Posted by SMAD June 27, 2008
1st Place Departmental/School Site
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HARRISONBURG, Va. -- The SMAD website was recently awarded first place in the Departmental/School category of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) "Best of the Web" competition.
Submissions are encouraged from educators and graduate students in journalism or mass communication programs at the university level. All entries are peer-reviewed and judged on content, aesthetic quality, user interface, navigation and use of technology.
The competition has been conducted since 1997 and awards are given in four categories; Department or School Sites, Teaching Sites, Journalism Sites and Creative Sites.
The SMAD website was created by SMAD Director and Professor Steve Anderson, who teaches classes primarily in interactive media and corporate communication.
The winners will present their sites at the Best of the Web panel on August 7th at 5:00 p.m. during the AEJMC National Convention in Chicago.
Category 1 - Department/School Sites
1st Place - Steven Anderson – James Madison University - School of Media Arts & Design
http://smad.jmu.edu/
Category 2 - Teaching Sites
1st Place - Thomas Bivins – University of Oregon - Mass Media Ethics Course Site
http://jcomm.uoregon.edu/~tbivins/J397/
2nd Place - Tracy Rutledge – University of Tennessee at Martin - Multimedia Course Site
http://www.utm.edu/staff/trutledge/comm324/
Category 3 - Journalism Sites
1st Place - Cindy Royal – Texas State University - San Marcos
http://mclabserv.oldmain.txstate.edu:16080/sanmarcos/
Co-Creators: Jason Cain, Jordan Viator, Taylor Kuhlmann Shanklin, and Irene Kosela (Graduate Students)
2nd Place - Carol Schwalbe - Arizona State University - The Business of Immigration
http://cronkitezine.asu.edu/fall2007/agriculture.html
3rd Place - Cindy Royal – Texas State University - Thread Austin
http://mclabserv.oldmain.txstate.edu:16080/threadaustin/
Co-Creators: Dee Kapila and Kerri Battles (Graduate Students)
Category 4 - Creative Sites
1st Place - Kim Grinfeder - University of Miami - Road of Dreams
http://www.roadsofdreams.org/
Co-creators: Walyce Almeida (student assistant), Kathryn Bain (student assistant), Paula Sampaio (reporter & photographer)
2nd Place - Thomas Bivins - University of Oregon - Bivins Personal Web site
http://jcomm.uoregon.edu/~tbivins/Bivins/index.html
A list of previous winners can be seen on the AEJMC Communication Technology website at: http://www.aejmc.net/ctec/txp/index.php?s=best-of-web_winners
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