Multimedia Innovation
This category recognizes the art of innovation and experimentation in a single piece, a series or a multimedia package. The use of multiple media in the entry is allowed.
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First Place
Planet Money's Toxic Asset
NPR
Planet Money is committed to following the financial crisis to the bitter end. And what better way to do that than to own a piece of it. We bought one of those things that no one wanted, one of those things that almost brought down the global economy: our very own toxic asset.
Team: Nelson Hsu, Alyson Hurt, Heather Murphy, Robert Benincasa, David Kestenbaum, Chana Joffe-Walt
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Comments
The judges chose Planet Money's Toxic Asset, not so much for it's animation which was quite good but for the way it personified a complex issue and presented it in an easily accessible fashion.
Second Place
The Cost of War: Traumatic Brain Injury - Coming home a different person
The Washington Post
Coming home a different person is a multimedia series that tells the stories of five men who came home from military service to face physical, mental and emotional challenges as a result of the traumatic brain injury they each sustained.
Producer, Video Journalist, Narrator and Editor: Whitney Shefte
Reporter: Christian Davenport and Whitney Shefte
Photographer: Marvin Joseph and Whitney Shefte
Design and Development: Kat Downs
Motion Graphics: Alberto Cuadra
Text/Story Editor: Marc Fisher
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Comments
The combination of informative graphics, brain and injury animations work to deepen an already strong story.
Third Place
Look Up! The Billion-Bug Highway You Can't See
Affliation
Look up at the sky and what do you see? Well, blue, yes. And maybe a plane or a bird, but otherwise... nothing. Or so you think. Right above you, totally invisible, is an enormous herd of animal life -- tiny bugs riding the wind currents.
By Robert Krulwich
Credit: Benjamin Arthur, Robert Krulwich, Jessica Goldstein, Maggie Starbard
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Comments
This is a good story that is well executed. The animation helps tell a story that the would have otherwise been less visually dynamic.
Special Recognition
Find The Words: This Visual Puzzle Is Built On Them
NPR
You may have to watch it more than once, but see if you can find the words hiding in this video. There are at least a half-dozen. Seek 'em out and report back.
By Robert Krulwich and Will Hoffman
Credit: Everynone, NPR/WNYC/Radiolab
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Comments
The judges wanted to award this piece for the way it made us think and perceive visual information in new ways. But because of the constructed scenes we didn't think it fit the parameters of this contest. Nevertheless, a powerful piece of work.
