Student projects win six prestigious international Horizon Interactive Awards

Two UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media projects earned best in category recognition as the school won six total awards in the 2011 Horizon Interactive Awards.

“Coal: A Love Story,” the latest iteration of the school’s News21 project Powering a Nation, won in the school/university website category. “Finding the Uwharries,” a compilation of multimedia pieces produced during the annual Carolina Photojournalism Workshop, won in the short film/entertainment category.

The Horizon Interactive Awards is a prestigious international competition recognizing outstanding achievement among interactive media producers. A panel of industry professionals from multimedia, graphic design and marketing backgrounds reviewed entries from around the world to award gold, silver, bronze and, in some cases, honorable mention distinctions.

“Born Into Coal,” a video produced for “Coal: A Love Story,” and “Reframing Mexico,” a multimedia project that seeks to counter popular media portrayals of Mexico City, both won gold medals in the short film categories. “Finding the Uwharries” won gold and “Reframing Mexico” won silver in the school/university websites category.

In the 2010 Horizon Interactive Awards, the school swept the school/university websites category as five student-produced multimedia websites were recognized – “Living Galapagos,” “Little Switzerland Stories,” “Powering a Nation,” “Now What Argentina?” and “Being Asheville.”