Multimedia

Being a Black Man

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

washingtonpost.com, Newsweek Interactive (Arlington, Va.)

Narrated slides shows, videos, Web chats, and other multimedia events complemented print articles on the lives and shared experiences of black men. The feature looked at multiple facets of being a black male, beyond the typical news headlines.

Downtown After Dark

http://miva.sctimes.com/miva/cgi-bin/miva?publicus/Specials/index.mv%2BContentType=Flash&Project=AfterDark&ID=1

St. Cloud Times (St. Cloud, Minn.)

Multimedia Web package highlighting the downtown St. Cloud, Minn., area bar scene and the effect it has on the community. Uses video, audio, photography, searchable database, Flash and forums. Story also in print.

Home Sweet Home 2037

http://www.startribune.com/10165

Star Tribune Newspaper (Minneapolis)

Reporters worked closely with architects, research scientists, climate-change specialists, designers, futurists and engineers to create a house of the future that realistically projects the impact climate-change will have on our future. The Web use allows viewers to manipulate the house.

MSNBC Rich Media

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17722026

MSNBC on the Internet (Redmond, Wash.)

Multiple packages with extensive use of interactive and visual online media, including contributions from users, including primer on Iraq conflict with Richard Engel; Memorial Day remembrances and photos of fallen soldiers in Iraq; rate the candidates; a Diamond’s Journey; and a chronicle of two towns hit by Katrina.

"The Last Word" Online Video Obits

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/obituaries/index.html

The New York Times (New York)

Giving a multimedia spin to a traditionally text-only sextion, The New York Times conducted video interviews of prominent people for use as online obituaries. Multi-hour interviews are condensed to 30-minute or less online oral histories.

onBeing

http://washingtonpost.com/onbeing/

washingtonpost.com (Washington, D.C.)

$1,000 Special Distinction Award

“It’s different. It makes you cry. It’s a model for the future of news.”
—2007 Knight-Batten Judges

The washingtonpost.com’s engrossing video-portrait series, capturing the intimate, unexpected stories that citizen narrators share with an invisible journalist, who distills the epiphanies of commonalities among her diverse subjects. Each video can be viewed, downloaded, e-mailed, sent by cell phone or commented upon.

Collected Entries: Lake Tahoe Explorations, Nevada Matters, Our Tahoe

Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada-Reno (Reno, Nev.)

“This is a school that is preparing students for a future anchored in the belief that journalism and democracy are deeply related.”
—2007 Knight-Batten Judges

Student-built sites providing multiple non-linear stories and games to explore the area and community of Tahoe. An effort to provide an opportunity for readers to establish a sense of place and community.

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About J-Lab

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Of Note

2010 Knight-Batten Winners Named

Collaboration was the theme of the winning entries this year. Read about them here.

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