The New York Times has struck Gold for the second time in the competition, for its entry focusing on Chicago violence, ‘A Bullet Could Hit Me and My Kids Anytime.’
Category: Motion Graphics
Title: ‘A Bullet Could Hit Me and My Kids Anytime’
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/28/us/chicago-violence-walking-to-school-a-bullet-could-hit-me-and-my-kids-anytime.html
Comments: “This piece goes beyond the motion graphics category; it’s a marriage of multiple elements that tell the story in a standard-setting, exemplary way. It connects data to a specific person or specific perspective of a people. You see what is going to happen to them and then you see a broader view, which is no easy feat. It’s better than just thinking of this topic as points on a map. The Times thought of something that not everyone would think of doing and does it well. This is perfection of the use of data visualization in motion graphics.”