| Best
News Picture Story Sites
over 500K views/month
First
place: War Zone Eyewitness - washingtonpost.com
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| A
young boy flies a kite on top of the ruins of buildings destroyed
years before during fighting between different factions of the
Northern Alliance. |
Best
Picture Story judging criteria:
The best use of still photographs where the content of the images
is presented in the most direct and easily accessible way possible.
Animation can be used only to advance from one image to another and
audio, where appropriate, can be used to enhance the storytelling.
First
Place: War
Zone Eyewitness - washingtonpost.com
Second Place: AIDs
in Africa - time.com
Third Place: The
Famine the World Forgot - time.com Winner's
comments:
"Wow, this is an honor, especially considering the level of
competition. This is really great for the photographers, Lucian
Perkins and Lois Raimondo. All I did was take the work of two great
photographers who did their best against all odds and make sure
that the world saw their photos. It is important that the world
see what they saw. Thank God for technology. Lucian endured a snow
storm at the Anjuman pass and Lois lived on Power Bars and was on
the same road where four other journalists died, but she turned
around." -- Phaedra Singelis, Multi-Media Producer
Overall
judges' comments:
In the Best News Picture Story category, the War Zone Eyewitness
site provided the user with textured coverage of the stories' nuances
-- the most comprehensive in this category. The photo essay sections
used clear navigation and strong photography enhanced by selective
use of audio. The main drawback of the site was the inaccessible
main page that launched the user into the various segments. Its
unwelcoming design and information architecture did not reflect
the quality of the reportage behind it. While several copy editing
errors detracted from the stories, these weaknesses did not detract
from the ambitious and in-depth reporting. -- Maria Bunai
Judges'
comments, second place:
The "AIDS
in Africa" story exhibited exceptional editing and presentation
of compelling imagery. The well-placed, larger lead photos within
the package emphasized the most arresting moments of the story.
While this site lacks feedback as to the viewer's location within
the story's narrative, its design and content elegantly convey the
emotion, urgency and despair of the continent's plague. The photographer's
words speak well in text, but perhaps they may have spoken even
more effectively in his own voice. -- J. Carl Ganter
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