Archived Posts by Phil Daquila
The judging process
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
After a year-long submission period, during which the quarterly winners were determined, the nine judges at the annual Best of Multimedia Design competition are looking for the best of the best. This weekend, they are evaluating professional breaking and non-breaking news presentations, as well as student presentations, to find the best journalistic new media design.
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Wide-ranging category Non-Breaking Features finalized
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
Thirteen multimedia packages were judged as finalists in the 2009 Best of Multimedia Design competition in the category Non-Breaking Features. The finalists: Common Ground from mediastorm.org Cambio Climático from eitb.com Brewed in Nashville from tennessean.com Sacred Ground: The Building of the Pentagon Memorial from washingtonpost.com Intended Consequences from mediastorm.org Please Touch Museum from philly.com Pogue-O-Matic
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Non-Breaking Sports finalists decided
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
Among the Non-Breaking Sports category, five packages from indystar.com were recognized by judges today. The finalists: Lucas Oil Stadium Debuts from indystar.com The race for Mr. October from usatoday.com Cortes de Troncos (Log Cutters) from hiru.com Architectural Monuments in a Reshaped Beijing from nytimes.com A Map of Olympic Medals from nytimes.com The Diver’s View from
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Meet your SND judges
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
SND’s the Best of Multimedia Design competition uses the volunteered services of nine judges from top multimedia design backgrounds. With a goal of honoring high-quality journalistic multimedia design, the judges work through the year to evaluate entries, providing confidential feedback to each entrant. Today they complete the evaluations of more than 170 quarterly project winners
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Non-Breaking News finalists named
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
In the large category Non-Breaking News, judges advanced 18 multimedia entries out of a field of 62. All non-breaking categories require pre-planned coverage of a topic or event. Reminder: Medalists will be announced at SND’s Annual Workshop and Exhibition on Sept. 24 in Buenos Aires. The finalists: Seeds of Peace: Uganda’s Long Road to Recovery
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Student Presentation finalists announced
Friday, August 28th, 2009
Of only four student multimedia packages in the annual competition, two were judged to advance as finalists, both from UNC. The finalists: Andaman Rising from UNC-Chapel Hill Cape Fear To Down Here from UNC-Chapel Hill
Breaking Features category small but strong
Friday, August 28th, 2009
SND judges have completed the Breaking Features category, which includes entertainment and lifestyle topics, and all three of this year’s entries were judged to stay in the competition. The finalists: 2009 Academy Awards from boston.com Autopista Eibar-Vitoria (New Highway Eibar-Vitoria) from eitb.com Jackson’s Billboard Rankings Over Time from nytimes.com
Two multimedia packages advance in Breaking Sports
Friday, August 28th, 2009
From seven quarterly winners in the Breaking sports category, two multimedia entries emerged as finalists. Each entry in breaking sports must cover a single subject. The finalists: How Lezak Won Gold in 4×100-Meter Relay from nytimes.com Bolt’s Record in the 100 Meters from nytimes.com
Breaking News category yields five finalists
Friday, August 28th, 2009
From 18 quarterly winners in the Breaking News category, five multimedia entries emerged as finalists. Breaking News was the first category judged in the annual Best of Multimedia Design Competition, held at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at UNC-Chapel Hill. The SND competition guidelines define breaking news as content based on breaking local,
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Nine top multimedia minds visit Chapel Hill to review competition entries
Friday, August 28th, 2009
Leading thinkers in multimedia design arrived in Chapel Hill, N.C., Thursday to meet for the annual review of quarterly winners in SND’s Best of Multimedia Design Competition. A panel of photojournalists, designers, interactive producers, creative directors and professors are all together after a year of judging entries remotely each quarter. Follow SND Update all weekend
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Watch this space for two full days of multimedia design judging
Friday, August 28th, 2009
Stay here on SND Update all through Friday and Saturday to follow the coverage of the judges’ deliberations in SND’s Best of Multimedia Design competition. Finalists in each category will be announced as soon as they are determined. Medalists will be announced at SND’s Annual Workshop and Exhibition on Sept. 24 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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This year’s Best of Multimedia Design
Monday, September 8th, 2008
We announced the finalists in stages as they were voted on last week in SND Update, but Monday, the winners themselves learned which entries were recognized for additional levels of distinction. At the awards banquet at the Red Rock Ballroom at SND’s annual convention, Laura Ruel, coordinator of the Best of Multimedia Design competition, announced
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Audio: Judge POV 2.0
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Voices of Sergio Goldenberg, Maria Ignacia Errazuriz and Lee Glynn, three judges in this year’s Best of Multimedia Design competition.
Richness, diversity in largest category
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
This category (2C) requires that content is based on entertainment and lifestyle coverage. Each entry must cover a single subject, but multiple pages/elements are allowed. Prepare to spend some time with this lot of entertaining and informative packages. When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions El viaje en que Ernesto … Judges’ comments: Real nice
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