[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. That’s how Laura Ruel describes the winners of the SND.ies, the Society for News Design‘s multimedia competition, which she coordinates. To quote:

“Check out how ElPais.es uses 3-D with this piece on the Sistine Chapel, or how its designers effectively integrate photography in this piece on the burial of John Paul II.

“ChannelOne.com … use[s] video, interactivity, and other media forms to effectively explain the situation in the Sudan.

“Other innovative work from SND.ies winners can be seen at the redesigned contest website. Awards are given out monthly, with annual awards presented in the fall.”

[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. That’s how Laura Ruel describes the winners of the SND.ies, the Society for News Design‘s multimedia competition, which she coordinates. To quote:

“Check out how ElPais.es uses 3-D with this piece on the Sistine Chapel, or how its designers effectively integrate photography in this piece on the burial of John Paul II.

“ChannelOne.com … use[s] video, interactivity, and other media forms to effectively explain the situation in the Sudan.

“Other innovative work from SND.ies winners can be seen at the redesigned contest website. Awards are given out monthly, with annual awards presented in the fall.”

[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. According to Steve Outing of Poynter, newspaper podcasting is moving into a new phase, from one news-based podcast to specialist ‘channels’. “Case in point: the website of the San Francisco Chronicle, SFGate.com, has begun offering podcast channels from its Datebook, Food, and Opinion sections. (Business podcasts have been offered for a few months.)”

[Keyword: onlinejournalism]. Poynter reports on a new survey by the International Federation of the Periodical Press (PDF) which claims to identify success factors for magazine websites. Rich Gordon writes:

“The survey isn’t scientific, and relies on self-reporting by publishers who consider their sites to be “successful” by whatever standards they wish. But the findings are interesting:

• The publishers’ top goals are developing new online audiences and attracting new readers for the print editions.
• When it comes to money, building revenues and profits for the long term is deemed twice as important as building the business in the short term.
• More than 8 in 10 publishers expect to expand their Web efforts within the next year.
• More than half the publishers say their site has expanded the magazine’s audience by more than 20 percent.
• Most of these self-described “successful” sites — whose print counterparts typically publish monthly — update their online content once or more a day.
• Six in 10 sites offer chat or online discussion.
• Two-thirds have attracted new, online-only advertisers.”