"Held Back"
Recipient of the JOINT COMPETITION: TAPB AND TAPME BEST ONLINE PACKAGE award in The Charles E. Green Awards (2019)
KUT Radio, Austin
Judge’s Comments:
While most of the stories in this category seemed like broadcast or print stories with some added digital features, “Held Back” was a digitally-focused story that incorporated a podcast. In other words, “Held Back” was a deeply reported and important story that was told in a compelling digital way.
The thorough narrative seamlessly incorporated video, graphics and photography to pull on the strengths of each form in the spirit of The New York Times’ iconic “Snow Fall.” The podcast, or audio documentary, companion version of the story is also compelling and used some creative storytelling techniques.
“Held Back” tackles an issue of great importance and presents valuable information in an absorbing way. It represents the best ideals of digital journalism.
Many of the other finalists in this category should be applauded for their efforts, and the Houston Chronicle’s “Dexter” children’s box was a wonderfully creative effort.
Aaron Chimbel
Dean of the Jandoli School of Communication
St. Bonaventure University.
Judge’s Bio:
Aaron Chimbel is dean of the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University. Prior to joining the St. Bonaventure faculty in August 2018, Chimbel taught journalism at Texas Christian University. His academic writing has been in the Newspaper Research Journal, Convergence Newsletter, MediaShift, Journal of Social Media in Society and Electronic News, among others. He has published two books: “Introduction to Journalism” and “Why I'm a Journalist: Personal Stories from Those Who Cover the News."
Before academia, Chimbel worked at WFAA-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth as the “MoJo” or mobile journalist where he earned five Advanced Media Emmy Awards and was part of the WFAA team that received a national Edward R. Murrow Award. Chimbel was also a reporter for KWTX-TV (Waco-Temple-Killeen, Texas) and a producer at Texas Cable News. Chimbel is a graduate of TCU and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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