2023: The Year in Visual Stories and Graphics.

What It’s Like to Be a 13-Year-Old Girl Today What It’s Like to Be a 13-Year-Old Girl Today “In her reporting, Jessica Bennett followed three teenage girls over the course of their eighth-grade year. Afterward, we ended up with a lot of digital media to work with: photos and videos posted to social media or shared with their friends, TikTok accounts they liked, diary entries, voice memos and text messages. Our challenge was how to capture what it really means to be 13, including all of the distractions, the drama and the insatiable desire for connection. Our two-panel design allows readers to alternate between an immersive world that presents the girls as they are, and a parallel one where we try to relate, empathize and make sense of it all.”
— Deanna Donegan