Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Marriott Bonvoy Traveler Entry Title: Black History Everywhere Entry Credit: Robin Bennefield, Valerie Conners, Kia Delgado, Chelo Segear Judge Comment: This is so good and so thoughtful on many levels. The videos, the podcasts, the stories and the images form a rich content ecosystem. And the topics are fascinating — diving into diverse Black culture from riding horses to exploring Harlem to perspectives of sommelier life. Using multiple mediums and tools, the content is immersive, interesting and engaging.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: National Geographic Traveler Entry Title: Best of the World travel guide Entry Credit: National Geographic Staff Judge Comment: This expansive collection includes specific guides about Kenyan horseback safaris and a medieval skiing village, as well as guides to travel essentials, cool adventures and can’t-miss culinary experiences. With thematic storytelling and content displayed via text and video, this package is well-presented, easy to consume and artistically executed.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Lola Akinmade Akerstrom Entry Title: In Tété’s Footsteps: The 2023 Pathfinder Issue Entry Credit: Lola Akinmade, Noo Saro-Wiwa, Erik Jaråker Judge Comment: A book about an African man’s 1950s journey to the Arctic inspired a team of storytellers and documentary filmmakers to follow the same path more than half a century later. The resulting story package spans miles and mediums in capturing its sights and sounds while striving to answer the question: “Who gets to tell the story of a place?”
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: The Washington Post Entry Title: The best pizza in America, region-by-region Entry Credit: Amanda Finnegan, Gabe Hiatt, Andrew Van Dam, Dylan Moriarty Judge Comment: Like a hot-out-of-the-oven pie packed with delicious toppings, this package had every component a pizza lover could hope for. Plentiful and interactive maps, plus videos and photos, provided a lot of content to sink your teeth into. It succeeded in being useful and mouthwatering.
