CATEGORY: INTERACTIVE (CPOY 62) ROUND 1

I came into this category an hour after the judging started. There are 17 entries, and they have gotten through 6 or 7.

There is a discussion going on of what roll can faculty advisers pay in an entry. The consensus is that faculty members can advise and direct, but they can be shoot video. A project was just eliminated, because a faculty member shot video. On the following project, the judges asked to see the "ABOUT" section from the beginning.

The Haiti project has been voted out.

Smoky Mountain Stories | CPJW 2007
A judge said, that a lot of the names (titles) are new and that they are easily identifiable in the broadcast world, but not hear.
Videos watched:
1. I missed the name.
2. A boy and his goat. (The Judges appear to be entertained. They are laughing.)
3. Country store at crossroads.
VOTING - IN

White City Stories
First, they viewed the ABOUT section.
Question brought up by judge (and their conversation) - design and functionality is just as important as content. How do we know if someone is a faculty member or not? Because we take this account in another project, because we know who the people are. How do we treat projects where there is a list of names that we can't recognize?
1. Cloistered for Christ
2. Inca Ice Maiden
3. In the Shadow of Ubinas
4. Life of a Miner - It is interesting that one story is subtitled and the another is voiced over.
VOTING - IN

Stories of Katrina's Aftermath
It was noted that David Leeson II participated in this project.
1. MISSED TITLE
2. Valerie Washington
3. Katrina Archive
VOTING - IN

Missed name - File name "sport.mov"
There is a quicktime movie. There is no page layout or presentation. Judges laugh when they find out the guy who wrestles is a principal.
VOTING - OUT

On The Line: Economic Hardship in North Carolina
About section viewed.
1. To Hell With Society - watched fully (note: this is a rarity, movies, picture stories and interactive are usually watched for only a few seconds at times before they get canceled out.)
2. An Uncertain Future
3. Timeline
4. Turning a Life Around
VOTING - IN

Everything's Bigger in Texas - Childhood Obesity
1. Jaclyn's story - watched fully
2. Ki-Aira's story
3. Romero family's story
VOTING - OUT


UPDATING HAS BEEN CANCELED. 11:04 PM
I was working on the print graphic for tomorrow's front page, and now I got to get the interactive done.

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UPDATE - News is whomever did the Skatopia Picture story won the Portfolio category. This is secondhand information.