SINGAPORE - From the dangerous drug trade in South-east Asia to Singapore's multicultural street names, interactive projects have brought The Straits Times' users on many an immersive journey.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - From the dangerous drug trade in South-east Asia to Singapore's multicultural street names, interactive projects have brought The Straits Times' users on many an immersive journey.Their efforts were recognised when ST won six awards at the 2019 Best of Digital Design competition, which saw entries from more than 100 organisations from 26 countries.
Among ST's awards were two silver medals for story page design, won by interactive graphics journalist Rebecca Pazos, 32, and user interface designer Alyssa Karla Mungcal, 28."I know how difficult it is to be awarded any medal at SND, and to be given a silver by my peers is a big validation for the work we've been doing," she said, adding that her favourite pieces were the ones that tried to"find the humanity and emotions" in stories.
Ms Mungcal said her favourite project was the one exploring Singapore's street names, which looked at their colonial and multicultural roots."While it took some time to do, I was happy with the visuals and the overall outcome." The graphic brought readers further and further below the earth's surface as they scrolled on, exploring human activity deep underground, including Singapore's MRT train system and underground caverns that store liquid hydrocarbon.
The project looks at how the country's colonial and multicultural past is quietly preserved in the names of its streets. The team painstakingly compiled data on more than 3,500 streets, which were categorised and geolocated.Award of Excellence for Line of Coverage - Long-form series A newsroom advocate for data storytelling, she has used a combination of video, scrolling text and interactive prompts to make stories engaging.
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