The Jewish Chronicle’s news section has won a coveted Award of Excellence from the Society of News Design (SND).

SND, an American organisation, has, for the last 28 years, sponsored an annual international competition to recognise excellence in newspaper design.

This year, the JC was one of only four British newspapers to win.

The others were The Guardian, The Observer and the Independent on Sunday.

The JC’s creative director John Belknap was also selected as one of the judges to choose the world’s best-designed newspapers.