BOP 2007 > Web Site Winners > Natural Disaster Multimedia Package (Large Affiliated Sites)
- 1st Place
- “Rising From Ruin”
- MSNBC
Rising from Ruin blog: MSNBC.com visited Bay St. Louis and Waveland, Miss. for a week each month to watch the towns rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. With audio slide shows, still pictures, 360-degree video tours, and diary entries from residents, MSNBC.com tells the story of the towns' rebirth.
- Comments (Richard Koci Hernandez)
Only a first and second in this category. The first place piece was a clear winner with a fantastic use of cutting edge technology to tell and deliver the story in various ways in multiple formats. The judges felt that the quality of the rest of the work wasn't at the same level of what we had experienced in the previous categories to award a third place or HM. There were only five entries.
Second place was a pinnacle in narrative story-telling, with clean design, and there was some discussion about putting it in first place. The judges felt, however, that the first place entry from MSNBC did more to advance the story of Katrina than the Dallas Morning News piece.
Nothing here actually accomplished what it set out to do. Really great photos, but the audio in these pieces did not help. These entries would make great photo gallery entries.
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