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Batten Awards - 2004 Notable Entries


Games
GothamGazette.com (New York City)

“Another metaphor for journalism. Admirable reporting.”
-2004 Batten Award Judges on "Games"

Quarterly games to help NYC residents understand policy decisions about their budget, electing judges, maintaining the city’s infrastructure, and building neighborhood parks.
Community Gazettes
GothamGazette.com (New York City)

“Community journalism in a well-organized way.”
- 2004 Batten Award Judges on "Community Gazettes"

A hyperlocal site with separate citizen-generated community news pages for New York City's 51 districts.

Fourth World/Our World
Times Union and timesunion.com (Albany, NY)

“Extremely well-executed.”
- 2004 Batten Award Judges

Multimedia presentations of the humanitarian crises in
Malawi as a window on the problems confronting
sub-Saharan Africa.


Multimedia and Interactive Journalism -- a body of work
SpokesmanReview.com (Spokane, WA)

“Exceptional commitment to interactivity across the board.”
- 2004 Batten Award Judges

Spotlights pioneering efforts in multimedia obits, a mayor selector, an Iraq casualty database, community blogs, and multi-paper email feedback exercises on current issues for APME.


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