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Best of Digital: Silver to Boston Globe for ‘Arresting Words’

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The Boston Globe won Silver for its presentation of phrases culled from Boston Police Department records. Category: Features: Single-subject project Title: Arresting Words Link: http://apps.bostonglobe.com/graphics/2016/04/arresting-words/ Comments: “This piece had more ‘meat’ to it. It’s a more complex story, for sure, but they weren’t afraid to let the words be the…

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Best of Digital: Silver to Seattle Times for leading a discussion on race

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The Seattle Times has won Silver for a holding a community conversation on issues of race, policing and equality. Category: Features: Single-subject project Title: Under our skin: Talk about race Link: https://projects.seattletimes.com/2016/under-our-skin/ Comments: “You have the video — but you have a way to curate through the tags the kind…

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Best of Digital: Silver to New York Times for Philippines photo story

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The New York Times won Silver for a photojournalist’s look at the brutal antidrug campaign in the Philippines. Category: Features: Single-subject project Title: “They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals” Link: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/07/world/asia/rodrigo-duterte-philippines-drugs-killings.html Comments: “For one, it’s great that they pull in Google Maps. I was kind of surprised by that choice…

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Best of Digital: Silver to the N.Y.T. Magazine its New York Issue

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The New York Times Magazine earned Silver for its New York Issue, an exploration of a city constantly on the rise. Category: Features: Single-subject project Title: The New York Issue Link: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/05/magazine/new-york-life.html Comments: “The way that they parsed out a single-topic issue was interesting. The mobile presentation is really thoughtful.…

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Best of Digital: Silver to National Geographic for a Bears-Eye View

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National Geographic has won Silver for offering a bear-eye view at Yellowstone. Category: Features: Single-subject project Title: A bear’s-eye view Link: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/05/yellowstone-national-parks-bears-video/ Comments: “What sets this piece apart from being just a graphics entry is its entry point to the story. It’s really consistent in style and links together many…

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Best of Digital: Silver to Wall Street Journal for ‘Hamilton’

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The Wall Street Journal has won Silver for its musical algorithm breaking down the score from “Hamilton.” Category: Graphics: Features and planned coverage Title: Hamilton Link: http://graphics.wsj.com/hamilton/ Comments: “Visualizing sound is tricky but they did it “enormously well.” It’s current, fun, both think-y and quirky. Often audio is ‘listen to…

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Best of Digital: Silver to NYT for The Two Americas

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The New York Times has won Silver for its mapping of the 2016 Election. Category: Graphics: Features and planned coverage Title: The Two Americas of 2016 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/16/us/politics/the-two-americas-of-2016.html Comments: “It’s a creative way of doing the thing everyone was talking about. It was a form unseen before in order to…

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Best of Digital: Silver to Berliner Morgenpost for marathon

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Berliner Morgenpost has won Silver for its innovative coverage of the Berlin marathon. Category: Breaking/Daily News: Planned coverage Title: Berlin city marathon 2016 Link: http://interaktiv.morgenpost.de/berlin-marathon-2016/ Comments: “The simplicity of the graphic’s execution is its hallmark. It would have been easy to go over the top with annotation and explanation. The…

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