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Best Multimedia Single & Package

BEST MULTIMEDIA SINGLE

Overall notes:

This was a difficult category to judge.  We re-ordered the winning entries several times depending on how we interpreted the rules. We liked the idea of awarding innovation in multimedia as a way of driving the industry forward. But at the same time there were different types of story telling and it was hard to differentiate between individual pieces purely on the quality of story telling. Apples to oranges.

A key element of our decision making was trying to understand what the core concept of a piece was and then evaluating how well it achieved it.

In the end our choices reflected several different types of multimedia story telling - all done well. (READ MORE JUDGES’ COMMENTS at http://www.whnpa.org/contest/index.htm#media )

1st Place:

A Guide to Nationals Park
Take a tour of the new home of the Washington Nationals, complete with stops in the dugout, clubhouse, control room and more.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/specials/natspark/index.html

Whitney Shefte, Nelson Hsu, Kat Downs

2nd Place:

Modern Day Disciples

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/interactives/moderndisciples/

Interactive Panoramas by Ben de la Cruz / washingtonpost.com

Diversity is a signature of the D.C. region’s more than 1 million Catholics,
for whom Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Washington is a monumental event. These nine active Catholics, from varying walks of life, discuss their faith and the issues they hope Pope Benedict will address during his historic trip.


3rd Place:

Twilight in New Orleans

http://usnews.feedroom.com/?fr_story=4fee396040ebf0fb31c902b9d72721e88ad928be&rf=bm

More than a quarter of New Orleans’s pre-Katrina population has yet to return to the city, leaving some neighborhoods lightly populated and others deserted. These neighborhoods appear especially lonely at twilight, when streetlights illuminate what remains.

James Lo Scalzo, US News & World Report

Award of Excellence:
Panoramas: Natural, Ancient and Modern Egypt
Experience Egypt’s timeless treasures and stunning landscapes through 360-degree panoramic images.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/travel/features/2008/egypt/index.html

Panoramas by Alexandra Garcia - washingtonpost.com. Design by Kat Downs - washingtonpost.com


Award of Excellence:

The Preparers
Setting the Stage for the Inauguration of the 44th President

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/interactives/inauguration09/building/index.html

This interactive features a blend of still photographs, looping video, and short video profiles of people preparing for the inauguration.

Interactive by Alexandra Garcia and Ben de la Cruz - washingtonpost.com. Videos by Ben de la Cruz - washingtonpost.com


Award of Excellence:

Video Haiku: The Campaign in Moments
A periodic series of images captured from the world of presidential politics.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/campaign08/haiku/index.html

Interactive by: Alexandra Garcia - washingtonpost.com. Videos by Ben de la Cruz - washingtonpost.com, Writer - Kevin Merrida - The Washington Post

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BEST MULTIMEDIA PACKAGE

1st Place:
Young Lives at Risk: Our Overweight Children
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/health/childhoodobesity/index.html
Credits: Nancy Donaldson, Nelson Hsu, Sarah Sampsel, Carol Guzy, Jennifer Crandall

2nd Place:
Sacred Ground
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/interactives/pentagonmemorial/index.html
Credits: Whitney Shefte, Sarah Sampsel, Nelson Hsu, Bill O’Leary, Laura Cochran

3rd Place:
THE IRAQI DISPLACED
This project stemmed from an attempt to understand the fate of Iraqi refugees and those displaced within their own country.
http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/wdc/iraq_displacement/index.html?SITE=AP
Credits: Greg Henderson, Elizabeth Davidz, Troy Thibodeaux and Shawn Chen


Award of Excellence:
Chesapeake Bay
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/interactives/failingthechesapeake/index.html
Credits: Whitney Shefte, Katherine Frey, Marvin Joseph, Kat Downs, Sarah Sampsel

Award of Excellence:
Seeds of Peace: Uganda’s Long Road to Recovery
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/africa/uganda/
Credits: Ben de la Cruz, Kat Downs