2012 Salute to Excellence Digital
Media Finalists
Digital Media
Digital Media – Single Story: News
"Deadly Secrets: How California Law Shields Oakland
Police Violence”
Ali Winston, Esther Kaplan, Kai Wright
Colorlines
"By the Numbers: New York Fashion Week Spring 2012
Diversity Count”
Keli
Goff, Chloe Hilliard, Annie Gldzhyan
Loop21
"We are the Monument" a living tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr.
Andre
Showell, Ruqaiyah Najjar, Jomo Davis, Deborah Creighton Skinner
BET Networks
"The Other Penn State Cover-Up: Death Threats Against
Black Students”
Brentin
Mock
Loop21
"Six Minutes: The Storms”
Luke
Burke, Tony Anderson
BET Networks
Digital Media – Single Story: Feature
"Southword: Mississippi Losing the War with Obesity”
Vicki
Walton James, Steve Drummond, Warwick Sabin
NPR
"Hello Truth: The Robert McClendon Story”
Samson
Styles, Tony Santiago, Cameron Dennis, Jomo
Davis, Deborah Creighton Skinner
BET Networks
"Wrongfully Convicted:
Flawed Autopsies Send Two Innocent Men to Jail”
Coburn
Dukehart, John W.Poole, Keith Jenkins,
Susanne Reber
NPR
"TheGrio's 100: Sujari Britt, kid cellist with White
House show under her bow”
Barion
Grant, David Wilson, Todd Johnson
www.TheGrio.com
'Fathers Now' keeps black dads from doing time
Barion Grant,
David Wilson, Todd Johnson
www.TheGrio.com
"Finding a Forever Family”
Yvette
Walker
The Oklahoman / NewsOK.com
Digital Media - Online Project: News
"Young Guns: TV Station Takes Four-Year-Old Child’s
Quote Out of Context”
Bob
Butler
Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
Digital Media - Online Project: Feature
"Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Dedication”
BET Digital News Team
BET Networks
"Buried in Crisis: Haiti One Year Later”
David
Wilson, Todd Johnson
www.TheGrio.com
"Joyful Voices”
Amy
Butters, Cassandra Spratling, Kimberly Mitchell
Detroit Free Press
"The Big Issue: Food Addiction”
Mara
Schiavocampo, Jane Derenowski
NBC News
"Civil Rights in America: Connections to a
Movement – Memorial to a King”
Nichelle Smith,
Deborah Barfield Berry, Larry Copeland, Lottie Joiner
Gannett / USA Today
Digital Media - Interactive: News
"Living With Murder”
Amy
Butters, Suzette Hackney, Romain
Blanquart, Kristi Tanner, Kathy Kieliszewski
Detroit Free Press
Digital Media - Interactive: Feature
"Salute to Excellence”
Carissa
McGraw, Vickie Newton
TheVillageCelebration.com
"Black History
Augmented Reality Mobile App”
Retha
Hill
WIX
"This Positive
Life”
Kellee
Terrell, Olivia Ford, Warren Tong, Becky
Allen
TheBody.com
"Auburn Gresham
Series”
Bill Healy, Cate Cahan, DeCeault DeCeault
WBEZ.org
"Reflections on
the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial”
Brian Cook
American Urban Radio Networks
Digital Media - Commentary/Weblog
"The Hyphenated Life”
Francie
Latour
Boston.com | The Hyphenated Life
"A Collection
of Essays from TheBody.com; The Root and BET.com”
Kellee Terrell
TheBody.com; The Root; BET.com
Digital Media - Sports
"Huffington Post Blog of Maya Rupert”
Maya
Rupert
Huffington Post