News Games

Budget Hero

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/features/budget_hero/

Center for Innovation in Journalism at American Public Media, St. Paul, Minn.

American Public Media created this Flash-based budget balancing game for the U.S. budget. Users choose what their core values are, then are forced to decide what needs to be cut to fully cover those values. Users are shown the strengths and weaknesses of their budget and can see how their proposed budgets stack up against other users.

The Garbage Game by Gotham Gazette

http://www.gothamgazette.com/games/garbage.php

Citizens Union Foundation, New York

Gotham Gazette’s game educates, entertains and engages residents of New York City in thinking about their own waste-producing behavior while crafting solutions to the city’s problem of solid waste. The well-written text, hard facts and bold graphics make the game attractive, simple and powerful.

Virtual Grocery Store

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/health/childhoodobesity/store/

washingtonpost.com, Arlington, Va.

The Washington Post created this interactive “grocery store” where users can select a category and then choose between name brand products to compare nutritional information while Post health and nutrition columnist Sally Squires offers tips via video. The goal is to help people make smarter decisions when grocery shopping, and the virtual grocery store is one piece of a five-part Post series on childhood obesity.

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