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We have completely updated our Flickr account! See this year’s winning designs at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssnd. If your’s isn’t posted, please let us know and we’ll correct that ASAP.

Redesign of a news website

Forgot to post one more winner! Sorry about that.

First: Bradley Halpern, Campus Times, University of Rochester

Overall comments

The judges particularly rewarded use of the Web for telling stories, but they said execution needs to improve overall. Specifically, while they acknowledged student news organizations can be at a disadvantage in terms of the availability of design resources, they said students should go beyond templates and create some more original work.

The judges also said hierarchy and alignment seemed to be lacking in much of the work they saw today, and while there was good Flash work submitted, they generally perceived work done in Flash as “clunky.”

Thanks to everyone who submitted, and congrats to all of the winners!

Use of color in a news website

Honorable mention: Michael Daugherty, Secs in the City, Syracuse University

Home page of a news website

Honorable mention: Bradley Halpern, Campus Times, University of Rochester

Integration of social media

The judges awarded a general honorable mention to The Daily Collegian at Penn State University.

Interactive or animated infographic

First: David Miller, Apart from War, Syracuse University: “Jerry’s Cabin”
Second: Andrew Metcalf, The Daily Collegian, Penn State University: “Penn State All-Decade Application”
Third: Zach Wade, Project573.com, University of Missouri: “Home Economics”
Honorable Mention: Dan Cooper, Circle of Blue, Ball State University: “Hoover Dam’s Troubled Waters”

Mini-site/special section

First: www.apartfromwar.org, Newhouse School at Syracuse University, David Miller and Apart from War staff

Second: www.voxmagazine.com/media/multimedia/2010/Flash/flash/Main.html, University of Missouri, Theresa Berens

Third: www.scaddistrict.com/filmfest, SCAD, staff

Display for multimedia

First place: The American Response, Missouri School of Journalism, Adam Falk and Amanda Bromwich

Overall News site

First: www.thenewshouse.com, Newhouse School at Syracuse University, The NewsHouse Staff

Honorable mentions:
www.fnewsmagazine.com, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Elliott Beazley, Jennifer Swann, Nick Briz and Casilda Sanchaz
elonpendulum.com, Elon University, Jeff Stern