Mitch Eden of Kirkwood High School passed this YouTube video along to me last week that he saw talked about on Dan Pink's blog. It's a demo of a digital version of Sports Illustrated and it's pretty sweet. Well worth the 3 minute time investment to watch.
Hilary Fosdal, Interactive Content Manager for Barrington Broadcasting, has created a nice step-by-step tutorial on how to create and embed a Google Map for your Web site. Google maps can be used in a variety of ways to enhance your site. The 2009 NSPA Multimedia Story of the Year included a google map as part of its story. Think about the stories you are putting online and which ones could be enhanced with a map.
NSPA announced its Multimedia Story of the Year winners in Washington DC at the convention last week. Henry Rome of Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Pa. took first place. Fareeha Amir of Francis Howell North High School in St. Chariels, Mo. took second place and Lauren Burdick and Michelle Hu of Carmel High School in Carmel, Ind. took third place. Links to the winning stories can be found in NSPA's Story of the Year Winners page.
The Best of Show winners were announced at the DC Fall National Convention last week. Among the Top 10 were three Indiana schools, two Missouri schools and two schools from Kansas. Massachusetts, California and Virginia each had a site represented as well to round out the top 10. Check out the full list of Web sites, and other Best of Show finishers, on the NSPA Web site.
