BOP Web division Entries

Judging for the Web Division will begin March 21st, 2004. Entrants are encouraged to check their listings here, and contact NPPA if they have questions or corrections.

A reminder: all sites must be accessible at the time of judging in order to be considered. So don't take your multimedia masterpiece down just yet.

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Web sites of newspapers, magazines, television or radio outlets with more than 1/2 million unique page views/month. (Count based on Media Medrix statistics for average monthly unique page views of the site.)

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Best Feature Picture Story

America Online: 100 years of Flight: Account: NPPAjudges/M password: nppa2004 Paste "aol://4344:1723.flight.14687834.736280902" URL into AOL browser to view gallery. Aircraft and people that shaped the first 100 years of manned flight.
Netscape: 2003 Year in Pictures: The best photos of 2003 that ran on Netscape.
MSNBC.com: Aging in America: Eight years ago, photographer Ed Kashi and reporter Julie Winokur started documenting the changing face of growing older in America. Two years ago, MSNBC.com brought you "Years ahead: Aging in America," with photography and audio reporting about youthful seniors and innovative elder care. In 2003, MSNBC.com publishes an updated report on how seniors are staying engaged in their later years, and the love and loss that accompanies growing old together.
The St. Petersburg Times: Bog Heaven: A get-your-shoes-dirty look at the Southern tradition of the Mud Bog Hole. Photographs with audio clips.
NYTimes.com: Children at the Border: An audio and picture story by Janet Jarman on the plight of children being smuggled from Mexico to the US.
NYTimes.com: China: An Emerging Power: Nicholas D. Kristof, columnist of The New York Times, explores China as it stands poised to become a world power.
washingtonpost.com: Eyes on the War: The U.S. -led invasion of Iraq was one of the most intensely photographed wars of our time. Hear from 24 photojournalists about what it took to capture the images presented hear. (Please use High-Bandwith version.)
Los Angeles Times: Faces of the Recall: Seen from the sidelines, the California gubernatorial recall campaign was often its own spectacle--more three-ring circus than public referendum on a sitting governor. Never has a political race seemed more open to cynicism about the process. Action film star Arnold Schwarzenegger instantly emerged as the leading candidate to unseat Gray Davis, while on the fringes of the process a porn actress, a washed-up TV star and a comedian joined the race--accompanied by scores of others who collected the requisite signatures and paid $3,500 to participate in the process.
America Online: Haitian Voodoo: Account: NPPAjudges/M password: nppa2004 Paste "aol://4344:1396.hait_00.22748423.754948755" URL into AOL browser to view gallery. Views of voodoo rituals and participants from Haiti.
www.star-telegram.com: Home Delivery: An apprentice Midwife is learning an ancient art in modern times.
The St. Petersburg Times: Homeless for the Holidays: A look inside a homeless camp during Christmas. Photographs with audio clips.
TIME.com: Inside the Bubble: A look at the World That Surrounds the President: Christopher Morris trains his lens on the spaces where Bush is not -- where Secret Service men move, techs set up and journalists lurk.
newsobserver.com: Latter-day pioneers: A group of mormon teenagers reenact their ancestor's pioneer exodus of the mid 19th century.
startribune.com: Living Far From Anywhere: The Carriere family lives in a one-room cabin in northern Canada surrounded by thousands of miles of wilderness. It is a life filled with hardships, joys and the traditions of people who lived there generations ago.
Tampa Bay Online (TBO): Miss Hazel Haley: Slide show with continuous audio on the first day of the new school year with Miss Hazel Haley, who begins her 66th year of teaching.
Los Angeles Times: Mortal Wounds: They have become dots on a demographerÌs map: black boys and men gunned down on the streets of Compton and Watts and Inglewood and Hyde Park. There are three on one block, six on another. More than 400 murders, on average, are added each year. The homicide rate in South Los Angeles is double that of Bogota, Colombia. But no one pays much attention. Not the neighborhood that falls silent. Not the city institutions that turn numb.
washingtonpost.com: Najaf's City of the Dead: With the end of fighting, Iraqi Shiite families bring dead family members to the holy city of Najaf for burial. The vast cemetery in the shadow of the Holy Shrine of the Prophet Ali is a favored final resting place for Shiites.
http://www.tbo.com: Newsome High Drumline: Thousands of high school students participate in high school marching bands every fall. This is the story of the drumline of Newsome High School in Lithia, Fl. Newsome is a new high school which opened its doors in the fall of 2003.
http://www.tbo.com: Nine Lives: Hillsborough County Animal Services in Tampa, Florida puts animals to death at a greater rate than any of Florida's large public shelters. Nine Lives follows the stories of nine animals through Animal Services over a four month period.
America Online: Sacred Valley of the Incas: Account: NPPAjudges/M password: nppa2004 Paste "aol://4344:1396.inca_00.22749021.744155232" URL into AOL browser to view gallery.
America Online: Salton Sea: Account: NPPAjudges/M password: nppa2004 Paste "aol://4344:1396.salt_00.22741503.740859172" URL into AOL browser to view gallery. Various views of the Salton Sea.
washingtonpost.com: Soldiers of Ward 57: Walter Reed Amry Medical Center has been treating wounded soldiers since the beginning of the century, expanding and contracting with the rhythms of war. Nearly 600 soldiers have passed through the center during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
startribune.com: The Four Seasons: The Four Seasons in Minnesota lend themselves to single dominant colors.
TIME.com: TIME On Assignment: Life in Iraq: A look at a society on the brink of war.
TIME.com: When a House is not a Home: Homelessness is on the rise across the United States. Here is the story of one working family's struggle for self-sufficiency, dignity--and a place to call their own

Best Multimedia Package

startribune.com: 2003 Slide Shows: This year, designer Dave Braunger developed a tool that allows us to create Flash slide shows with audio without multimedia producers and photographers ever having to actually touch Flash. As a result, we've been able to produce photo stories for daily news, projects and everything in between. While I can't show you the tool (it's not that attractive anyway), the final results live here on our slide show page.
TIME.com: 21 Days to Baghdad: The inside story of the War in Iraq
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MSNBC.com: Aging in America: Eight years ago, photographer Ed Kashi and reporter Julie Winokur started documenting the changing face of growing older in America. Two years ago, MSNBC.com brought you "Years ahead: Aging in America," with photography and audio reporting about youthful seniors and innovative elder care. In 2003, MSNBC.com publishes an updated report on how seniors are staying engaged in their later years, and the love and loss that accompanies growing old together.
Los Angeles Times: California Coastal Trail: California law grants access to the entire coast. A band of hikers finds out the hard way, along 1,196 miles, that it's a work in progress.
NYTimes.com: Capturing Saddam Hussein: An account of the capture of the Iraqi tyrant by US forces on Dec. 13, 2003.
newsobserver.com: Cool John Blues: Underground blues guitar legend Cool John Ferguson jams every Saturday night at the All People Grill. See and hear him play his his unorthodox, self-taught style in this interactive presentation.
www.jacksonville.com: Down at the Bogg: The sights and sounds of the Lawtey Mud Bogg are shown through video and still photographs.
washingtonpost.com: Eyes on the War: The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was one of the most intensely photographed wars of our time. Hear from 24 photojournalists about what it took to capture the images presented here. (Please use Broadband version.)
newsobserver.com: First in flight: Follow a determined group of engineers, pilots and craftsmen as the attempt to recreate the Wright brothers' historic flight 100 years later in this interactive production featuring video, stills, graphics and audio.
Los Angeles Times: High-Stakes Pipeline: Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Ken Silverstein traveled throughout Chad and Cameroon, reporting on whether promises made about the pipelineÌ economic and social benefits have been realized. He reported this story with assistance from the Center for Investigative Reporting and its Fund for Investigative Reporting on the Environment.
www.star-telegram.com: Home Delivery: An apprentice midwife learns an ancient art in modern times.
Arizona Daily Star: House of the Martyr: Please scroll down on page to March 16, 2003: Architect for UA prepares for death. Click on Multimedia: At the House of the Martyr
www.star-telegram.com: Learning to Soar: Coach Todd Rodgers tries to turn around a 1-9 team with a strong passing offense
startribune.com: News from the Front: Video stories, photo galleries and audio from Star Tribune photographers and reporters on the front lines of Iraq.
washingtonpost.com: Return to Afghanistan: Video journalist Travis Fox spent three weeks in Afghanistan chronicling the country's attempt to build a modern political order on ancient foundations.
TIME.com: TIME On Assignment: Life in Iraq: A look at a society on the brink of war. TIME.com requires login for some content. Please use this account number for access: 522127100
NYTimes.com: Vanishing Point: An exploration of trends that are draining life from vast stretches of the American great plains.
www.jacksonville.com: Walking with the Giant: The life story of 3'10" tall Southern Baptist evangelist James "the Giant" Croft is told through a text story, as well as, three sections of pictures and audio.
America Online: Wounded Soldiers: Account: NPPAjudges/M password: nppa2004 Paste "aol://4344:3167.wound.21081753.733267288" URL into AOL browser to view gallery. Images and audio from United States soldiers wounded in Iraq.
MSNBC.com: Year in Pictures 2003: See the best images from around the world and close to home in "Editor's choice," an audio-driven slide show of images edited by the MSNBC.com multimedia team from approximately one million images viewed during the year. Also, see the winners of "The Week in Pictures" weekly contest in "Reader's Choice" and vote for your favorite image of the year.

Best News Picture Story

Netscape: 2003 Year in Review: Package story to review the top news stories of 2003.
TIME.com: A Soldier's Life: What it's like at close range with the troops who patrol Baghdad's meanest streets. Photographs by James Nachtwey
The New York Times on the Web: AIDS in Haiti: A report on one doctor's crusade to treat AIDS patients in impoverished rural Haiti.
America Online: Fighting in Liberia: Account: NPPAjudges/M password: nppa2004 Paste "aol://4344:3167.libergal.21085752.743201306" URL into AOL browser to view the gallery. Combatants and those affected by the war in Liberia.
MSNBC.com: Images of war: As fighting began in Iraq, MSNBC.com launched an aggressive project: To publish a slide show each day to bring the action and emotion of a distant war to readers, immediately. Twenty-eight slide shows, each updated multiple times a day, depict the war from many angles, from soldiers in combat and the civilian experience to the fall of Baghdad.
Los Angeles Times: Iraq Aftermath: Photo galleries of the war in Iraq
The New York Times on the Web: Iraq Journal: Heart of the Fight: A photographic journal by James Hill, photographer for The Times, of the US advance on Baghdad. (please disable popup blockers)
washingtonpost.com: Najaf's City of the Dead: With the end of fighting, Iraqi Shiite families bring dead family members to the holy city of Najaf for burial. The vast cemetery in the shadow of the Holy Shrine of the Prophet Ali is a favored final resting place for Shiites.
TIME.com: On Assignment: The War in Iraq: Exclusive War Pictures from TIME photographers
newsobserver.com: Out of the fire: A multimedia slide show follows the recovery of Jim Edwards, a victim of North Carolina's worst industrial accident in more than a decade.
washingtonpost.com: Rounding Up the Looters: After routing the Iraqi army from Baghdad, U.S. Marines found themselves with the job of ridding the city of bandits.
http://www.tbo.com: Sex In The City: Some of it is plain to see-the strip clubs, the sex toy shops and the massage parlors-but there's much more below the surface. And that' s given the Tampa Bay area a national reputation.
TIME.com: The Burden of Proof: George W. Bush turns up the heat on Saddam Hussein and prepares the country for possible war
America Online: Troops Battle Massive Sandstorm: Account: NPPAjudges/M Password: nppa2004 Paste "aol://4344:3167.sandstrm.21082020.733073762" URL into AOL browser to view the gallery. Images of US Troops during a desert sandstorm in Iraq.
washingtonpost.com: Troops Battle Sand, Wind to Baghdad: Plagued by sandstorms that limited visibility and tormented the troops, U.S. and allied troops pushed onward toward Baghdad.
washingtonpost.com: Troops Battle Sand, Wind to Baghdad: Plagued by sandstorms that limited visibility and tormented the troops, U.S. and allied troops pushed onward toward Baghdad.

Best Sports Picture Story

newsobserver.com: Cherokee stickball: Centuries ago, Native American tribes used this game to train young men for war. Today, it helps keep tribal identity alive.
washingtonpost.com: Fielding Hope in Montana: The Geraldine Tigers are a power in six-man football. The team has been to the state championship game eight times in the past 10 years. From Montana to the Dakotas and south to Texas, six-man football is a socially sanctioned intoxicant. On Friday nights and Saturday afternoons, it numbs the pain of demographic decline across the Great Plains.
www.star-telegram.com: Learning to Soar: Coach Todd Rodgers tries to turn around a 1-9 2A football team with a strong passing offense.
America Online: NFL Kickoff: Account: NPPAjudges/M password: nppa2004 Paste "aol://4344:1396.kick_00.22744742.747664279" URL into AOL browser to view gallery.
washingtonpost.com: VMI's Groundbreaking Season: For the Virginia Military Institute, a school that didn't admit its first female student until the Supreme Court ordered it to do so seven years ago, this fall marks the inaugural season of the women's soccer team -- the first women's sports team in the history of the school.
startribune.com: Winter's bloom: Slide show: Some are simple, some are elaborate, but when the deep freeze of winter hits Minnesota, the back-yard ice rinks are all alive with the sounds of skating, shouting and laughter -- the unfettered joy of hockey.
America Online: World Series Moments: Account: NPPAjudges/M password: nppa2004 Paste "aol://4344:1396.wsmom_00.22747721.749572635" URL into AOL browser to view gallery. Great moments in major league baseball World Series history.
startribune.com: Yankee Stadium: Ghosts among us: Slide show: If walls could talk, the din in Yankee Stadium in New York City would overwhelm visitors. The mystique associated with its powerful aura can be attributed to the many successes of Yankees teams over the years, 26 championships to be exact. Ghosts, some would say.

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Web sites of newspapers, magazines, television or radio outlets with less than 1/2 million unique page views/month. (Count based on Media Medrix statistics for average monthly unique page views of the site.)

Best Feature Picture Story

TConline: AIDS in Africa: Shows the impact of AIDS in Zambia and the work of one African-American minister to meet needs there.
Standard-Examiner: Bambi's Story: The story of a 24-year-old woman's courageous battle with heart failure. The woman narrates the feature, which displays photographs of her life between April and August 2003. The online segment complements printed and DVD versions of the story.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Fine Tuning: Behind the scenes at the Eastman School Of Music
Fredericksburg.com: For the Love of Belly Dance: Belly Dancing Essay
The Roanoke Times/roanoke.com: Lakeisha Makes Her Debut: Rodeo queen B.J. Boothe jokes that she was born in the saddle. Events like these help her stay there. At the Virginia High School Rodeo Association finals in Rural Retreat, she gets her fix 10 seconds at a time.
northjersey.com: Losing Mary: Mary Polanco did not survive. She died from her breast cancer, like over 42,000 women a year in the United States. Mary's cancer was invasive and unrelenting, and her decline was frighteningly quick. The family matriarch, she left behind two daughters and a grandson for whom the future is still uncertain. Their benefits, their housing, their survival as a unit together were all threatened by Mary's death.
Fredericksburg.com: Meet Danny Haller: Blind Bluegrass Banjo Player
Anchorage Daily News: Military Youth Academy: The Alaska Military Youth Academy calls the first two weeks of indoctrination a "pre-challenge." Teens must endure early mornings, harsh workouts and mental stress to officially become cadets.
The Roanoke Times/roanoke.com: Rodeo Queen: Rodeo queen B.J. Boothe jokes that she was born in the saddle. Events like these help her stay there. At the Virginia High School Rodeo Association finals in Rural Retreat, she gets her fix 10 seconds at a time.
News & Observer: The Bishop Rocks the House: Slide show with audio of blues harmonica-playing holiness church Bishop Dready Manning and his church service.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: The Season Cycle: The four seasons in photos
TConline: Trail Stories: Two young men trek through China.

Best Multimedia Package

The Roanoke Times/roanoke.com: Renewing Southeast: A Southern Appalachian town born of the railroad and nourished on rayon, steel and other goods, Roanoke thrived on its workingman reputation until the 1950s when many of the nation's factory jobs started to disappear. Without paychecks to support them, the Star City's inner-city neighborhoods--once modest, clean, safe places where neighbors looked out for each other--eroded into slums over the years. Southeast Roanoke, which was built at the turn of the century to house working families, became a dumping ground for the poor. After decades of neglect, though, Roanoke's oldest neighborhoods are today considered barometers of the city's future, places that can not be ignored if Roanoke is to succeed in its transition from old to new economy. Community leaders have targeted the core neighborhoods for revitalization, starting with Southeast Roanoke. The Roanoke Times' team of photographer Kelly Hahn Johnson, multimedia producer Seth Gitner and writer John Cramer decided to look into the revitalization program. They wanted to know how the program would work, what it would cost, how it would affect the neighborhood's residents and whether it would lay the groundwork for restoring the rest of Roanoke's oldest neighborhoods.
The Roanoke Times: The Blue Ridge Parkway: This five-part project uses still photos, video and audio to present the issues that the Blue Ridge Parkway, a 469-mile national park, faces in the future. The piece focuses on environmental, cultural, and economic forces that will shape the future of the park.
ZUMA Press: ZUMA Press: ZUMA Press is a one-stop shop for the best in up-to-date entertainment, news, travel and sports.

Best News Picture Story

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: At War: The local reaction to the start of the war in Iraq.
Fredericksburg.com: Through the Cracks: The Comfort Family: Life in a Shack

Best Sports Picture Story

Anchorage Daily News: Alaska Baseball League: The Alaska Baseball League attracts college players from across the country. There's no money to be made and not many fans and the major leagues is a big leap away. These players come out of love and dedication to the sport.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: All On The Line: Photo gallery from the High School state basketball tournament
The Roanoke Times/roanoke.com: Summer Sacrifice: Summer sacrifice The long, hot days will test your resolve. The locker room's stench will make you stagger. The veteran coach will try to break you. But if you want to play on Friday nights, you've got to get through these summertime football practices first.
Summer Sacrifice: Summer Sacrifice: Summer sacrifice The long, hot days will test your resolve. The locker room's stench will make you stagger. The veteran coach will try to break you. But if you want to play on Friday nights, you've got to get through this summertime practice first.

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Journalism sites not affiliated with a print, radio, or TV publisher.

Best Feature Picture Story

Blueeyes Magazine: Kansas City Jazz: Photo essay on Kansas City jazz scene photographed by Travis Hartman.
University of North Carolina: Living with dignity: (to access this story, click on the housing section of tenyearson.org, click living with dignity, then click view slideshow) Vukani is an eclamation in Xhosa language which means WAKE UP! This is a story of the squatter camp named Vukani in South Africa which lacks water, sewer, and electricity and is home to hundreds. The camp was slated for demolition and reconstruction as part of a government housing project government in the year prior to the tenth anniversary of apartheid.
Kalkaska Consortium: Miss Heart: Annually, Kalkaska holds a Miss Heart pageant, where the winner goes on to compete in the Miss Michigan and hopefully the Miss America pageant. This is the first step in the three-level pageant circle.
Blueeyes Magazine: Subway: Photo essay on the New York City subway system photographed by Nicholas Hegel McClelland.
Ripserve: The Doves of Hebron: In Hebron a lot of people keep doves. At first glance Hebron is a peaceful city. The centre of town appears completely deserted. This is area H2 - 40,000 Palestinians live here, along with around 500 Israeli citizens, who receive the protection of about 2,500 soldiers. For the sake of security, the 40,000 Palestinians are generally forbidden to leave their homes. With all that time on their hands, Palestinians have taken up the traditional Jordanian pastime of keshesh. If you see a flock of birds circling, chances are someone is on the rooftops, watching his birds.

Best Multimedia Package

brianpobuda.com: brianpobuda.com: Web site for Photography Portfolio, Motion Portfolio, Personal Music Downloads and video
University of North Carolina: Life at the End of the Road: Life at the End of the Road explores the culture of Chile's Patagonia region. A collaboration between the University of North Carolina and University of the Andes in Chile, the project was completed with about 30 students and five faculty, led by Professor Beckman. The project contains still images, audio, video, text (in English and Spanish) and animation, and features chapters on the land, the people, and the sea. Each chapter contains multiple stories. The site also contains a story map, a conversion calculator and a timeline of Patagonia.
Blueeyes Magazine: Remembering 9/11: Collaborative photo project on the 2-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in NYC and D.C., photographed by several different photographers.
University of North Carolina: Ten Years On: Ten years on investigates the culture of South Africa ten years after the official end of apartheid. A collaboration between the University of North Carolina and Rhodes University in South Africa, the project was completed with about 30 students and five faculty, led by Professor Beckman. The project contains still images, audio, video, text and animation, and features stories on women of apartheid, housing issues (2), integration, youth (2), protest music(2 stories and a juke box), economics (2), political cartoons from one of the nation's best, and a timeline.
Ten Years On: Ten Years On: A look at life in a township of South Africa ten years after the end of Apartheid.
The Convergent: The Convergent: This site is a Web magazine developed by the visual journalism and Web design students at The University of Texas School of Journalism.

Best News Picture Story

Blueeyes Magazine: A Holy Land, Divided: Photo essay on the conflict between Israel and Palestine photographed by Kenneth Dickerman.
Inthefray.com: A walk in the dark: On Thursday, August 14, starting at 4:10 p.m., twenty-one power plants in the Northeast and Midwest shut down in a span of three minutes. Energy grids quickly dried up, computer screens shut off, and lights fizzled as millions of Americans suddenly found themselves without power. This collection of photographs documents a seven-hour, six-mile walk home from 60th Street in Manhattan to Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn.
Blueeyes Magazine: Ashes to Ashes: Photo essay on the aftermath of the American occupation in Iraq photographed by Rich Glickstein.
ZUMA Press: Liberia Struggles With Scars of War: Log In to the site: Username: nppa Password: pix Type in: Liberia Struggles with Scars of War in the search box.
www.timsnopek.com: Waukesha County News Page: The WCNP covers late braking news and current events with all pictures with little text.