Best of Still Photojournalism 2004

1st: 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.

No 2nd or 3rd Place awarded

UNC, Ten Years On: The breadth and creativity of this package really impressed all the judges. It's well designed and good-looking overall in a way appropriate to the stories being told. The thoroughness and depth of information make it an educational experience.; The introduction draws the user in with music, narration and animation and provides the context of the entire package. There's a consistent look and navigation throughout (although we found the contents button bar a bit hard to find at first).; The overall package should have been edited much tighter. Having gathered all this information, the producers should have made clear decisions about what were the important elements and really drive home the focus of the story.; All the effort put into this packages outdistances the quality of a lot of the photography. There is some good documentary work but some weak images.; Most of the audio adds flavor and texture, and the quality is good. The weakness of many of the audio clips is that they are too long, and it's not practical to expect a Web user to listen that long.

Best Multimedia Package - Independent