Crime story covered right

The Winston-Salem Journal's "Murder, Race, Justice: The State vs. Darryl Hunt" is a great example of a crime story covered right on the Web. After DNA evidence overturned Hunt's murder convcition, The Journal conducted a six-month investigation and found that the police used questionable tactics and relied on even more questionable witnesses to bore in on Hunt as a suspect.

The package's design stands out -- rather than stick with the news site's template, the Journal opted to design it so it looked like a case file. In addition to the complete series, included in the file is an impressive array of supporting material: interactive maps, photos (including one 360-degree photo), an interactive timeline, a DNA quiz, and even an interview with Hunt conducted in prison and played over a slide show.

It was chosen as the November 2003 winner in the Non-breaking News category of the Society for News Design's New Media Design Competition.

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