The Lily (Washington Post)


The Lily is a publication of Washington Post, launched on June 12, 2017. The Lily targets millennial women and initially utilized the Medium platform. In February 2018, the publication transitioned from Medium to the Post's suite of publishing tools, Arc. The Lily team at the Washington Post included Amy King, Neema Roshania Patel, Ross May, Maria Alconada Brooks, Nneka McGuire, Lena Felton, Maya Sugarman and Rachel Orr.
The publication is purposefully multiplatform, with a presence on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and the web. The platform also includes a semi-weekly email newsletter, Lily Lines.
The Lily was named as an homage to The Lily, an American newspaper published for women between 1849 and 1853.

Awards

The Lily won several awards in the Society for News Design's Best of Digital Design for 2018, including a silver medal overall portfolio, and a bronze medal for the design of “The Lily Lines” newsletter.
Lily Lines was also a 2018 Webby Award Winner in the email newsletter category.