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BEST USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY & AUDIO (NATURAL SOUND & NARRATION)

I. BEST USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY & AUDIO  (natural sound)

1st Place:

A Mother’s Risk
In Sierra Leone, one in eight women die in childbirth, a problem that gets little attention from international donors who are far more focused on global health threats such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.

Adama Sannoh, unable to find transportation to a medical facility, spent a sleepless night suffering from symptoms of eclampsia. She and her baby later died at the hospital before she could deliver.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/galleries/mothersrisk/index.html

Producer, Audio Editor - Megan Rossman
Photo Editors - Megan Rossman, Carol Guzy, Tom Kennedy
Photographer, Audio Reporter - Carol Guzy
Text Editor - Heather Farrell
2nd Place:

“Muskrat Queens”
Two girls from Dorchester County, Md., participate in a beauty  pageant and muskrat skinning competition during the 63rd  Annual National Outdoor Show in Golden Hill, Md.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2008/02/29/VI2008022901999.html

Preston Keres - The Washington Post

3rd Place:

Shelter for the Scarred
More than a year has passed since a Federal court confiscated Michael Vick’s pit bulls. While fighting dogs are often euthanized, many of Vick’s received a second chance from animal shelters, rescue groups and individuals across the United States.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/galleries/vickdogs/

Producer - Whitney Shefte
Photographer, Audio Reporter - Carol Guzy
Photo Editor, Audio Editor - Whitney Shefte, Carol Guzy
Text Editor - Mike McPhate


HM:

World of Words
Alferd Williams left school when he was 6 years old to harvest crops after his father became ill. More than six decades later, Williams is back in the classroom—learning to read with first-graders in Ms. Hamilton’s class.  This piece is part of our ongoing series, Reinventing Your Life.

http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourworld/reinventing/articles/multimedia__man__70.htm

Nicole Shea
Multimedia Producer
AARP Bulletin


II. BEST USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY & AUDIO  (narration)

1st Place:

Crafting China’s Future Champions

http://www.npr.org/multimedia/2008/07/china_gymnastics/gallery/index.html

A look inside China’s training ground for young gymnasts.

Produced by: Andrea Rane, Coburn Dukehart and Jessica Wanke/NPR; Audio Produced by Jack Zahora/NPR; Reported by Louisa Lim/NPR; Photographs by Ariana Lindquist for NPR. Supervising producers: Meghan Collins Sullivan and Keith Jenkins/NPR


2nd Place:

Out of Hope, Seeking a Shelter in Pakistan

http://video1.washingtontimes.com/video/2008/pakshelter/

Katie Falkenberg - The Washington Times

3rd Place:

From The Iraq War, A Troubled Romance In America 
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95799727

A former marine and his young Iraqi bride try to get by in Ozark, Mo.

Produced by Andrea Rane and Andrew Prince/NPR; Audio produced by Sarah Mobley/NPR; Reported by Ivan Watson/NPR; Photographs by Paxton Winters for NPR

HM:

A Walk Through Beijing’s Vanishing Hutongs

http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2008/mar/beijing/slideshow/index.html

Reporter Frank Langfitt  contrasts the striking difference in Beijing’s old neighborhoods from 2002 to 2008.

Produced by Coburn Dukehart/NPR, Edited by Meghan Collins Sullivan/NPR; Reported, photographed and narrated by Frank Langfitt/NPR

HM:

PHOTOGRAPHER’S JOURNAL: FOLLOWING MCCAIN
A photographer recounts documenting Senator John McCain on the campaign trail.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/09/04/us/politics/20080904-crowleymccain-mutimedia/index.html

Stephen Crowley - The New York Times