White House News Photographers Association, Washington, DC 
New media contest results
Best Use of Photography and Audio (natural sound)
First Place
“America’s Battalion” in Afghanistan
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/07/americas_batallion.html
Produced and photographed by David Gilkey
Audio editing by Laura Krantz, Jim Wildman
Senior Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins
Second Place
For Army Medevacs, Hearts and Minds are No Cliché
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/12/for_army_medevacs_hearts_and_m.html
Produced and photographed by David Gilkey
Audio editing by Laura Krantz, Chris Berry
Senior Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins
Third Place
Fight Night
http://www.militarytimes.com/multimedia/#/Fight+Night/51753241001
The 68th Annual Brigade Boxing Championships at the Naval Academy.
Photos and production by Chris Maddaloni, Army Times
Award of Excellence
Step Afrika
http://www.amandalucidon.com/StepAfrika/
Photography, Audio and Production by Amanda Lucidon
Best Use of Photography and Audio (with narration)
First Place
No Man’s Land
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/2009/israelbarrier/part1.html
Produced and photographed by David Gilkey
Reported and narrated by Eric Westervelt
Senior Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins
Second Place
Horse Race Evokes Genghis Khan
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112514153 (second video on page)
Produced by Coburn Dukehart
Photography by Ariana Lindquist
Reported by Louisa Lim
Senior Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins
Third Place
From the South Lawn, A Sweet Smell of Honey
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/04/us/politics/20091104_BEES_SS1/index.html
Produced by Elisabeth Goodridge
Photography by Doug Mills
Edited by David Scull
Award of Excellence
Unsettled in Tene
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/2009/israelbarrier/part2.html (bottom of the page)
Produced and photographed by David Gilkey
Reported and narrated by Eric Westervelt
Senior Supervising Producer: Keith Jenkins
Best Multimedia Package – Simple
First Place
Scene In
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/artsandliving/scene-in/index.html?order=chronological
Interactive by Alexandra Garcia, Kat Downs, Noel Smart
Second Place
The Battle of Wanat
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/battle-of-wanat/
To recreate the Battle of Wanat in eastern Afghanistan, The Washington Post created an interactive timeline of images, edited soldier videos and audio, helicopter gun footage and official military documents. The innovative approach attempted to reveal how military leaders failed to see warning signs that led to the deaths of nine U.S. soldiers and another 27 wounded.
By: Ben de la Cruz, Kat Downs, Liz Heron, Greg Jaffe, Laris Karklis, Jason Ukman, Pierre Kattar and Francine Uenuma
Third Place
Dog Days in DC
http://jimloscalzo.com/#/multimedia/dog%20days%20in%20dc/1
“Dog Days in DC” is a portrait of the nations capitol during the throws of summer: the heat and humidity, the exodus of politicos and influx of tourists, the sound of cicadas and the site of empty streets. Summer is DC’s transformational season, when the city’s hum is noticeably absent.
By: James Lo Scalzo
Best Multimedia Package – In Depth
First Place
Killer Blue: Baptized by Fire
http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/wdc/killer_blue/index.html?SITE=AP
Killer Blue, A unit of the Fort Hood-based 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment’s 3rd Squadron, was one of the last Army units to serve a 15-month combat tour in Iraq, before the Pentagon cut combat tours to 12 months. AP photojournalists lived with the unit for over four months in Mosul, Iraq, and at Fort Hood, Texas, chronicling their combat and their return home, their lives and - in some cases - their deaths.
Credits: Evan Vucci, Maya Alleruzzo, Rick Bowmer, Matt Ford
Submitted by: Greg Henderson
Second Place
Times of Crisis - Submitted by Jim Bourg
Spanning the year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers – the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history – Times of Crisis surveys 365 days of upheaval, which crippled industries and crushed hopes with a force not seen since the Great Depression. This immersive multimedia package, built around an interactive visual timeline, draws upon the full breadth of Reuters news coverage during this period, with additional special multimedia reporting.
Times of Crisis offers a dynamic, layered narrative presenting hundreds of images, countless news stories and hours of video to show how lives around the globe have changed as a divergent world embarks on an era of historic challenge. The project also features a web documentary, compiling testimonies of people affected by the crisis.
Times of Crisis was produced by the same multi-award winning team behind Bearing Witness – reflecting upon over half a decade of war in Iraq – nominated for the 2009 Emmy Award for New Approaches to News & Documentary.
Produced by Reuters in association with Mediastorm, – submitted by Jim Bourg
Project concept and direction by Ayperi Karabuda Ecer and Jassim Ahmad
Third Place
‘Fatal Flights: A Perilous Rush to Profit’ Investigative
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/nation/medical-helicopters/
Medical helicopters have dropped into pitch-black oceans, smacked into mountains and collided in clear desert skies. Yet until a groundbreaking 2009 series by The Washington Post, the industry that promotes itself as life-saving had not been exposed as one of the deadliest in America. Loggers, miners and cops have higher survival rates than do the crews that fly in medevacs, The Post discovered.
‘Trooper 2’s Last Flight’ video producer: Akira Hakuta
Reporting: Gil Gaul, Mary Pat Flaherty, Jenna Johnson
Supervising Video Editor: Ben de la Cruz
Graphics: Kat Downs, Jacqueline Kazil, Lauren Keane, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Kate Napier, Laris Karklis,
Investigations Editor: Jeff Leen
Investigative Projects Web Editor: Lauren Keane
Voiceover: Francine Uenuma
Award of Excellence
Traveling Down the Amazon Road
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112489035
Photographer: John Poole
Reporter: Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
Multimedia Producers: Keith Jenkins, Katie Hayes; Designer: Nelson Hsu, Alyson Hurt; Editor: Chuck Holmes
Radio Editor: Didrik Schanche
Best Multimedia Innovation
First Place
Scene In - Alexandra Garcia
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/artsandliving/scene-in/index.html?order=chronological
Interactive by: Alexandra Garcia, Kat Downs, Noel Smart.
Videos by Alexandra Garcia.
Commenting feature by Jesse Foltz, Steven King, Lee Trout.
Second Place
Kurlwich on Science
Krulwich on Science
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5500502
Examples from this series:
A Locksmith’s Tale and Other Health Care Stories - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121158190
Supervising Producers for NPR: Robert Krulwich and Vikki Valentine
Ants that Count - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120587095
Robert Krulwich, Jason Orfanon, Vikki Valentine, Allison Richards
The Crow Paradox - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106826971
Robert Krulwich, Jason Orfanon, Alison Richards, Vikki Valentine
Flu Attack! How a Virus Invades Your Body - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114075029
Robert Krulwich, Jason Orfanon, David Bolinsky, Alison Richards, Vikki Valentine
Third Place
Fight Night
http://www.militarytimes.com/multimedia/#/Fight+Night/51753241001
The 68th Annual Brigade Boxing Championships at the Naval Academy.
Photos and production by Chris Maddaloni, Army Times
Award of Excellence
Ghosts in the Hollow
http://jimloscalzo.com/#/multimedia/ghosts%20in%20the%20hollow/1
Hidden in the hollows of Appalachia are the relics of its signature industry—a collection of coal camps, long abandoned and in various states of decay. In some cases the remains are barely noticeable: a concrete foundation, a larry car, a coal tipple. In other cases entire towns lay abandoned.
By: Jim Lo Scalzo
