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Multimedia news reporting Place: 2
Name: Tin Nguyen, Gregg MacDonald Publication: The Times - Herndon
City: Herndon Subject: Day labor site closes
Comments: Good standup/voiceover reporting. Images tell story. Where is the web refer in print??

Multimedia news reporting Place: 3
Name: Elizabeth Dodd, AJ Maclean Publication: Loudoun Times-Mirror
City: Leesburg Subject: Remember the Raiders
Comments: Good capture of emotions. Nice sound slides templates.

Multimedia feature reporting Place: 1
Name: Raymond Thompson, Jason Peck Publication: Culpeper Times
City: Culpeper Subject: Special Needs Adoption
Comments: Excellent decision to go black & white on sound slide. Refers in print are just right. I now know these people.

Multimedia feature reporting Place: 2
Name: Elizabeth Dodd Publication: Loudoun Times-Mirror
City: Leesburg Subject: Paycheck to paycheck
Comments: Thorough reporting and multimedia coverage. Honest insight into their lives.

Multimedia feature reporting Place: 3
Name: Shamus Ian Fatzinger , Layla Wilder Publication: The Times - Centreville, Chantilly
City: Chantilly Subject: Reunion of World War II veterans
Comments: Excellent sound slides. Package captured emotion of reunion.

Multimedia feature reporting Place: 1
Name: Dave McNair Publication: The Hook
City: Charlottesville Subject: The Dilemma Zone
Comments: Everything a package like this should be. Loooong URL on video.

Multimedia feature reporting Place: 2
Name: Laurie Rogers, Jason Roop Publication: Style Weekly
City: Richmond Subject: Gala Organizers
Comments: Nice energy in package. Excellent pring package and nice coordination with TV. Male TV host must learn how to sit on camera!! Where is the in-print cross-promotion?

Multimedia feature reporting Place: 3
Name: Brandon Reynolds, Mark Jeffries, Craig Belcher Publication: Style Weekly
City: Richmond Subject: The Musical Spinoffs of Doug Richards
Comments: Great package and breadth of coverage. But bad choice of .wma audio format - your server does not stream well. Good web refer in print. Excellent photo gallery but "hippist"??

Multimedia news reporting Place: 1
Name: Scott Bass, Jason Roop Publication: Style Weekly
City: Richmond Subject: The Harvey Family
Comments: Powerful, touching, sensitively handled. Good coordination with other media outlets. Not enough cross-promotion with multimedia or other media outlets.

Multimedia news reporting Place: 2
Name: Staff Publication: Style Weekly
City: Richmond Subject: Top 40 Under 40
Comments: Nice connection with TV but inadequate cross-promotion. Were videos online at TV web site or Style? (Male TV host sits as if he has stomach cramps.)

Multimedia news reporting Place: 3
Name: Tom Daly, Lindsay Barnes Publication: The Hook
City: Charlottesville Subject: Obamarama!
Comments: Good package; there's a "just right" quality to it. But where's the refer from print to multimedia?

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