Brian Boyer won awards.
I don’t care much about awards. They measure if you’ve impressed your peers, not your audience. But in case you're interested...
The list
None of the works below were made by any one person — certainly not by myself alone. What follows is a list of award-winning projects I edited, designed, reported, coded, or was otherwise closely involved with.
The Visuals team
National Public Radio (2012-2016)
2015 Portfolio, NPR Visuals
A portfolio, including: Rain Forest Was Here, A Photo I Love Featuring Astronaut Reid Wiseman, also #spacetweets, The Unthinkable
- NPPA Best of Photojournalism, Multimedia 2016: Second Place, Feature Multimedia Package
A Brother and Sister In Love
- NPPA Best of Photojournalism, Multimedia 2016: Second Place, Feature Multimedia Package
- WHNPA 2016: Second Place, Feature Story, Eyes of History: Multimedia Contest
The Truth About America’s Graduation Rate
- National Awards for Education Reporting 2015: Winner, Investigative Reporting, Broadcast
Rain Forest Was Here
- SND37: Silver Medal, Features: Single Subject
- 75th Peabody Awards: Finalist, Radio/Podcast
Life After Death
- ONA 2015: Finalist, Topical Reporting, Large
- POY 73: Award of Excellence, Online News & Issue Story Editing
- 2016 World Press Photo Multimedia: Second Place, Immersive Storytelling
Look At This
- ONA 2015: Finalist, Excellence and Innovation in Visual Digital Storytelling, Large
- NPPA Best of Photojournalism, Multimedia 2016: First Place, Visual or Blog
Grave Science
- The Gracies 2015: Outstanding Investigative Program or Feature
Demolished
- SND36: Gold Medal, Features, Single Subject
Songs We Love 2014
- SND36: Silver Medal, Features, Single Subject
Election Party
2014 Portfolio, NPR Visuals
A portfolio, including This Is Color, Election Party, The End Of Neighborhood Schools, Demolished, Songs We Love 2014, The Best Commencement Speeches, Ever, Borderland, Stressed Out: Americans Tell Us About Stress In Their Lives
- SND36: Silver Medal, Portfolio: Organization
Borderland
- ONA 2014: Finalist, Excellence and Innovation in Visual Digital Storytelling, Large
- SND36: Award of Excellence, Use of Multimedia
- SND36: Award of Excellence, Features: Single-subject project
- Overseas Press Club: Best Multimedia News Presentation 2014
Planet Money Makes A T-shirt
- POY 2014: First Place, Documentary Journalism
- POY 2014: Documentary Project of the Year
- SABEW 2013: Winner, Innovation Category
- SND35: Gold medal, single-story project, silver medal, use of multimedia
- Scripps Howard Awards 2013: Winner, Digital Innovation
- Overseas Press Club 2013: Best Multimedia News Presentation
- SDX 2013: Specialized Journalism Site, Society of Professional Journalists
- WHNPA 2014: First Place, Innovation
- Gerald Loeb Awards 2014: Winner, Online
- ONA 2014: Finalist, Explanatory Reporting, Large
- ONA 2014: Winner, Feature, Large
- ONA 2014: Winner, Excellence and Innovation in Visual Digital Storytelling, Large
- 35th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Award: Winner, New Approaches: Documentaries
- duPont 2015: Winner
Previously, On Arrested Development
- The Best American Infographics 2014: Top 10 interactive infographics of the year
The Re-Election of Barack Obama
- ONA 2013: Winner, Planned News/Events (large)
The Deadly Tornado In Moore, Oklahoma
- ONA 2013: Finalist, Breaking News (large)
The Newsapps team
Chicago Tribune (2009-2012)
Across the Border, Beyond the Law
A package, including Fugitives from justice: Roman Catholic priests
- Chicago Headline Club, Lisagor 2012: Investigative Reporting, Online
Illinois School Report Cards
- Data Journalism Awards 2012: First Prize, Data-driven Applications, Local/Regional
ChicagoNow
- SND33: Judges’ Special Recognition for Reductive, Adaptive Design
TribLocal
- SND33: Web Site Redesign, Under 50M
Walking Into Danger
A package, including Attempted child abductions by a stranger in Chicago, March 2008 - September 2010
- Chicago Headline Club, Lisagor 2010: Multimedia Feature Presentation
- Herman Kogan Media Awards 2011: Online
- Illinois Press Association 2011: Best Web Project, Second Place
Compromised Care
A package, including Illinois nursing home safety reports
- The National Press Club 2009: Ryle Geriatrics Award
- IRE 2009: Philip Meyer Journalism Award, Third Place
- SPJ, Sigma Delta Chi 2009: Online Reporting, Investigative
- Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism 2009: Second Place, Metro Newspapers
Agent Orange: A lethal legacy
- Chicago Headline Club, Lisagor 2009: Multimedia Feature Presenatation
Body-of-work/team/personal recognition
- APME 2010: Gannett Foundation Award for Digital Innovation in Watchdog Journalism
- Tribune Company 2010: Outstanding Employee Award
- Jones-Beck Awards 2009: Innovation, Chicago Tribune
The Internship
ProPublica (2009)
ChangeTracker
- Knight-Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism 2009: Special Distinction
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