety of News Design (SNDE), awarded The New York Times and NYTimes.com The Peter Sullivan Award/Best of Show.

In addition, the international award jury gave 18 gold medals, 55 silver and 96 bronze both in print and online media.

Gold medals went to The New York Times, NYTimes.com, National Geographic, La Voz de Galicia, Dei Zeit Magazine, Golden Section Graphics, La Nacion (Costa Rica), EiTB.com and Marca.com.

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