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Batten Awards - 2004 Winners
$10,000
Grand Prize Winner: You Decide
KQED (San Francisco, CA) |
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"A
different model for reporting both sides of a story and
a classic example of where public policy is a conversation
and not a lecture.”
-2004 Batten Advisory Board Judges
A richly reported monthly Web series
that dissects key national issues to core arguments, pro
and con, and then plays online devil’s advocate, challenging
user opinions with points and counterpoints.
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$2,000
Runner-up: P.O.V.'s Borders/Environment
POV Interactive (New
York City) |
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"Interesting
and important content, highly educational and
interactive, beautifully presented. It's like 3-D chess"
-2004
Batten Advisory Board Judges
A Web-original series
that explores individual choices involving air, water and
land resources using non-linear storytelling, digital art,
and interactive opportunities.
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$1,000
Special Distinction Award: Tribute to Our Troops
Providence Journal Web site, Projo.com
(Providence, RI) |
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“An
extremely simple exercise in small-J journalism that was very
community interactive. It’s like the Civil War letters.”
-2004
Batten Advisory Board Judges
An
effortless, interactive database that allows readers to create
a Web page for an individual soldier or troop and post messages
or photos. About 80,000 messages have been posted to about
6,300 Web pages. |
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$1,000
Special Distinction Award: Sing My Song
USAToday.com (McLean, VA) |
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“It
embraces the aspirations and journeys of ordinary people aspiring
to achieve their dreams. An exciting template for interactive
entertainment news.”
-2004
Batten Advisory Board Judges
Conceived for the web and extended
to a full inside page in the newspaper, this project covered
the story of West Virginia's NewSong Festival. |
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