APME online convergence award winners
The Associated Press Managing Editors' APMEOnline Convergence Award got a record number of entries this year -- 43. Here are the winners for the best story told both in print and online, along with the judges' comments (via AP):
Winners:
100,000 and above circulation category
Providence Journal, "Saving Block Island": Providence won with a seven-part series, "Saving Block Island: How Rob Lewis led the way." It told one man's years of effort to rescue an island, described as one of the 10 last great places, from overdevelopment. Multimedia narratives created a showcase for each day of the series, allowing the reporter to tell an audio version of his story. "The print and online versions each offered a complete, while completely different, experience," the judges said. "The print version was as impressive in its layout as in its reporting, and the online site design and Web-oriented elements were a perfect match with the topic. We had to be restrained from immediately moving there."
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Courthouse Shootings": A March 11 courthouse shooting in which a judge, court reporter and deputy sheriff were shot and killed. Two newspaper staffers had been carjacked and the suspect was still at large as the newspaper and its Web site, ajc.com, got on the story, AP says. As part of its online coverage, the paper created guest books for the victims, and within days, each had more than 100 pages of entries. The judges said this was "impressive multimedia under pressure. AJC maintained the immediacy of online reporting without letting up on the journalism, ending up with a site beyond comprehensive. The big story was there, as well the individuals."
40,000 to 100,000 category
The Roanoke Times: "An Unlikely Refuge": A story focusing on an apartment complex it called "the most diverse nine acres in Roanoke," at a time "when more blacks are coming to the United States from Africa than during the slave trade era, both as refugees and as voluntary immigrants." The judges said, "It was beautifully told in print and online with stunning photos and powerful writing. The online experience was greatly enhanced by hearing the refugees speak, sharing the diversity of their language and lifestyles in audio and video."
Up to 40,000 circulation
Poughkeepsie Journal: "State of the Hudson": a four-part series about an estuary that it said "suffered from the recklessness and detritus of people who came to settle its shores." The judges said it was "an overwhelming effort ... This package offered a level of depth that no other entry had."
Other finalists:
The Seattle Times, "Unearthing Tse-whit-zen"
The News & Observer, 2005 U.S. Open
Times Union, "Central Avenue"
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