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Sunsentinel.com Honored for Best-in-Breed
Online Journalism
Web
site wins EPpy Award for online news feature“10 Years
After Andrew”
CHICAGO, May 15, 2003 --
Tribune Interactive today announced that sunsentinel.com,
the South Florida Sun-Sentinel’s breaking news and information
Web site, won an EPpy Award for "Best Use of Rich Media"
for its online news feature "10 Years After Andrew,"
(http://www.sun-sentinel.com/extras/graphics/news/andrew/).
The award was presented at Editor & Publisher’s
Interactive Media Conference in San Diego last week.
The online package complemented a 16-page section
published in the Sun-Sentinel the week prior to the Aug. 24,
2002, anniversary, as well as stories that ran in print on
the day of the anniversary. Much of the print content was
used online, along with a compelling interactive presentation
of photographs, links to archived news stories and materials,
graphics, audio and video from the newspaper’s broadcast
partner WFOR-TV (CBS 4), Miami/Ft. Lauderdale.
A talented cross-media team of writers, photographers,
graphic designer and editors at the Sun-Sentinel and sunsentinel.com
created the feature. That team, led by R. Scott Horner, Sun-Sentinel’s
assistant graphics director included graphic reporters Edward
Bremner and Rich Rokicki; and Brian Wursten, interactive editor.
The project’s photographs were taken by Carl Seibert.
Information in the project came from research and reporting
by Ken Kaye, John Maines, Robin Benedict and graphics by Daniel
Niblock, Karsten Ivey and Jon-Paul Dumont.
"A project this large cannot get done
without a full team effort and many people," said Horner.
"Our creative teams use of photos, graphics, interactivity
and video gave viewers a rich experience that the print product
alone could not give."
The special online news package provides users
a look back at the hurricane’s effect on Florida’s
people and property. It presents options to view coverage
of the storm from several vantage points:
- Andrew’s Path
- Using Flash design software, the online production team
developed a graphic that allows users to track the path
of the hurricane from Aug. 17-26, 1992. The section provided
viewers a chance to learn how a hurricane is formed, read
National Hurricane Center Reports, review archived news
stories covering the event, see the storm’s path from
satellite video and more.
- Then & Now - Provided
an extensive photo gallery that allowed users to compare
the South Florida landscape 10 years ago with today and
illustrated how the area has been restored and rebuilt.
The section included links to news coverage such as stories
of survival, the impact of the storm on housing prices as
well as the recovery of Miami’s Metrozoo and Cape
Florida’s park.
- What if - Describes the
impact of a similar storm today on Miami-Dade County, Broward
County and Palm Beach County by highlighting major places
and points of interest in the counties along with written
commentary on the possible affect.
Horner thinks the project is not only helpful
to viewers who want to remember the event of Hurricane Andrew,
but also those who want to see how far we have come since
that devastating storm.
"Nowhere else on the Internet can you
find such a thorough collection of Andrew information,"
said Horner, "Especially in such a viewer-friendly format."
This marks the second year that sunsentinel.com
has received an EPpy. In 2002, the site was awarded the "Best
Special Section" award for "Witness to an Epidemic:
AIDS in the Caribbean," http://www.sun-sentinel.com/witness,
a multimedia, multilingual report of the effect of AIDS in
some Caribbean countries.
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Sun-Sentinel Company serves the news
and information needs of South Florida through its South Florida
Sun-Sentinel daily newspaper, Sun-Sentinel.com Web site, el
Sentinel weekly Spanish language newspaper, weekly community
newspapers, niche publications, and television and radio partnerships.
Sun-Sentinel Company is a subsidiary of media industry leader
Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB).
Tribune Interactive is among the
leading news and information networks in the country, operating
more than 50 Web sites and attracting more than 7 million
unique visitors per month. The group manages all aspects of
Tribune Company’s newspaper and television sites, plus
numerous special-interest sites such as those offering local
dining and entertainment options. |
