Archive for the ‘Best of Multimedia Design’ Category
SNDVegas: The annual awards gala is a wrap
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Magician? Check. A dancing medley of 30 years of SND workshops? Check. Robin Leach, champagne wishes and caviar dreams? Check, check, check. SND celebrated the best in newspaper design, multimedia and years of service to the Society and the industry at its annual awards dinner Monday night. Four newspapers were honored as the World’s Best-Designed
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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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Student category dry
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Category 5 is projects and presentations developed by a full-time student or students at the time of creation. Usually a rich array of entries comes out of the Student Presentations category, yet the 2007-08 award year yielded a large dropoff in submissions. Therefore, no finalists were honored. Competition administration is concerned about the lack of
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Sporting work done off deadline
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
This category (2B) includes content based on any element of sports coverage. Each entry must cover a single subject, but multiple pages/elements are allowed. Four of the six finalists are from NYTimes.com. Climbing Kilimanjaro Judges’ comments: What a way to push the envelope! The 3D model is exceptional and I loved watching his heart rate
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Nods to Non-Breaking News
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
This category (2A) requires that content be based on local, national, international and business news coverage. Each entry must cover a single subject, but multiple pages/elements are allowed. Doubt: Who Killed Michelle? Judges’ comments: Simple interface without being boring. Graphic style is appropriate and lends itself to the subject matter. The navigation is very effective
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Audio: Judge POV
Friday, August 29th, 2008
Voices of Joe Weiss, Barb Palser and Tracy Boyer, three judges in this year’s Best of Multimedia Design competition.
Lifestyle on deadline
Friday, August 29th, 2008
This category (1C) requires that content be based on daily entertainment and lifestyle coverage. Each entry must cover a single subject, but multiple pages/elements are allowed. Discovery Earth Live Judges’ comments: Excellent site. User interaction not only in selecting what they want to see, but adding their own content. Very nice aesthetic design and innovation
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8 hours in 40 seconds
Friday, August 29th, 2008
The SND Best of Multimedia judging process is both long and arduous. Our judges slave over their computers for eight hours each day for two days, experiencing every submission, delicately dissecting every detail and debating with one another over their favorites. But eight hours is a long time, so luckily, you too can experience the
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Breaking news on Breaking News
Friday, August 29th, 2008
This category (1A) requires that content is created on deadline in reaction to a breaking story. Five are from NYTimes.com, one from AP and one WashingtonPost.com. The Extent of the Fires Judges’ comments: Important information made graphically accessible. Good use of two navigation systems: the list of names and the slider for dates. The magnification
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Meet our 2008 judges
Friday, August 29th, 2008
TRACY BOYER Tracy Boyer is an award-winning multimedia producer at The Roanoke Times and roanoke.com. Previously, she served as the UNC correspondent for CNN.com and interned with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Boyer graduated with a multimedia degree from UNC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication in May 2007. Her passions lie in travel and multimedia production
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No cheering for Sports
Friday, August 29th, 2008
Breaking Sports (1B) yielded no finalists. This category requires content based on any element of breaking sports coverage.
Breaking, Non-Breaking and Student
Friday, August 29th, 2008
SND The Best of Multimedia Design Competition Entries will be evaluated on writing, visual story telling, interactivity, use of multimedia (including graphics, photography, audio and video), structure and navigation, functionality, personalization, community tools, execution, innovation and overall design. CATEGORY 1: Breaking Presentation Content created on deadline in reaction to a breaking story. 1A: News Content
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Let the judging begin!
Friday, August 29th, 2008
Mice are clicking, voting chips are dropping and coffee is being consumed with reckless disregard: The Society for News Design Best of Multimedia Design competition, held annually at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has officially begun. The judging lineup includes multimedia professionals from around the United States and South America who have
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