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Plazos de competencias se acercan… postulen ahora!
I hope everyone is aware of several competition deadlines that are fast approaching. I have listed five January deadlines here for your convenience (listed chronologically by deadline). Some are free, while others are cheap and there are competitions for both students and professionals. Please remember to submit your work – the results are only valid if the winners are chosen amongst a rich sampling of other work in our field! Best of luck to everyone and please let me know if there are any other upcoming deadlines we should be know about.
Introducing SNDies 2009 finalists
18 hours and 168 projects later, we have finished judging the 2009 SNDies competition. Congrats to everyone involved in these projects. I was extremely impressed across the board with the innovation and depth of interactive storytelling. Recognition for Award of Excellence, Silver, Bronze and Gold awards will be announced at the SND 2009 convention in Buenos Aires in late September.
SNDies 2009: Meet the judges
It’s that time of year again when judges descend upon Chapel Hill for a weekend of collaboration, discussion, and intense debate over the best multimedia packages of the past year according to SNDies. I filled in last year as an annual judge, but this year I am honored to serve as both the quarterlies and annual judge. This means that I have been judging multimedia packages throughout the year, and now I get to select the best of the best to receive top honors of gold, silver and award of excellence.
The importance of multimedia competitions within our industry
Barb Palser, director of digital media at McGraw-Hill Broadcasting, wrote a reflective article in this month’s edition of “American Journalism Review” on her experience judging the 2008 SNDies multimedia competition at UNC in August. Palser wrote, “In this contest alone, dozens of entries stood out for their design quality, user engagement, news value and appropriate choice of media for the information being conveyed.” I completely agree that we are seeing a high level of innovation in multimedia competitions across the board. So, why does this matter and how does it affect you?
A case study of a 2008 SNDies multimedia winner: MediaStorm
MediaStorm’s entries kept judges busy talking at the SNDies 2008 multimedia competition. They have conquered the industry of beautiful storytelling, but they also need to concentrate on how to showcase these videos within larger multimedia sites to truly set them apart.
SNDies 2008 concludes with nods to non-breaking features
The Society for News Design multimedia competition finished it’s 2008 competition Saturday night by awarding 18 finalists. Further awards (gold, silver, bronze and/or award of excellence) will be announced at SND’s annual convention, this year in Las Vegas from Sept 7-9. I cannot divulge favorites now since I was a judge, but I will do [...]
2008 SNDies judging currently underway at UNC
Hello from Chapel Hill! I am honored to serve as a judge for the 2008 Society for News Design multimedia competition and today is the second (and final) day of judging. The SND update blog has live updates of the finalists in each category so make sure to check it out! Yesterday, we judged breaking [...]
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