We have our champions!
We at HackPack want to congratulate Malia Politzer and Emily Kassie, in addition to Martin Gommel and Esther Gobel on being picked by their peers for” Finest Tale: Migration and the Evacuee Dilemma in the EU organized with the Octorank platform
For the English-language competition, Malia Politzer and Emily Kassie published a comprehensive item accurate gained from migrant suffering. They trace the course smugglers utilize to move Africans through Niger to Sicily and into Europe. The 2nd half of their piece delves into the problems for Syrians moving right into Turkey, and the business economics of integrating them in Germany. It is a mesmerizingly gorgeous multimedia story called The 21 st Century Gold Rush: How the refugee crisis is changing the globe economy”
We couldn’t advise it much more, yet do not take our word for it. Below are some of the reviews from the competitors:
Creativity:
“I’ve read a few items that focus on the human trafficking/ profiteering angle of the refugee dilemma, but never one as outlined as this.”
Use the tool:
“Wow. The future of journalism.”
Quality of craft:
“The writing of this story is dazzling, capturing the lives of individuals clearly. Individual examples highlighted throughout the tale … more enhance its narrative idea and create a swimming pool of information as a factor of referral for visitors …”
Importance:
“A good item of journalism that supplies solid final thoughts to the interested viewers. It likely will still be extremely readable in years.”
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For the German-language competition, Martin Gommel and Esther Gobel, developed a series of posts called “Pass away Neuen Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo” Martin and Esther had the original idea to record their look for what the government has estimated as 9, 000 underage unaccompanied refugees in Germany. They report their trip via Berlin’s parks and the individual tales of the refugees they find in a “vibrant, psychological and enthralling” item.
Customers reviewed the debatable, individual storytelling strategy of the writers– unusual for the german media landscape and normal for the publication “Krautreporter”. We very advise reading our German winner’s collection of magazines as it is a significant contribution to the public discussion on the subject.
Competitors testimonials:
“This collection of write-ups is very considerable as it reports on an unethical topic that is seldom touched by a lot of media, yet hasn’t been checked out. The reporters plainly show how the bureaucracy and a falling short system produce young targets. Although these victims show up, rarely any person respects them– with this message the series of articles has the prospective to transform the circumstance.”
HackPack , S&S Media and Octorank will certainly honor the champions 500 euros in acknowledgment of their work to maintain the general public informed on this vital topic. They will certainly also obtain promo for future tales from HackPack with interviews and connections to its neighborhood of editors.
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The victors were selected by their peers utilizing the Octorank system. Forty individuals evaluated each other’s work based upon four criteria: High quality of craft, Creativity, Significance and Imaginative use the medium The Octorank algorithm ensured in-depth assessments by concentrating much more evaluators on the leading articles, raising the weight of evaluations from specialists and diminishing the impact of unequal examination practices.
Special Recognition
We would likewise such as to provide special acknowledgment to the total 2 nd and 3 rd area tales. Both items are powerful items of journalism, beaming light on a story that has actually been mainly misconstrued, and provide the deeply human aspect of the refugee crisis.
General 2 nd
What Really Happened in Cologne on New Year’s Eve, and Why Were Refugees Blamed?
By Yermi Brenner & & Katrin Ohlendorf
Total 3 rd
En Route: Syrian Refugees Moored in Hamburg
By Kat Lonsdorf, Sarah Apel, Arthur Kropanev & & Philipp Meuser
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