A compete multimedia entry consists of the following:

• A completed official Hearst Multimedia entry blank, signed by entrant and journalism administrator and a Hearst Multimedia Disclosure Form. Both forms can be sent via regular mail, or faxed to 415-243-0760, or scanned as a PDF and attached in an e-mail to photoawards@hearstfdn.org.
• The entry's specific URL must be submitted via e-mail to photoawards@hearstfdn.org. Please include entrant name, school name, Web site name, posting date, title of project and URL of project in the body of the e-mail. Please make your subject line: Hearst Multimedia Entry, university name, entrant name.
• If the multimedia entry was posted on a professional Web site outside of school, a statement from the Web site's editor must accompany the entry to verify the central participation of the entered journalist in all facets of the entry. This statement may be emailed, faxed or sent via regular mail.

If the project is not "live" the entry may be submitted on a disk.

No components of a multimedia entry may have been submitted in the writing, photojournalism or broadcast news competitions.

An entry may be submitted only once.

Multimedia Competitions

Competition One: Features Theme – Visual Story Telling
All entries submitted must have been produced and posted on the Web between February 1, 2010 and February 1, 2011. A multimedia project is defined as a single piece of journalism executed essentially by the same journalist.

This category awards excellence in telling a story to an online audience using multimedia techniques, with an emphasis on multimedia storytelling, the quality of journalism and creative use of the medium. Entries must be journalism, and may not include dramatization. Each entry must have been posted on the Web and the entrant must have completed at least three of the following components: writing (including scripted narration/voice over), interactive elements, Flash, photography, audio and/or video. The principal journalist may have received technical assistance from other undergraduate students (for example: camera persons, designers, programmers), but the journalism administrator must verify the central participation of the entered journalist in all facets of the entry. An entry cannot be a blog and cannot be a Web page of a professor, class or student. It must be a functioning Web site for an ACEJMC-accredited program, a school publication, television or radio station, or professional entity.

Time limit: Entries must not exceed 10 minutes, with a preference for shorter pieces.

One project per entrant.

Deadline: Entries must be e-mailed by 11:59 PST on Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Competition Two: News
All entries submitted must have been produced and posted on the Web between April 20, 2010 and April 20, 2011. A multimedia project is defined as a single piece of journalism executed essentially by the same journalist.

This category awards excellence in covering news for an online audience using multimedia techniques, with an emphasis on multimedia storytelling, the quality of journalism and creative use of the medium. Entries can be hard or soft news projects; they can be based on but are not limited to public affairs, business, science or sports. Each entry must have been posted on the Web and the entrant must have completed at least three of the following components: writing (including scripted narration/voice over), interactive elements, Flash, photography, audio and/or video. The principal journalist may have received technical assistance from other undergraduate students (for example: camera persons, designers, programmers), but the journalism administrator must verify the central participation of the entered journalist in all facets of the entry. An entry cannot be a blog and cannot be a Web page of a professor, class or student. It must be a functioning Web site for an ACEJMC-accredited program, a school publication, television or radio station, or professional entity.

One project per entrant.

Time limit: Entries must not exceed 10 minutes, with a preference for shorter pieces.

Deadline: Entries must be e-mailed by 11:59 PST on Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Requirements:

The work will be judged on its essential journalistic values, but also will be judged on how creatively, coherently and appropriately it took advantage of the special characteristics of multiple platforms, such as: adding extended background links or animated graphics; posting still photographs; downloading podcasts that supplement the story; or providing video that enhances and creates stronger user interest for the story.

Judging

Multimedia entries will be evaluated on the following points:

• Visual story telling
• Writing
• Reporting
• Photography
• Audio and video
• Graphics
• Versatility
• Human interest
• News value
• Originality
• Editing
• Navigation and Structure
• Design