Multimedia Awards

- Erick Ward

The best thing that I can say about the six sites mentioned for this award, is that I feel like all of the stories were enhanced by seeing it from different mediums. Some multimedia sites leave you looking for information, because they show you only one aspect of the story from different mediums.

One site that I thought was particularly well-done was "A third tour of duty in Iraq." I think the site was easy to get around and there were a lot of views on the war. The slide shows under "In His Words" were really interesting, because they talked about a lot of aspects of the war. How they are treated by the Iraqis, what they tell their family, and the dangers are faced are all discussed with pictures, audio, and text. The audio of James Welter Sr. is also well done, and gives another view of the war. Last, the videos showed things that people rarely get to see. How the marines search homes and buildings, and do their jobs was interesting to see in a video.